Leah Remini: Where is Scientology leader's wife?
Fox411: Leah says on A&E show that she wants proof Shelly Miscavige is okay
Leah Remini raised the explosive topic of the mysterious disappearance of Shelly Miscavige in a special episode of her A&E series, "Scientology and the Aftermath" on Monday night.
During the hour that was called "Ask Me Anything," Remini answered fan questions via Reddit AMA about various Scientology topics. And the former "King of Queens" star didn't hold back as she continued to hammer the Church she left in 2013 after having been a member since childhood.
At the end of Monday's show, Remini read the most controversial viewer question of all --where do you think Shelly Miscavige is?
Shelly, the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige (who is also a close friend of Tom Cruise, the Church's most famous member), allegedly hasn't been seen in public for years. Remini was so alarmed that she questioned guests at Cruise's 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes about Shelly's whereabouts—which reportedly outraged Scientology members. In 2013, Remini filed a missing person report regarding Shelly with the Los Angeles Police Department.
It's been reported that detectives closed the missing person case after saying they had met with Shelly in person.
However, Remini continues to wonder about the well-being of the Scientology boss' wife.
On her Monday A&E episode, ex-Scientologist Mike Rinder said that for a long time, Shelly was at a property the Church owned near Lake Arrowhead in California.
"She was sent there when she displeased David Miscavige," Rinder claimed.
Remini asked, "Why, Mike, why?"
He replied, "Shelly was privy to everything that went on with Dave."
Remini exclaimed, "Which is why I filed my police report," adding, "Which, by the way, I'm still following up on because there's still answers that I need.
"I do NOT know that she is alive.
"I do not know that she's not being held against her will. I do not know these things and so if the Church produces her, by bringing her to an event—even if she went on a program and said, 'Hi, Leah Remini. Go f--k yourself,' I'd be happy to know that she was alive. The police department should say, 'Yes, we've seen her.' No, I wasn't told that. I was told that a representative saw her or spoke to her," the actress told the cameras.
Rinder commented, "That is what they managed to convince the LAPD of."
Remini vowed, "I'm going to continue to get and gather information."
As the show noted, the Church has stated the police report was filed in bad faith—and Scientology has also challenged the credibility of Remini and all the contributors to her series. In fact, the Church has said on a website it launched to slam her claims, "Leah Remini's 'reality show'....is nothing more than a scripted, rehearsed, acted and dramatized work of fiction. She and the other anti-Scientologists in her program have been expelled from the Church for unethical conduct."
In responding to fan questions, the actress said that Scientologists are brainwashed and taught to believe "by turning you in" for supposed infractions, "they are helping you."
Later, Remini urged viewers to Google "Scientology and coerced abortions," amongst other topics.
Still, Remini admitted she misses the certainty Scientology gave her, remembering she was taught that, "Scientology is the answer….It's going to cost you a quarter of a million dollars minimum, but we have the answers….' "
Remini calls her show a "David and Goliath" mission and on Monday night, told viewers she's going to next focus on "the children who have been affected by this abusive organization and I want to get their stories….once you know something, you have the responsibility to do something about it."
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