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Apr 22, 2024 · From the acclaimed performances of Elisabeth Moss to the musical creativity of Beck, celebrity Scientologists hail from an array of disciplines including film, music, and even sports. Discover which legendary athletes, like former San Francisco 49ers quarterback John Brodie, have both embraced and departed from the faith.
May 27, 2021 · Three women took the stand to recount sexual assaults allegedly committed by the celebrity Scientologist, and each told similar stories of how church officials tried to stop them from reporting...
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- Left: Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld was never officially a member of the organization, but he did explain on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast that he took a course way back in the day.
- In it: Michael Peña. Peña — who has a long list of credits including End of Watch and Ant-Man — says he first joined Scientology because he feared he was drinking too much, and there was a program called Purification Rundown that helped him quit drinking.
- Left: Laura Prepon. Prepon joined Scientology around 1999, and was still in the organization when she joined the cast of Orange Is the New Black. However, she revealed in a 2021 interview with People that she is "no longer practicing Scientology," and hadn't been for about five years, meaning she quit sometime around 2016.
- In it: Elisabeth Moss. Moss — perhaps most famous for her role in The Handmaid's Tale — has been a Scientologist since before she was even a teenager.
Sep 7, 2023 · Scientology, whose celebrity devotees include Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley, has received “plenty of bad press” about “supposedly punishing and investigating those who...
Nov 6, 2022 · Nov 06, 20225:57 AM. Actor Danny Masterson. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Getty Images. In Los Angeles, the trial of That ’70s Show star Danny Masterson just finished its...
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May 27, 2021 · Three women took the stand to recount sexual assaults allegedly committed by the celebrity Scientologist, and each told similar stories of how church officials tried to stop them from reporting ...
Oct 30, 2022 · Edward Helmore. Sun 30 Oct 2022 02.00 EDT. The components are familiar: a powerful celebrity man in the dock, women bringing accusations of rape, jurors, lawyers and a judge attempting to apply...
