>> karen pressley worked in hollywood's celebrity center in the 1980s and part of the vaqnguard. >> whene leadership of the church, he decided to focus on celebrities, because the name of scientology had lost so much power, he felt that bringing big names into scientology was the way to build credibility back. >> before cruise, john travolta was scientology's biggest star. joining the church before his breakout role as vinny barbarino in "welcome back cotter." researching and writing the book, travolta had a troubled relationship with the church, threatening to be outed as gay if he didn't fall into line and there is a gay slur privately about travolta. travolta has never publicly addressed his sexual orientation and has been married to kelly preston since 1991. the church has adamantly denied would ever disclose private information. this woman left the church in 1998 after deemed sp, or suppressive person and sent for punishment to the church's sprawling gold base in the desert east of los angeles. >> made to do hard labor, half of every day. and then the other half of the day, we were