The tale of Johnny Lewis, the Sons of Anarchy actor who fell to his death in Los Feliz after murdering his elderly landlord, just keeps getting sadder and crazier. His father Michael was in one of the highest ranks of Scientology, and it’s come out that the younger Lewis was trying to kick a serious drug addiction with a potentially-dangerous Scientology program called Narconon. When that failed, he was in rehab earlier this year, and onlookers say he was clearly on drugs at the time of the murder.
One of the darker elements of the story are his friends’ total lack of surprise about the bizarre circumstances: Sons showrunner Kurt Sutter Tweeted: “It was a tragic end for an extremely talented guy, who unfortunately had lost his way. I wish I could say that I was shocked by the events last night, but I was not.” And Katy Perry, who dated Lewis from 2005-2006 and used him as partial inspiration for “The One That Got Away,” knew then that Lewis was on a bad path and felt she had to separate from him for her own good: “He was in trouble then,” says a source, “and she couldn’t help him.” Sources say she’s devastated about his death. [TMZ, Us Weekly]
Lewis also beat and dismembered the landlady’s cat to death with his bare hands. [TMZ]
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