Tom Cruise - Paul Haggis Backs Tom Cruise 'Wife Auditions' Scandal Story

Paul Haggis has known Nazanin for three years and confirmed in his email that the alleged relationship between Boniadi and Cruise did in fact happen. "Naz was embarrassed by her unwitting involvement in this incident and never wanted it to come out, so I kept silent," Haggis wrote in the email. "I was deeply disturbed by how the highest ranking members of a church could so easily justify using one of their members; how they so callously punished her and then so effectively silenced her when it was done."

The Church of Scientology have, unsurprisingly, denied Haggis claims and have released a statement to ABC News to say "The entire story is hogwash. There was no project, secret or otherwise, ever conducted by the Church to find a bride (audition or otherwise) for any member." They also accused Haggis of trying to "falsely slander" his former church.