The
ex-girlfriend of Jim Carrey allegedly killed herself with a cocktail of three
drugs, as it emerges that she was enrolled on a Scientology ‘purification
process’ designed to protect believers from depression.
It
has been alleged that three different bottles of drugs were found next to
Cathriona White’s body in her California home, after she committed suicide last
week.
The
news comes amid claims that the Scientologist had been enrolled in a
‘purification process’ that discourages people from seeking psychiatric help.
The
30-year-old make-up artist and aspiring actor, who was originally from Ireland,
split with the Hollywood star, 53, last week.
A
suicide note that was found by her body mentions Mr Carrey, but no further
details have been revealed.
Photographs
on Ms White’s Instagram page reveal that she had undergone two major steps in
the ‘purification’ programme, reported The Times.
The
allegations come from respected American journalist Tony Ortega, who has been
writing about Scientology for more than 20 years.
One
photograph, shared by Ms White seven weeks ago, shows her taking an intravenous
drip of what she identifies as Vitamins B and C, as well as the
naturally-occurring antioxidant glutathione.
Members
of the religion are told that the cocktail will protect them from depression,
which runs in Ms White's family, and other illnesses.
Other
photographs show her taking classes at Scientology’s Celebrity Centre, which is
designed to cater to Hollywood’s famous faces.
The
religious movement offers classes specifically catering to celebrity hopefuls,
such as acting goal classes and financial management.
It
is attractive to ‘wannabe’ Hollywood insiders for its celebrity followers, such
as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
Ms
White was initially introduced to Scientology by the 2015 Grammy award-winner
Beck and a group of his friends, after she moved to L.A. in 2009.
‘I’m
not saying she was depressed or killed herself because of Scientology,’ Tony
Ortega, who wrote a book exposing Scientology’s practices, told The Times.
‘However,
if you are depressed, Scientology is just about the worst place to be because
they constantly drill it into people that psychiatry is not real and therapists
are fakes.’
Scientology
is well-known for its insistence that psychiatry and antidepressants should be
avoided at all costs, teaching that the brain is only a shell that holds alien
spirits which can be released only by religion.
Photographs
that Ms White tweeted just under a year ago, show her in a sauna undergoing the
‘Purif’ programme.
‘Purif’
is short for the ‘Purification Rundown’, a process invented by Scientology
founder L. Ron Hubbard that he claimed could ‘detoxify’ the body through an
intense regimen of daily sauna sessions and massive doses of the vitamin
niacin.
Ms
White’s mother, Brigid, and sister, Lisa, flew to L.A. yesterday to take her
body home to Cappawhite, a tiny village in County Tipperary.
It
has not yet been confirmed that the three medicines found by her body were the
cause of her death, as a post-mortem has not yet been conducted.
Ms
White and Mr Carrey, who have been in an on-off relationship for three years,
were last seen together on September 10, smiling and deep in conversation on a
date at the Kayne Griffin Corcoran Gallery in L.A.
They
are believed to have split up on September 24, and Ms White tragically killed
herself.
In
her heartbreaking last tweet on September 24, which friends failed to see as a
cry for help, she said: ‘I hope I have been a light to my nearest and dearest.’
Shortly
after news of her death broke on Tuesday, Carrey released a statement saying:
‘I am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona.
‘She
was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower, too sensitive for this soil, to
whom loving and being loved was all that sparkled.’
The
Church of Scientology has not offered a comment.
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