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Mentioning David Miscavige in the same breath as a rehearsal dinner anecdote puts the focus right back on the group's leadership structure. That dynamic explains why other actors at the time chose to keep their distance.
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The wedding date occurred twenty years ago. Memory tends to shift over that much time.
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