Don Tom Cruise Named as Godfather in Landmark Racketeering Case Against Scientology

A new kind of crisis recently befell the Church of Scientology, accusations serious enough to reduce those Suri-sippy-cup and Will Smith Brainwash Academy rumours to mere enturbulatory afterthoughts: An ex-member has filed a $250 million suit against the Church in Florida, invoking federal racketeering statutes generally reserved for the Mafia and other crime syndicates. Even more ambitiously, the suit reportedly names Tom Cruise as a primary conspirator in Scientology’s global scheme, which plaintiff Peter Letterese claims to have encompassed threats and harassment of himself and his attorney.