P.I.: Miscavige Told Us to Let Dad Die

TMZ has obtained audio from a police interview in 2013 in which a private investigator claims that Scientology leader David Miscavige ordered him not to assist Miscavige’s father, Ronald, when it looked like he might be suffering from heart problems. P.I. Daniel Powell, who claims he was paid $10,000 a week for a year and a half to trail the elder Miscavige, says he watched Ronald hunch over and clutch his chest. Powell says Miscavige told him in a phone call, “If he dies, he dies. Don’t intervene.” Lawyers for Miscavige deny their client ever hired Powell.