EXCLUSIVENew RHONY star Rebecca Minkoff is a hardcore Scientologist who rubbed shoulders with Danny Masterson and has donated MILLIONS to the church – while her doctor dad was implicated in horrifying wrongful death lawsuit of Lisa McPherson
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The Real Housewives of New York City may have found its most controversial cast member yet in fashion designer and avowed Scientologist Rebecca Minkoff.
The 43-year-old’s entry into the franchise is a shock considering Bravo’s recent efforts to sanitize the series by axing some of its most polarizing Housewives – including Ramona Singer, Eboni K Williams, and Leah McSweeney.
Minkoff, along with her entrepreneur brother Uri, their father Dr. David Minkoff, and mother Sue are one of the most powerful families in The Church of Scientology.
According to Scientology blog The Underground Bunker, the Minkoff clan have shelled out millions to the church and were even awarded ‘Diamond Meritorious’ status for hitting $5million in donations.
Minkoff grew up in the church and has even credited fellow celebrity Scientologist Jenna Elfman for catapulting her self-titled brand into the spotlight.
In 2001, the Dharma and Greg actress wore an ‘I Love New York’ T-shirt designed by Minkoff on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno just days after the September 11 attacks, which sent sales soaring and put Minkoff on the fashion map.
Minkoff was friends with actor Danny Masterson – who is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for rape.
Photos of a beaming Minkoff happily posing with the disgraced sitcom star in 2015 at an event for her fashion label are still up on her official Facebook page.
The pair’s friendship goes back decades and they’ve been pictured together as early as 2004.
The designer’s ties to Scientology go back decades and involve one of the most shocking scandals in the church’s history.
Her father Dr. David Minkoff had to pay $100,000 as part of a wrongful death lawsuit of Scientologist Lisa McPherson, who died in 1995.
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