Tom Cruise allegedly constructed a soccer field to “woo” David Beckham for the Scientology religion.
According to reports, the “Mission: Impossible” star was eager to convert celebrities, with David Beckham and his fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham at the top of his list.
Therefore, it was decided to construct a “professional-grade” pitch at the Gold Base headquarters in California so that the Hollywood actor could bring the former England player to the site with him.
Mike Rinder, a former high-ranking officer in the church, said in his new book “A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology” that Tom was attempting to pursue celebrities other than those with whom he was collaborating on films. David and Victoria Beckham may have been the most famous.
View video:
“A soccer field of professional quality was erected on the Gold site.
“The field was leveled, perfect turf was placed, and goals were erected. From the Gold staff, a full-time caretaker was hired… It was constructed solely for the goal of enabling Tom Cruise to convince his pal David to move to Gold. It never occurred.”
The author also asserted that the church assisted the “Top Gun” actor with his romantic life by providing financing for the renovation of a building in Spain while Cruise was dating Penélope Cruz — only for the couple to break up before the structure was completed.
He wrote: “Tom’s relationship with the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was a major element in the purchase and renovation of the gorgeous building.
It is also somewhat ironic that by the time it was completed, Penélope had ended their relationship.
Cruise is rumored to have moaned about his personal life at the ceremony, causing church leader David Miscavage to set up “auditions” to find him a spouse.
Before settling down with Katie Holmes, who filed for divorce in 2012 after six years of marriage, the 60-year-old actor had a brief relationship with actress and fellow Scientologist Nazanin Boniadi.
Rinder served as the international spokesperson and chief of the Office of Special Affairs for Scientology until he left the organization in 2007, at the age of 52, forcing his wife Cathy to divorce him and their two children to “disconnect” from him.
His siblings and their families are also no longer in contact with him, and his mother, who introduced him to the faith when he was five years old, “disconnected” from him and did not inform him of her 2013 death.
Since quitting the church, the whistleblower alleges he has been followed, hacked, and spied on, but he has no plans to stop speaking out.
Rinder stated, “I always provide an honest response. I brought two children into this world, and they are oblivious to its dangers. I want them to have the opportunity to think independently and reach their own conclusions.”
A spokesperson for the church denounced the author as a “persistent liar” who has “harassed” the organization.
The spokesman stated in the Page Six column of the New York Post: “Mike Rinder is a chronic liar who attempts to benefit from his dishonesty.
“He sustains himself by coordinating the harassment of his former Church and its leader by means of fabricated police reports, inflammatory propaganda, and fabricated news accounts.”
Share on Facebook «||» Share on Twitter «||» Share on Reddit «||» Share on LinkedIn