Well, we should have known it was too good to be true. On October 19, we reported that Maryann Carter, a woman in Kentucky, had posted to a Facebook group that Tom Cruise, through a family member, had requested that photos of Suri Cruise no longer appear on the group. “She is no longer part of his life,” Carter said.
When we contacted Maryann, she told us that she had known Cruise when he lived in Kentucky, was five years older than him, had had long phone conversations with him, and had remained in contact with a cousin on his mother’s side who lived in Kentucky.
None of that, it turns out, is true. After other members of the Facebook group complained that Maryann had fooled them as well, we talked to Maryann today and she confessed that she had made up virtually all of it.
She’s 64 and nine years older than Cruise, not five years as she had told us. Although she grew up in proximity to the Cruise family, she never knew him personally. And although she knows of the cousin who lives by her, she doesn’t actually know the cousin.
When she was confronted by other members of the Tom Cruise Facebook group, Maryann quit the group. She tells us that she has done some community theater, which is where she thinks she might have gotten some of her acting ability.
We got totally rooked, and we apologize to our readers and to Tom Cruise personally.
We will be taking down our previous story.
— Tony Ortega
——————–
Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,918 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 64 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 1,127 days.
Carol Nyburg has not seen her daughter Nancy in 1,901 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 2,675 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 2,021 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 2,515 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 1,555 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 1,267 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 793 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 4,882 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 2,022 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 2,342 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 2,317 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 673 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 4,975 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 1,081 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis for 1,484 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,357 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 938 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 1,443 days.
Mary Jane Sterne has not seen her daughter Samantha in 1,687 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 12,796 days.
——————–
Posted by Tony Ortega on October 30, 2017 at 17:00
E-mail tips and story ideas to tonyo94 AT gmail DOT com or follow us on Twitter. We post behind-the-scenes updates at our Facebook author page. After every new story we send out an alert to our e-mail list and our FB page.
Our book, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, is on sale at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. We’ve posted photographs of Paulette and scenes from her life at a separate location. Reader Sookie put together a complete index. More information can also be found at the book’s dedicated page.
The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2016 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Undergound Bunker (2012-2016), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)
Learn about Scientology with our numerous series with experts…
BLOGGING DIANETICS: We read Scientology’s founding text cover to cover with the help of L.A. attorney and former church member Vance Woodward
UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists
GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice
SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts
Other links: Shelly Miscavige, ten years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | Scientology’s Private Dancer | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | Scientology boasts about assistance from Google | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ
Our Guide to Alex Gibney’s film ‘Going Clear,’ and our pages about its principal figures…
Jason Beghe | Tom DeVocht | Sara Goldberg | Paul Haggis | Mark “Marty” Rathbun | Mike Rinder | Spanky Taylor | Hana Whitfield
