Former Sons of Anarchy star Johnny Lewis was deeply involved with Scientology and it’s drug rehabilitation programme, TMZ.com has reported.

The actor, who’s infamous death occurred when he murdered his landlady and disembowelled her cat before falling to his death in what was suspected to have been a drug-fuelled episode, was closely linked to the sect, more so than it first appeared. TMZ had already reported that his own father, Michael Lewis, was closely linked with Scientology and it’s founder, the science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, so close in fact that the two worked together during the 1980’s on a movie about the ‘discovery’ of Dianetics by Hubbard. Whilst this clearly puts Johnny at close links with the Church of Scientology, apparently he was a very active member of Scientology throughout his life, especially the drug rehabilitation programme run by the church, Narconon.

Johnny was a regular spokesperson for the programme and even appeared at a substance abuse prevention event back in 2004. He was supposedly chosen because his mother, herself a prominent Scientologist, used Narconon to keep the actor from using drugs to great effect, making him the ideal candidate for the programme. Fast forward to 2012 and Johnny was released from a (non-Scientology) rehab clinic before going on his drug-fuelled rampage. Meanwhile, Scientology officials have since denied his involvement in their organisation for some years and removed all pictures of him from the web, as well as the story about his appearance at the Narconon event.