LAPD investigating 'assassination' death threats against Scientology leader after he received series of threatening phone calls

  • David Miscavige claims that someone has threatened to kill him after an unknown person repeatedly called the group's LA office in July
  • The person allegedly said 'We are going to assassinate Mr. Miscavige' 
  • LAPD's Major Crime Unit launched an investigation, but it's unclear if anyone has been arrested 

The controversial leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, has alleged that someone has threatened to kill him after receiving a number of threatening telephone calls.

An unknown person kept calling the main telephone number of the group's office in Hollywood threatening to kill Miscavige in July, according to TMZ.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) launched an investigation after Miscavige, 55, informed officials of the alleged threats. 

'Tell David that we are going to kill him,' the person said during one of the calls, TMZ reported.

The famed leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige (above), says that someone has threatened to kill him after receiving a number of threatening telephone calls

The famed leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige (above), says that someone has threatened to kill him after receiving a number of threatening telephone calls

In July, an unknown person repeatedly called the main telephone number of the group's Los Angeles office threatening to 'assassinate Mr Miscavige (above) and every single one of you,' TMZ reported

'We are going to assassinate Mr. Miscavige and every single one of you.

'You tell your leader, who is an a**hole and a motherf*****, he is going to be shot pretty soon.'

The operator who answered the phone during the last call kept the suspect engaged for nearly three hours and was able to retrieve some information, including his Skype address.

In the investigation into the threats against Miscavige, LAPD's Major Crime Unit executed a search warrant last month against the person, TMZ reported.

The operator who answered the phone during the last call kept the suspect engaged for nearly three hours and was able to retrieve some information

The operator who answered the phone during the last call kept the suspect engaged for nearly three hours and was able to retrieve some information, including his Skype address

In the investigation into the threats against Miscavige, LAPD's Major Crime Unit executed a search warrant last month against the person, TMZ reported

In the investigation into the threats against Miscavige, LAPD's Major Crime Unit executed a search warrant last month against the person, TMZ reported

According to TMZ, authorities closed in on a Jewish businessman, but it's not clear if any arrests have been made in the case. 

It was revealed in July that Miscavige's estranged father had inked a deal to write a book about his son for St. Martin's Press.

The tell-all is tentatively titled 'If He Dies, He Dies' - a quote based on a Los Angeles Times article that revealed Miscavige had his father, Ron, monitored for more than year.  

Miscavige, who is a close friend to actor Tom Cruise, has been leading the Church of Scientology since the passing of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, in 1986.

Authorities reportedly closed in on a Jewish businessman, but it's unclear if any arrests have been made in the case

Authorities reportedly closed in on a Jewish businessman, but it's unclear if any arrests have been made in the case

Since taking control over the church, Miscavige has been instrumental in getting the group recognized as an official religion.

Hubbard developed the religion of Scientology, which claims to offer a 'precise path leading to complete and certain understanding of one's true spiritual nature and one's relationship to self, family, groups, Mankind, all life forms, the material universe, the spiritual universe and the Supreme Being.' 

 

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