Book on Tom Cruise and Scientology

The smell of an expensive lawsuit is definitely in the air, what with the astonishing claims Princess Diana Andrew Morton makes about Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology in his new book, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography.

1. As far as fanatical scientologists are concerned, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is Suri Cruise's biological dad, courtesy of a frozen sperm donation. Morton compares this to the film "Rosemary's Baby", "in which an unsuspecting young woman is impregnated with the Devil's child".

2. Cruise and Scientology leader David Miscavige are extremely close, to the point where the latter tagged along with Cruise and Katie Holmes on their honeymoon.

3. Tom is currently Scientology's "second-in-command in all but name, involved in every aspect of planning and policy."

4. Miscavige went to great lengths to impress Cruise, even making his followers plant a field full of wild flowers to make the actor's dream of running through one with then-new bride Nicole Kidman come true.

5. Morton suggests that the Cruise-Kidman marriage failed partly because Scientology execs viewed Nicole, who had emphasized her Catholic roots in an interview, as someone who would "compromise Tom's commitment to his faith". Plus, there’s the fact that her dad is a psychologist, a practitioner in the field believed to be not-too popular with Scientologists.

6. Kidman was worried that details of her sex life with Cruise, all neatly packed in Scientology "audit" tapes, would be made public is she ever said anything about Tom and Scientology after their 2000 split.

7. When Cruise was dating Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, her father, Eduardo, so feared she would be sucked into a "cult" that he asked for help via email from an organization that helps people who got involved in cults.

8. Recruiting David and Victoria Beckham into the Scientology fold is Tom's current mission.

All of these, of course, are “a pack of lies”, according to Tom’s longtime lawyer Bert Fields, that the book is not even really about his client, but “an attack on Scientology”.

Morton attacks Cruise and Scientology. Oh, he is so screwed. And we’re not even talking about the lawsuit Cruise is surely gonna slap so hard on him and St. Martin’s press, who’ll be publishing the book in the United States on January 15th.