Uncovering the Truth

Gerald Gentile’s Contradictory Statements

 

When questioned by Detective Stephen Bohling, Gerald Gentile repeatedly attempted to distance himself from Tom Brennan. Gentile referred to Brennan as an acquaintance, someone he only knew “through his wife.” Gerald, also known as Jerry, stated that Tom had never called him and that Brennan probably did not even know his phone number. 

Brennan, on the other hand, characterized his relationship with Gentile quite differently. On page 19 of the Clearwater Police Report, for example, Brennan referred to Gentile as a “close friend.” According to Brennan’s attorney, Paul Johnson, Brennan considered Gerald Gentile a friend and referred to him as such when speaking with Detective Bohling.

Tom also stated that—the night his son, Kyle, died—he called Gentile after calling “Chaplain Denise” and that he asked Gentile to come to the apartment to give him support. This behavior would have been unusual and most likely an ungranted request if Gentile were a mere acquaintance. These two were indeed friends—and that Brennan had Gentile’s phone number and called him many times—is proven by a simple fact: During police questioning, Detective Bohling asked Brennan to “please call his friend Jerry and give him the message to contact him [Bohling] at the CWPD.” Bohling claimed that his calls to Gentile went unanswered, so from February 28, 2008, to April 1 of the same year, the detective repeatedly asked Brennan to contact Gentile on his behalf.

During the police interviews, Gentile also attempted to distance himself from the Brennan apartment. In the police report, on page 41, Gerald Gentile told Bohling that on the evening that Kyle died, he returned home “Um, after 11 or 12.” These times, of course, don’t line up with statements that were given by his wife, Denise Miscavige Gentile, or by Tom Brennan. 

 Why would Gentile offer up a different version of the events? It was to distance himself from Tom Brennan and the Cleveland Avenue apartment on the evening of Kyle’s death. “Clearwater police detective Stephen Bohling never questioned these discrepancies.”

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Gerald Gentile Uncovering the Truth

CWPR: page 19

CWPR: page 38

CWPR: page 39

CWPR: page 54

Excerpt from the Deposition of Gerald Gentile

Excerpts from the deposition of Gerald Gentile

Excerpt from the deposition of Denise Miscavige Gentile

Officer Jonathan Yuen

Response Information from Forensic Science Specialist Jennifer McCabe

(Daughter of State Attorney Bernie McCabe)