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TONY ORTEGA
Excerpt:
[Peter Mansell, Scientology minion]
Earlier, we showed you the sworn declarations of Valeska Paris, and Gawain and Laura Baxter, about the aborted “religious arbitration” they were forced into which took place in January in Clearwater.
The three of them are former Sea Org workers who tried to sue Scientology over what they say were years of virtual slavery aboard the church’s cruise ship, the Freewinds. But federal Judge Thomas Barber (reluctantly) agreed with Scientology that contracts the three had signed obliged them not to sue but to submit to the church’s internal version of arbitration, which Scientology entirely controls.
After 15 days of the proceedings, which Valeska and the Baxters, as well as their expert witness, Dr. Chitra Raghavan, said were one-sided, unfair, intimidating and even frightening, they refused to go any further. They are now asking Judge Barber to reconsider his decision to force them into such an unprofessional farce that in no way resembles a legitimate legal proceeding.
However, something we’ve long pointed out is that Scientology very cleverly not only doesn’t allow the claimants to have their attorneys with them in the room, they also don’t allow recording devices or a transcript to be kept. So, as we’ve seen in this case and others, Scientology can tell the court that what the claimants are saying simply isn’t the truth.
And in fact, in this case, they submitted a lengthy affidavit from a Scientologist who was in the room. Longtime Sea Org official Peter Mansell was there representing one of the defendant organizations, the Flag Service Organization, which runs the Flag Land Base. We thought you’d want to see his version of what happened. And put yourself in Judge Barber’s place. He has no transcript to look at to assess who’s telling the truth. How do you think he will size up this statement in contrast to what we’ve seen from the others?
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[Peter Mansell, Scientology minion]
Earlier, we showed you the sworn declarations of Valeska Paris, and Gawain and Laura Baxter, about the aborted “religious arbitration” they were forced into which took place in January in Clearwater.
The three of them are former Sea Org workers who tried to sue Scientology over what they say were years of virtual slavery aboard the church’s cruise ship, the Freewinds. But federal Judge Thomas Barber (reluctantly) agreed with Scientology that contracts the three had signed obliged them not to sue but to submit to the church’s internal version of arbitration, which Scientology entirely controls.
After 15 days of the proceedings, which Valeska and the Baxters, as well as their expert witness, Dr. Chitra Raghavan, said were one-sided, unfair, intimidating and even frightening, they refused to go any further. They are now asking Judge Barber to reconsider his decision to force them into such an unprofessional farce that in no way resembles a legitimate legal proceeding.
However, something we’ve long pointed out is that Scientology very cleverly not only doesn’t allow the claimants to have their attorneys with them in the room, they also don’t allow recording devices or a transcript to be kept. So, as we’ve seen in this case and others, Scientology can tell the court that what the claimants are saying simply isn’t the truth.
And in fact, in this case, they submitted a lengthy affidavit from a Scientologist who was in the room. Longtime Sea Org official Peter Mansell was there representing one of the defendant organizations, the Flag Service Organization, which runs the Flag Land Base. We thought you’d want to see his version of what happened. And put yourself in Judge Barber’s place. He has no transcript to look at to assess who’s telling the truth. How do you think he will size up this statement in contrast to what we’ve seen from the others?
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Here's Scientology's version of what happened at the aborted Clearwater arbitration
Earlier, we showed you the sworn declarations of Valeska Paris, and Gawain and Laura Baxter, about the aborted “religious arbitration” they were forced into which took place in January in Clearwater.
tonyortega.substack.com
