 An article in the October 2012 issue of "Vanity Fair" stated that several sources have said that after the breakup with Cruz, Scientologist leaders launched a secret project to find Cruise a new girlfriend.According to those sources, a series of "auditions" of Scientologist actresses resulted in a short-lived relationship with British-Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi, who subsequently left Scientology.Scientology and Cruise's lawyers issued strongly worded denials and threatened to sue, accusing "Vanity Fair" of "shoddy journalism" and "religious bigotry".