Threats Send Tom Cruise Unauthorized Author Andrew Morton Into Hiding
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by Nicole
Tabloid reporter turned biographer-to-the-stars Andrew Morton has been forced to sell his London home and go underground after writing an exposé on the increasingly controversial actor and Scientologist poster boy Tom Cruise.
I have received threats from the Scientologists and things have become pretty heavy to the extent that its almost more than my lawyers can handle, said Morton to Daily Express writer Adam Helliker. Ive sold my flat and Im not telling anyone where Im moving to. I intend to disappear for a while.
Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography is due out on Jan 15th 2008 and promises never-seen photos and never-heard revelations. The author, who has written biographies on Princess Diana, Madonna, Monica Lewinsky and Posh & Becks, has spent two years investigating Cruises background, talking to former teachers, girlfriends, friends and Scientology insiders, asking questions about the particularly sensitive issues of Cruises faith and sexuality.
Cruise, his wife Katie Holmes, and their fellow Scientologist cohorts are said to be extremely upset about the 352-page book. Their campaign to stop its publication apparently started even before Morton had put pen to paper, with the author, who Princess Diana personally chose to reveal her inner most secrets to, receiving warnings that the actors family and friends had been instructed not to cooperate. According to The Express, while Morton was doing some preliminary investigative work in Toronto, where Cruise filmed Cocktail, he was overheard grumbling that compared to Cruise reporting on the Royal Family was a walk in Hyde Park.
The Church of Scientology has a long history of media harassment, with an FBI raid on its headquarters in 1977 exposing one such campaign, known as Operation Freakout, which was directed against author Paulette Cooper whod written a book critical of the church (see earlier story). In Mortons case, tales of covert machinations will only add to the intrigue and mystique of his book. Morton, who is no stranger to the rules of press and publicity, will understand better than anyone that stories of such heavy-handed tactics provide fodder for discussion, allowing outlets such as ours to devote even more column space to the book long before and long after its release. Salman Rushdie; need we say more?
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Tabloid reporter turned biographer-to-the-stars Andrew Morton has been forced to sell his London home and go underground after writing an exposé on the increasingly controversial actor and Scientologist poster boy Tom Cruise.
I have received threats from the Scientologists and things have become pretty heavy to the extent that its almost more than my lawyers can handle, said Morton to Daily Express writer Adam Helliker. Ive sold my flat and Im not telling anyone where Im moving to. I intend to disappear for a while.
Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography is due out on Jan 15th 2008 and promises never-seen photos and never-heard revelations. The author, who has written biographies on Princess Diana, Madonna, Monica Lewinsky and Posh & Becks, has spent two years investigating Cruises background, talking to former teachers, girlfriends, friends and Scientology insiders, asking questions about the particularly sensitive issues of Cruises faith and sexuality.
Cruise, his wife Katie Holmes, and their fellow Scientologist cohorts are said to be extremely upset about the 352-page book. Their campaign to stop its publication apparently started even before Morton had put pen to paper, with the author, who Princess Diana personally chose to reveal her inner most secrets to, receiving warnings that the actors family and friends had been instructed not to cooperate. According to The Express, while Morton was doing some preliminary investigative work in Toronto, where Cruise filmed Cocktail, he was overheard grumbling that compared to Cruise reporting on the Royal Family was a walk in Hyde Park.
The Church of Scientology has a long history of media harassment, with an FBI raid on its headquarters in 1977 exposing one such campaign, known as Operation Freakout, which was directed against author Paulette Cooper whod written a book critical of the church (see earlier story). In Mortons case, tales of covert machinations will only add to the intrigue and mystique of his book. Morton, who is no stranger to the rules of press and publicity, will understand better than anyone that stories of such heavy-handed tactics provide fodder for discussion, allowing outlets such as ours to devote even more column space to the book long before and long after its release. Salman Rushdie; need we say more?
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