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Tom Davis is the head of Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles, California. Davis is the son of actress Anne Archer, who is a Scientologist, and William Davis. He is a friend of actor Tom Cruise.
Davis accompanied Rolling Stone writer Janet Reitman on a tour of the Gold Base in Hemet, California in 2005.
Davis gained international attention in 2007 from an appearance in a BBC documentary, when journalist John Sweeney lost his temper in a shouting match with Davis and yelled at him. during the recording of BBC's public affairs program Panorama. Davis also walked away from Sweeney in offense after the journalist made comments about the Church of Scientology being a "sinister cult".
In the days prior to this incident, Sweeney stated that he had been harassed. Tom Davis also showed up at his hotel at midnight, uninvited to ask Sweeney questions, which Sweeney called "creepy."
References
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=454430&in_page_id=1773 Daily Mail article of 15 May 2007 by Tahira Yaqoob
- http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology/6 Inside Scientology by Janet Reitman from 23 February 2006
- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a46509/bbc-man-rebuked-over-scientology-show.html
- http://www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/britain/britain30.html
- http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21750881-2,00.html
- http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21751818-601,00.html
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2078503,00.html Observer article of 13 May 2007 by David Smith
- Sweeney's explanation of his outburst
External links
- The Guardian: Conflict with a BBC reporter
- Daily Mail: Davis stated as friend of Tom Cruise
- Scientology and Me: transcript, Panorama, BBC
- The Sun: John Sweeney's Take 2 weeks after the panorama broadcast