Brad Pitt was almost drafted into Scientology in the early 1990s when he dated actress and singer Juliette Lewis – according to reports.
The 56-year-old was allegedly introduced to the bizarre religion by 47-year-old Juliette – who he dated between 1989 and 1993, when she was 16-years-old and he was 26.
Brad is said to have dabbled in Scientology for three years before he broke things off with both the controversial church and with Juliette.
But now a fellow former Scientology member has broken cover to give bizarre details of Brad’s time within the church – and details of his apparent initiation process.
Pagesix suggests that Brad was forced to undertake daily saunas as part the “purification process” upon entering the religion – which was founded by science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard in 1953.
The report says Brad was put through purification training at the Portland Celebrity Center branch of the church where he would be forced to sweat in a sauna for five hours a day, every day for a month.
He would also be screamed at by supervisors in “bull baiting” sessions as part of another strange initiation trial.
The source claims: “I was being trained up to be a course supervisor, so was sent to Celebrity Center Portland for training.
“While I was there I met the teenage daughter of the executive director of a Portland-based Scientology company. … One of the things she told me was that Brad Pitt, who was dating Scientologist Juliette Lewis at the time, did the purification rundown at Celebrity Center Portland.
“He did it there to keep out of the public eye.”
PageSix go on to claim Scientology records state Brad completed some therapies in July 1991 and a “special course in human evaluation” in May 1993.
Further bonkers details of Brad’s time in the church are given by former church supervisor, Michael Mallen, who claims he was tasked with “bullbaiting” the star.
This involved yelling abuse at Brad “mercilessly” until the star “got so pissed off, he walked out.”
It is said Brad quit the church in 1993 and rejected their attempts to redraft him.
Mirror Online have contacted a representative of the star for comment.
