The Church of Scientology is under FBI investigation: Tom Cruise has been been using slave labor
Tom Cruise using Scientologists for slave labor?! The Church of Scientology is under FBI investigation in connection with allegations of human trafficking and the use of unpaid labor.
And according to reports from venerable magazine The New Yorker, Cruise has put church members to work for him for little-to-no-pay.
Church head David Miscavige put members, such as former Scientologist John Brosseau, to work customizing Cruise’s SUV, two motorcycles and a building, according to the report.
“Cruise asked me, ‘God, could you paint my bike like that?’ I looked at Miscavige, and Miscavige agreed,” Brosseau, 30, told The New Yorker of his 2005 run-in with the Days Of Thunder star.
Brosseau said both of the motorcycles Tom Cruise brought him, a Triumph and a Honda, received thousands of dollars of free work, as he took apart, nickel-plated, repainted and reassembled the bikes to the star’s liking.
“I was getting paid $50 a week,” he said. “And I’m supposed to be working for the betterment of mankind.”