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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0927_johnny_lewis_scientology_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/09/27/0927-johnny-lewis-scientology-getty-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnny Lewis&lt;/strong&gt;' father tried to help his son multiple times before his death ... telling TMZ he believed Johnny's last stint in a treatment center was finally going to work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A close family source of Johnny's tells TMZ that Johnny tried a few different Scientology approved treatment center, but they didn't work.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Johnny's father,&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Michael Lewis&lt;/strong&gt; -- a high level Scientologist who was once close to L. Ron Hubbard -- tells TMZ he then turned to a treatment facility in Altadena, CA called Ridgeview Ranch as a last resort. Ridgeview describes itself as specializing in the \"treatment of mental heath and/or drugs and alcohol.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br dir=\"ltr\" id=\"tinymce\" class=\"mceContentBody \" contenteditable=\"true\" /&gt;Michael tells us that Johnny responded well to the environment at Ridgeview -- the staff was supportive, the program seemed to be working and says he thought \"it would stick this time.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael says that Johnny's treatment physician at Ridgeview advised against the use of psychiatric medication (which is highly frowned upon in Scientology) and used an alternative approach to getting well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, after a short stint at Ridgeview Johnny opted to finish the rest of his sentence in jail ... insisting he had no drug or psychiatric problems. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnny was released on September 21, just days before his death."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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