'I do NOT know that she is alive': Leah Remini questions the whereabouts of Scientology leader's 'missing' wife Shelly Miscavige

  •  The 46-year-old actress has repeatedly spoken out against the 'religion' since she left in 2013
  • She published a book, Troublemaker, and is promoting an A&E series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
  • In Monday's episode she questioned the whereabouts of Scientology leader David Miscavige's 'missing' wife Shelly
  • 'I do NOT know that she is alive,' Remini said. 'I do not know that she's not being held against her will'
  • The King of Queens star filed a missing persons report for Shelly in 2013
  • LAPD say they spoke to her and she said that she was not being held against her will but Remini is still demanding answers
  • Shelly has not been seen in public in the past decade, aside from two unconfirmed sightings
  • Ron Miscavige - David's father - also released an undated photo in May of  Shelly and his son together

Leah Remini says she doesn't know if Scientology leader David Miscavige's wife - who disappeared from public life almost a decade ago - is still alive.

The King of Queens star has been speaking out against the Church of Scientology since she left it in 2013, first in her bestselling book, Troublemaker, and now in her popular A&E series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. 

In her latest episode, the 46-year-old spoke about the mysterious disappearance of Shelly Miscavige.

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In her latest episode of her popular A&E series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, Leah Remini questions the whereabouts of Scientology leader's 'missing' wife Shelly Miscavige

There has not been a confirmed sighting of Shelly, the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige, in public for years.

In 2006, while still a member of the church, Remini became so concerned about her, she started questioning guests at Tom Cruise's wedding to Katie Holmes. The move reportedly outraged her fellow church members and leaders.

Upon leaving the church in 2013, Remini filed a missing person report for Shelly with the Los Angeles Police Department.

After Remini filed the report, Shelly allegedly spoke with members of the Los Angeles Police Department to say she was fine and not being held against her will by the Church.

Shelly made national headlines when her friend and former Scientology member Leah Remini (pictured together above) filed a missing persons report that was found 'unfounded' by the LAPD

Shelly (left) was allegedly sent away to a secret Church facility after she 'displeased' her husband David (right)

Police allegedly later closed the case saying they had met with Shelly in person. 

Remini's actions were slammed by the church at the time as 'ludicrous self-promotion', as the LAPD announced the report was 'unfounded.'

On her Monday A&E episode, ex-Scientologist Mike Rinder said that Shelly was previously sent to a Scientology church near Lake Arrowhead in California after she 'displeased David Miscavige,' Page Six reports.

When Remini questioned why, he replied: 'Shelly was privy to everything that went on with Dave.'

The actress says that she never got a satisfactory response to her police report and that she was following up to get real answers. 

'I do NOT know that she is alive,' Remini said. 'I do not know that she's not being held against her will. 

Ron Miscavige - David's father - released an undated photo in May of Shelly and his son together

Ron Miscavige, who has left the church, appeared on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

'I do not know these things and so if the church produces her, by bringing her to an event — even if she went on a program and said, 'Hi, Leah Remini. Go f**k yourself,' I'd be happy to know that she was alive. 

'The police department should say, 'Yes, we've seen her.' No, I wasn't told that. I was told that a representative saw her or spoke to her,' she said.

It is unclear why Shelly has not been seen at any public events since 2007.

The source reportedly told Oretga that the woman who resembled Shelly (file above) looked 'frail' and that 'it was awkward'

But there have been unconfirmed reports she was spotted in a small town near the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) looking 'thin', 'frail', and 'almost like she was homeless'.

A source told journalist and Scientology expert Tony Ortega they saw a woman who closely resembled Shelly in Crestline, California near the CST headquarters.

They first saw the woman in December 2015 walk into the Lake Drive Hardware store, which is just blocks away from Lake Gregory. The second happened in April, where the same source spotted the same woman at Goodwin & Sons Market which is near the hardware store.

'She was a thin, smaller woman, escorted by two men,' the insider claimed. 'Disheveled. Almost like a drug addict, or like she was homeless.'

In May, a never-before-seen photo released by the father of David Miscavige, Ron Miscavige, shows the controversial Scientology leader posing with his family - including his wife Shelly. 

Ultimately, it took Leah six years to fully get out of the church. She and her family had been with Scientology for years, and Leah herself had donated millions to it.

'If you are questioning the teachings or the organization, they start to go to work on your family and friends, who, remember, are all Scientologists at this point,' she wrote. 'So it's one thing to walk away and to say, 'I'm not into this s*** anymore, I'm gone.'

Vocal opponent: Leah has also written a book about her experiences called Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

'If you have kids you would have indoctrinated them into Scientology. Your family, your mother, your father, and you usually work for Scientologists. So walking away means leaving all of that behind, because they have to shun you if you leave. You have to be willing to give up everything you've ever known.'

While Leah was lucky — her family left the church with her — not everyone is so fortunate. Her new TV series tells the stories of ex-church-members who had to abandon their loved ones to escape.

Even after publishing her book and promoting her show, though, she's not shutting up — even if it's just to reiterate points she's already made.

'Listen, I'm over the church of Scientology. Period. I've written a book. I've told my story,' she explained. 'What I am taking a stand against is the church turning around and turning against every journalist, every person, every organization who has the balls to tell their story about what really happened.'

She says she knows the Church will go after her and A&E, as well as the individuals featured on her show. They'll try to discredit them and make them look bitter and out to get the Church — but, she says, they are out to get the Church, and for good reason.

In her new A&E series, ex-Scientology members open up about their own horror stories

'When you hurt people, defraud them out of money and their lives and brainwash them and victimize them, that's what happens,' she concluded.

Since Leah's series came out, the Church of Scientology has, predictably, lashed out at Leah in return, releasing this statement: 'Leah Remini's 'reality' show, like her last one, is nothing more than a scripted, rehearsed, acted and dramatized work of fiction. She and the other anti-Scientologists in her program have been expelled from the Church for unethical conduct.'

They called other participants 'liars' and accused Leah of extorting money from the Church, claims the star has already refuted.

Yet, Remini describes her show a 'David and Goliath' mission.

She announced she will next focus on 'the children who have been affected by this abusive organization and I want to get their stories. Once you know something, you have the responsibility to do something about it.'

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