Leah Remini has introduced she’s suing the Church of Scientology.
On Wednesday, the 53-year-old actress took to X (Twitter) to share some “important news” with everybody. In the prolonged put up, she revealed she filed a lawsuit in opposition to the church and its chief, David Miscavige:
“I wanted to share some important news. After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I am filing a lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige.”
The King of Queens alum went on to say that the church’s alleged makes an attempt to “silence” her haven’t labored, and she is going to proceed to struggle for the “victims” of the “cult with a tax exemption and billions in assets”:
“While advocating for victims of Scientology has significantly impacted my life and career, Scientology’s final objective of silencing me has not been achieved. While this lawsuit is about what Scientology has done to me, I am one of thousands of targets of Scientology over the past seven decades. People who share what they’ve experienced in Scientology, and those who tell their stories and advocate for them, should be free to do so without fearing retaliation from a cult with tax exemption and billions in assets.”
Whoa.
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She continued and stated the press, in addition to households of Scientology members, legislation enforcement, and people within the leisure business, shouldn’t face an alleged “sophisticated intelligence operation” from the church — one which she claims destroys “lives and careers”:
“The press has a right to report about Scientology without facing a sophisticated intelligence operation from Scientology to destroy their personal lives and their careers. Law enforcement authorities have a right to investigate crimes in Scientology without fear that they will lose their jobs. Children, mothers, fathers, aunts, and uncles have a right to request welfare checks on their family members without fear of an operation activated against them by Scientology for doing so. Those in the entertainment business should have a right to tell jokes and stories without facing an operation from Scientology which uses its resources in Hollywood to destroy their lives and careers.”
Leah completed up her assertion by saying she’s doing this to assist those that don’t have a technique to “fight back”:
“With this lawsuit, I hope to protect the rights afforded to them and me by the Constitution of the United States to speak the truth and report the facts about Scientology without fear of vicious and vindictive retribution, of which most have no way to fight back.”
See her full assertion (under):
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I wished to share some essential information.
After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I’m submitting a lawsuit in opposition to Scientology and David Miscavige.
While advocating for victims of Scientology has considerably impacted my life and profession,…
— Leah Remini (@LeahRemini) August 2, 2023
As we’ve beforehand coated, the Kevin Can Wait star has been very outspoken about her experiences with Scientology for years. July marked a decade since she made the choice to depart the church, and ever since then she’s advocated for others who’ve left, and has spoken out in opposition to what she calls corrupt practices throughout the group.
In authorized docs filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by PageSix on Wednesday, the People Puzzler host alleges the church “stalked, surveilled, harassed, threatened, intimidated” her, in addition to created “intentional malicious and fraudulent rumors via hundreds of Scientology-controlled and -coordinated social media accounts that exist solely to intimidate and spread misinformation” in opposition to her. The paperwork go on to say her pals, colleagues, and household have additionally been “incessantly harassed, threatened, intimidated, and embarrassed”.
Wow… so, so terrible to listen to. What do U take into consideration Leah taking the step to sue Scientology in spite of everything these years, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback (under).
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