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TONY ORTEGA
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[Valeska, the Atrium, and Scientology attorneys Jeffrey Steinfeld and Charles Harris]
Former Scientology Sea Org workers Gawain and Laura Baxter and Valeska Paris, who live in Australia, recently went public in court documents with damning descriptions of what they were put through during 15 days of Scientology “religious arbitration” that began in Clearwater, Florida on January 19 before they refused to continue and walked away, and then asked Tampa federal Judge Thomas Barber to intervene.
It was Judge Barber who forced the labor trafficking lawsuit into Scientology’s brand of arbitration, agreeing (reluctantly) with the church’s argument that contracts signed by the three former workers obliged them to take their grievances about working like slaves aboard the church’s cruise ship, the Freewinds, to Scientology’s internal justice procedures, and not to a court of law.
But after 15 days of what they say was a ludicrous, one-sided and completely unfair proceeding, and with their attorneys prevented from being present with them during the sessions, Valeska and the Baxters submitted a motion to reconsider, asking Judge Barber to change his mind about forcing them into such an abusive process.
Last week, we showed you declarations by Valeska and the Baxters in full, as well as a sworn statement by a New York psychologist who was called as an expert witness by the plaintiffs, and another declaration by Dennis Nolan, a South Carolina law professor and arbitration expert who said, “Over my half-century of research, teaching and practice in this field, I have never encountered a system less worthy of the title of arbitration.”
Now, Scientology has answered these allegations with a broadside of their own, written by attorneys Jeffrey Steinfeld and Charles Harris. Steinfeld has been added to numerous cases of Scientology litigation in recent weeks, and he appears to be the replacement for William Forman, Scientology’s chief litigator who recently was appointed as a judge at Los Angeles Superior Court by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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[/td]Former Scientology Sea Org workers Gawain and Laura Baxter and Valeska Paris, who live in Australia, recently went public in court documents with damning descriptions of what they were put through during 15 days of Scientology “religious arbitration” that began in Clearwater, Florida on January 19 before they refused to continue and walked away, and then asked Tampa federal Judge Thomas Barber to intervene.
It was Judge Barber who forced the labor trafficking lawsuit into Scientology’s brand of arbitration, agreeing (reluctantly) with the church’s argument that contracts signed by the three former workers obliged them to take their grievances about working like slaves aboard the church’s cruise ship, the Freewinds, to Scientology’s internal justice procedures, and not to a court of law.
But after 15 days of what they say was a ludicrous, one-sided and completely unfair proceeding, and with their attorneys prevented from being present with them during the sessions, Valeska and the Baxters submitted a motion to reconsider, asking Judge Barber to change his mind about forcing them into such an abusive process.
Last week, we showed you declarations by Valeska and the Baxters in full, as well as a sworn statement by a New York psychologist who was called as an expert witness by the plaintiffs, and another declaration by Dennis Nolan, a South Carolina law professor and arbitration expert who said, “Over my half-century of research, teaching and practice in this field, I have never encountered a system less worthy of the title of arbitration.”
Now, Scientology has answered these allegations with a broadside of their own, written by attorneys Jeffrey Steinfeld and Charles Harris. Steinfeld has been added to numerous cases of Scientology litigation in recent weeks, and he appears to be the replacement for William Forman, Scientology’s chief litigator who recently was appointed as a judge at Los Angeles Superior Court by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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Scientology blasts Valeska Paris and the Baxters in response to arbitration criticisms
Former Scientology Sea Org workers Gawain and Laura Baxter and Valeska Paris, who live in Australia, recently went public in court documents with damning descriptions of what they were put through during 15 days of Scientology “religious arbitration” that began in Clearwater, Florida on January...
tonyortega.substack.com
