British author claims that Tom Cruise has become the de-facto second in command of the Church of Scientology, according to a new biography.

Andrew Morton's unauthorised biography makes a shocking attack on the star by comparing his 20-month-old daughter Suri to the Devil's child in the film Rosemary's Baby.

Andrew Morton's controversial book claims Scientology has taken over the 45-year-old actor's life, with its officials selecting many of the staff at his Hollywood mansion.

The biographer of Princess Diana alleges Cruise is tailoring his career to fit the aims of Scientology.

Cruise denies each of the claims vehemently, and Scientology lawyers are believed to be drawing up a lawsuit seeking more than 100 million dollars in compensation from Morton's publishers, St Martin's Press.

Cruise's lawyer and close confidante Bert Fields gave a rare interview to The Mail on Sunday saying : "It's not being published in England. The American publishers criticised the libel laws in Britain because they require an author to tell the truth. Well, thank God for the British libel laws."

Fields told Daily News that his client is not going to read the book.

"You can imagine what it must be like to have someone compare your baby girl to Rosemary's Baby. Morton should be ashamed of himself", Fields said.

"It's a boring, poorly researched book by a man who never talked to anyone involved in Tom Cruise's life or anyone close to him."

Source: DAILY MAIL (UK) 

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