Ferradj became close to Hubbard’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Diana. She had developed into a glamorous young woman, with flowing red hair and pale skin showered with freckles. She played the grand piano in the family dining room on the ship. Some saw her as imperious, a princess, but Ferradj, who was four years older than Diana, was smitten. When Hubbard found out about the relationship, he summoned Ferradj to the poop deck. Ferradj said Hubbard greeted him with a blow to the jaw. “I hit the bulkhead of the ship and slumped to the deck,” he recalled. “I don’t know if it was because I was an
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The normalization of adult men pursuing attractions to minors in this book is creepy. Maybe this specific 16/20 age gap in a cross-cultural context wasn't considered a big deal, but Wright is not being responsible about this. I think LRH was still probably being racist and possessive though.
