Former Scientologist claims being "auditioned" for Cruise

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Aug 27 2013 | 4:40 PM IST
A former Scientologist from Norway has claimed that she was "auditioned" as a pospective wife for Hollywood superstar Tome Cruise in 2005.
In a feature published by Australia's Women's Day magazine and Tony Ortega's Scientology blog The Underground Bunker, Anette Iren Johansen, who ceased taking classes at the Church in 2010, recalls a bizarre audition process that was reportedly for Cruise.
Johansen was approached for the audition at the organization's Copenhagen location in 2005 when she was 27, said the Hollywood Reporter.
She found the audition a bit bizarre because she was asked personal questions about her life and was required to sign a confidentiality waiver.
"They asked me so many questions about my life, my family background, everything I'd ever done in Scientology. There was a lot of talk about Tom Cruise at that time -- he had just been in Norway (hosting) the Nobel Peace Prize concert," she said.
A man from California followed-up with her via telephone, asking her if she had any "sexual perversions." She said that she did not. She never heard anything else about the audition.
Ortega said Marc Headley, who reportedly worked on similar auditions before leaving Scientology, corroborates Johansen's story.
"That was for Tom Cruise, absolutely. Those are the exact same questions that they were asking the other girls," Headley said.
Johnasen is the second women to come forward with such allegations, following Nazanin Boniadi's bombshell accusations last year.
The Church of Scientology has vehemently denied such claims.
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First Published: Aug 27 2013 | 4:40 PM IST

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