LAPD detectives meet Scientology leader's wife Shelly Miscavige to confirm she IS 'alive and well' just hours after actress Leah Remini filed a missing persons report

Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige has met with police



The King of Queens star Leah Remini had filed a missing persons report for Shelly Miscavige - but LAPD have said it was 'unfounded'



LAPD confirmed that they received a missing persons report for Shelly Miscavige

Pressure was on the secretive religious organization to publicly produce Miscavige who has not been seen in public for over six years

The Church of Scientology have always denied that Miscavige is 'missing'



Speculation as to the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige was ended on Thursday evening after Los Angeles police said the missing person's report filed by actress Leah Rimini was 'unfounded'.



A spokesman for the LAPD told MailOnline that detectives had met with Mrs Miscavige and therefore the investigation into her whereabouts had ceased and that as far as they are concerned she was never missing.



Detective Gus Villanueva said that the LAPD had acted on a missing person's report filed on Shelly Miscavige and that as of around 3 p.m. (PT) 'the investigation is completed and classified as unfounded'.



The Church if Scientology has always vehemently denied that Shelly Miscavige is missing but it is not known whether detectives traveled to see Mrs Miscavige or if she came to see them to end the speculation about her whereabouts.



Proof of Friendship: Shelly Miscavige and Leah Remini - pictured in 2005 at a charity gala - the picture acts as confirmation that the pair knew each other before Miscavige's disappearance from the public eye

Police Complaint: Actress Leah Remini filed a missing persons report on Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige's wife, Shelly - who has been missing for six years

The controversial and notoriously secretive church was facing the embarrassment of its inner workings being probed if police had begun a search for Mrs Miscavige, who has not been seen in public for over six years.

Earlier, a spokesperson for the Church of Scientology issued a statement to the MailOnline regarding Remini's filing, stating, 'The Los Angeles Police Department has already stated that the case is closed and that the report filed by Leah Remini was unfounded.



'This ill-advised, ludicrous self-promotion and the media inquiries it generated caused an inexcusable distraction for the LAPD in an era when the time and resources of its officers are stretched thin each day.



'Creating this unnecessary burden for law enforcement was even more irresponsible given the entire episode was nothing more than a publicity stunt for Ms. Remini, cooked up with unemployed, anti-religious zealots who blog on the fringe of the Internet.



'Sadly, rather than move on with her life and career, Ms. Remini has aligned herself with a handful of untrustworthy, lunatic tabloid sources who obsessively harass the Church to advance their selfish agendas.'

Leah Remini had a very public break with the Church of Scientology last month partly fueled by her own personal inquiry into Shelly Miscavige's whereabouts begun after she was rebuked for asking at Tom Cruise's 2006 wedding.

Regardless, Remini's move to involve law enforcement in a missing persons case could have created a difficult situation for the Church of Scientology - which boasts around 10 million followers worldwide - including a raft of celebrities such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.

Last month Remini, who has had her claims of friendship with Shelly Miscavige questioned, released a statement confirming her break from the institution.



'I wish to share my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming positive response I have received from the media, my colleagues, and fans from around the world,' she said, according to The New York Post. 'I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support.'

Indeed, the MailOnline has obtained a photograph from Scientology blogger Tony Ortega of Remini and Mrs Miscavige from 2005, that proves the pair did indeed know each other before she disappeared from the public's view.



Leader: David Miscavige's (left) wife Shelly (right) has not been seen in public for over six years - but the the Church of Scientology has claimed that she is not missing in any shape or form

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that detectives had met with Mrs Miscavige and that she was not missing

The news of the LAPD filing was first reported by anti-Scientology journalist Tony Ortega.

The confirmation of the missing persons report came from Ortega's website, the Underground Bunker, which seeks to expose the inner workings of the secretive religious organization.



Ortega alleges that Miscavige was transferred from the Scientology headquarters in Helmet, California to a secret underground compound in Lake Arrowhead in late 2005 or 2006.



The compound is known as the Church of Spiritual Technology and is home to only a dozen Scientologists who allegedly have their access to the outside world limited.



While Miscavige and his legal team have denied that Shelly Miscavige is missing, they still have not publicly declared where she is and neither have the LAPD shed any light on it.



Indeed, lawyers for Shelly Miscavige herself denied that she was missing, telling Us Weekly in 2012, that 'any reports that she is missing are false...Mrs Miscavige has been working nonstop in the Church, as she always has.'

International Headquarters: The Church of Scientology has its headquarters in Riverside County, California to the north of San Jacinto and about 100 miles (160 km) from Los Angeles - Shelly Miscavige was allegedly moved from here to a secret underground compound in Lake Arrowhead in late 2005 or 2006.

Remini, who starred in the hit sitcom The King of Queens for nine years, is believed to be dropping out of the organization as a stand against the policy of barring members from questioning Miscavige's authority.



Out of the public eye for six years - Where is Shelly Miscavige? Shelly Miscavige was brought up in the Church and from the age of 12 it is reported that she was a member of Sea Org - the group responsible for the inernational management of Scientology affairs.



At the age of 21 she married 25-year-old David Miscavige



Together they rose to the highest echelons of the Church of Scientology



In the spring of 2006 after a cruise with her husband aboard the Scientology ship Freewinds her brother in law reportedly claimed she returned in a low mood.



She was last seen that year in June and did not attend Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding in November 2006



Shelly Miscavige was seen one last time in public in August 2007 at the funeral of her father - she has not been seen in public since.



In June 2012 speculation regarding her whereabouts grew and in response to two UK newspaper articles, the Church of Scientology replied 'that she is not missing and devotes her time fo the work of the Church of Scientology.'



Her location is not known - but it is thought that she is working at the Church of Spiritual Technology in San Bernardino County, California.

The rift began when Remini allegedly asked about Shelly's absense, a source told the New York Post, at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in 2006, where Miscavige was best man.



The question allegedly prompted an immediate backlash from former head of the Scientology Celebrity Center Tommy Davis.



According to a blog by ex-Scientology member Mike Rinder, Davis said: 'You don’t have the [bleeping] rank to ask about Shelly.'



The actress was then subsequently subjected to five years of 'thought modification', according to the Post.



Church friends, many of whom Remini had known for years, allegedly wrote reports on her and had her family investigated.



According to Mr Rinder's blog, Remini 'will no longer tolerate the squirreling and human rights abuses perpetrated in the church'.



Mr Rinder has yet to respond to a request for comment on his allegations from MailOnline.



Leah Remini is one of the most recognizable faces of Scientology which boasts a wealth of celebrity members including Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Juliette Lewis.



In the past, Remini, who starred in the movie Old School and had bit parts in Friends and Cheers, has been an avid defender of the religion.



In an interview with CNN, she said of Scientology's critics: 'If somebody is going to get turned off about something because of what they read or heard, then that person's not smart enough to even enter a church.



'If you're really against something, then know what you're against.'



Reclusive: This compound is known as the Church of Spiritual Technology - and is allegedly where Shelly Miscavige has been living since late 2005 or 2006