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Scientology Leader Threatens To Sue His Father Over New Tell-All Book

Scientology leader David Miscavige is engaged in a new war with his 80 year old father over a new tell- all book. The book exposes internal Scientology leadership struggles between founder L. Ron Hubbard and current leader David Miscavige and alleges poor living conditions and violence at the organization’s California headquarters. Ron Miscavige’s highly anticipated memoir entitled ‘Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me’, is due to hit stores next week. RT reports: Among the allegations in the book is that David “seized power” from Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Scientology leader David Miscavige threatens to sue over father’s tell-all https://t.co/bBcIxYcInl pic.twitter.com/AvWKrs4mu6 — Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 26, 2016 Elsewhere in the purported disclosure, the author accuses his son of of “outmaneuvering rivals,” keeping “appalling conditions” at the headquarters in Hemet, California as well as detailing how church members are subjected to “deprivation and violence” while detained in a prison-like confinement center known as “the Hole,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. David Miscavige’s father also alleges that his son hired a private detective to trail him. The book is due for release in the UK on May 3. The Church of Scientology is a body of beliefs and practices created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, which [...]