Bijou Phillips Has Reportedly Quit Scientology

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | January 17, 2024 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | January 17, 2024 |

Bijou Phillips has reportedly quit the Church of Scientology because — wait for it — Danny Masterson has been declared a Suppressive Person. The same Danny Masterson she’s supposedly divorcing after he was sentenced to prison for 30 years for rape. If you don’t know what a Suppressive Person is, in Scientology parlance, you’re literally on par with Hitler. That’s official text. No member is to have any contact with you whatsoever, and that’s why Tom Cruise hasn’t been within 100 yards of Katie Holmes or Suri Cruise for over a decade. “Allegedly.” (Daily Mail)

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