14 DAY TRIAL // In light of the sudden and unexpected death of Peaches Geldof at just 25, theories about what might have caused the death are beginning to emerge. Police and family are still baffled as to what happened, since there were no signs of foul play, no hard drugs found at the scene and no suicide note indicating that Peaches took her own life.
Radar is throwing around the theory that the Church of Scientology might have had some influence in the affair, since Peaches had joined the very strict and secretive organization some time ago, because she felt it filled a spiritual void in her life.
Peaches was known to struggle with a drug program and Scientology has a controversial program for helping people get off drugs called Narcocon which they claim has a very good success rate.
Apparently, this successful program wasn't enough to save the troubled model and actress, despite the fact that she'd been involved with the church for some time. The first time it was speculated she was a member was back in 2009, when she was spotted leaving the Celebrity Center in Los Angeles, holding some Scientology literature.
Later, she went public with her new beliefs in an interview with ITV 2, when she admitted that she'd been into Scientology for almost two years. In the interview, she said that “I’ve been a Scientologist for a while now. I might as well be open about it. It’s something that I agree with.”
She explained her choice of faith by saying “it’s like difficult to explain. Like I was confused about what path to go through, and I felt like I needed a spiritual path. And I was thinking about it a lot and looking at different things.”
She also said that it was about becoming a more spiritual person “I always kind of felt that I was lacking something when I didn’t have a faith … In the end, all it’s about is making yourself a better person. Like, that’s all it’s about. It’s just working through stages and working with other people to become a calm person and it’s really helped me in that way. I have good friends who are Scientologists.”
It all lasted until 2013, when she switched from the secretive Scientology to a new religion called “Thelema,” also known as OTO. This religion deals mostly with black magic. Showing off her religion, Peaches boasted a new “OTO” tattoo and also posted pictures from alleged cult books. One caption read “#Thelema #OTO for all my fellow Thelemites on Instagram!”
The cause of her death remains to be determined by a coroner and the results are due to be made public later this week. Until then, her family is left devastated by her sudden passing and struggle to come to terms with what may have caused it.