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< BACK TO Fresh Intelligence Scientology, Tom Cruise Lose Wealthiest Member to Rationality
'ALIENS! VOLCANOES! I KNOW, RIGHT?!' Packer and Cruise in a joy-off He was introduced to Scientology by Tom Cruise in 2002 at a low point in his life. Fat, depressed, and divorcing his first wife, Jodhi Meares, he was suffering through the public collapse of of his family's business, One.Tel.—he had lost $350 million. Having bounced back, he reportedly told his friends he no longer "needs it." Packer's neck deep in a casino venture now, which doesn't quite jibe with Scientology-approved behavior. The chruch founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote in 1977 that "An obsessive gambler is a psychotic just like a drug addict or an alcoholic." Or as Packer's come to know them, regulars. [Sydney Morning Herald] 
Thank goodness! The cult has lost it's biggest cash cow. Posted by: JaneyZ on May 9, 2008 6:25 PM Radar says: "... he was suffering through the public collapse of of his family's business, One.Tel. - he had lost $350 million." The original article was more accurate: "he was reeling from the humiliating and very public collapse of One.Tel, losing $350 million from the family business on the way." Packer's family business is Consolidated Media Holdings, with annual revenues in the billions. His father is worth over $5 billion. One.Tel was just a pet project (an expensive one) that went south. In any case, good to see him cutting off the alien psychiatrists. Posted by: Mujokan on May 11, 2008 6:24 AM Advertisement |
    
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