The Church of Scientology haven’t but responded in courtroom to Leah Remini’s harassment lawsuit filed earlier this month, however, in accordance with the Emmy winner, the David Miscavige-led group has made some harsh strikes in response.
“In the short period of time since Ms. Remini’s Complaint was filed, Ms. Remini and others have been subject to continued, aggressive harassment,” says an amended criticism from Remini put within the LA Superior docket on August 29 (learn Remini’s amended criticism towards Scientology right here).
The amended criticism reiterates Remini’s earlier allegations within the unique August 2 submitting of retaliation by the Church for her very public critiques of its coverage and personnel. However, moreover Remini now’s saying that since that preliminary criticism was filed she has been the sufferer of assorted acts of bank card fraud, lambasted by on-line trolls, and accused immediately by the Church for producing “threats of and actual violence against the Church” and suggesting she “consider emigrating to Russia.”
Seemingly connecting the dots, the amended criticism additionally says the “business of Ms. Remini’s tutor was hacked,” and simply over per week in the past, the King of Queens star’s most cancers struggling Scientology and the Aftermath co-host Mike Rinder was stalked by somebody near the Church.
The amended criticism particulars that declare:
On August 15, 2023, Mike Rinder, who co-hosted The Aftermath and Scientology: Fair Game, and his spouse had been surveilled by an unknown car. Their son after which neighbors alerted the Rinders to a “suspicious vehicle parked on the main boulevard of our community outside their house.” The similar automotive preceded them on a drive to run errands and adopted them right into a parking zone. They stumbled on the identical automotive once more in a church parking zone adjoining to the doorway to their group. When the Rinders drove as much as the automotive, the automotive pulled out, making a U-turn over a median to keep away from them.
Mr. Rinder notes in a video posted on the weblog that he needed to have interaction in related efforts towards one other particular person when he headed OSA, and is for certain that Scientology is surveilling him to make sure that he doesn’t help course of servers in finding Mr. Miscavige or try and serve him personally.
This harassment is very egregious as Mr. Rinder is at the moment present process therapy for most cancers. Knowing that her good friend, whereas unwell, is topic to this surveillance, causes Ms. Remini nice misery.
As she famous within the unique nine-claim criticism, Remini is searching for unspecified damages. As nicely as injunctive reduction “to end Scientology’s policies against Suppressive Persons so that current and former Scientologists, and others who wish to expose Scientology’s abuses, including journalists and advocates, may feel free to hold Scientology accountable without the fear that they will be threatened into silence.”
Contacted by Deadline right now for a response to the amended criticism, the Church of Scientology resent its August 3 response ripping Remini as “a horrible person” and a hate-speech-spewing “bigot.” The assertion additionally considerably redundantly calls the lawsuit towards the Church and its chief Miscavige “ludicrous and the allegations pure lunacy.”
Having gone by means of a few judges already on account of conflicts of curiosity and extra, a listening to in Remini’s swimsuit is ready for December 4.
With the identical claims of stalking, “malicious and harassing tweets,” and ” old-school, mob-style ways” that had been in her first submitting, Remini’s amended criticism arrived on the identical day that the choose within the civil case towards Scientology and member Danny Masterson oddly opted to proceed the keep in that matter.
That case alleges harassment and extra by Masterson and Scientology after the plaintiffs and their households went to the LAPD over sexual assault accusations towards the previous That 70s Show actor. The subsequent listening to within the civil case is scheduled for September 27. All three Jane Does within the civil case, which Scientology unsuccessfully tried to get the Supreme Court to intervene in, are former members of the Church. They are additionally all members within the prison case towards Masterson, which is able to see the incarcerated actor sentenced on September 7 on rape expenses.
Found responsible of two out of three expenses by a jury on May 31, Masterson may stand up 30 years behind bars in his sentencing.
Having testified on behalf of former Scientologist Paul Haggis on the Crash director’s sexual assault civil trial late final 12 months, People Puzzler host Remini was a high-profile presence initially of Masterson’s retrial again in April. It is unknown if she might be within the sure-to-be-packed courtroom for Masterson’s sentencing subsequent week.
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