14 Facts About Shelly Miscavige

Michele Diane Miscavige is an American Scientologist who was last seen in public in August 2007.

Shelly Miscavige is a member of the Church of Scientology's Sea Org who married Scientology leader David Miscavige in 1982.

Shelly Miscavige worked as her husband's assistant and was involved in managing the Church of Scientology's relationship with high-profile member Tom Cruise.

Shelly Miscavige was born Michele Diane Barnett on January 18,1961, in Dallas, Texas.

Shelly Miscavige's mother, Mary Florence "Flo" Fike Barnett, was a long-time Scientologist who later resigned, taking copies of confidential upper-level materials with her.

At the age of 21, in December 1982, Shelly Barnett married 22-year-old David Miscavige.

Shelly Miscavige was a member of the Sea Org, the organization responsible for the international management of the Church of Scientology and its affiliated entities.

Shelly Miscavige became the official assistant to her husband, who is chairman of the board of Scientology's Religious Technology Center.

When Cruise began a three-year relationship with Penelope Cruz, Shelly Miscavige supervised Cruz's auditing and helped her through Scientology's Purification Rundown program.

Shelly Miscavige subsequently oversaw a project to use Scientology members and contractors to renovate Cruise's nine-bedroom mansion in Beverly Hills.

In 2006, Shelly Miscavige returned from a trip aboard the Freewinds before her husband did.

Mike Rinder, then Scientology's chief spokesman, has said that Shelly Miscavige asked him if her husband was still wearing his wedding ring.

Shelly Miscavige has not appeared in public since August 2007, when she was spotted being escorted to her father's funeral.

The Fox police sitcom television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine makes reference to Shelly Miscavige's alleged disappearance in its fifth-season episode "NutriBoom".