Trapped In The Closet came out in 2005 so the internet wasn’t as vast in information yet or as available. Not even most Scientologists knew the truths of their teachings. So how did Matt and Trey get such in-depth info on the subject?
Trapped In The Closet came out in 2005 so the internet wasn’t as vast in information yet or as available. Not even most Scientologists knew the truths of their teachings. So how did Matt and Trey get such in-depth info on the subject?
It was well known at the time. There were anti-Scientology websites like Operation Clambake and the Lisa McPherson Trust and XenuTV that had a lot of info. There were lots of legal documents IIRC. The Church of Scientology always publicly denied the Xenu story but IIRC they had had to admit it under oath in some trial that it was an authentic teaching.
They definitely did not learn it from Isaac Hayes. I don’t know what OT level he was on but if he was OT3 (where they learn the Xenu story) or higher he would definitely not tell anybody about it. That would be a major ethics violation. LRH even said people could get so shocked hearing about it they could get sick or even die of they learned about it before reaching OT3.
And that’s the thing about the Xenu story. All scientologists will deny it. Most probably because they genuinely don’t know about it, and those who do know about it will deny it because they have to.