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TONY ORTEGA
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Scientology this week submitted a new filing to a California appeals court, hoping to tip the scales in its favor as the court weighs what to do about the AI blunder that we’ve been telling you about in the civil lawsuit that Danny Masterson’s victims filed against the imprisoned That ‘70s Show actor and the church.
Scientology and Masterson are being sued over what the Jane Doe victims allege is years of harassment since they came forward to the LAPD with their allegations in 2016. (It’s a separate criminal case that sent Masterson to prison for 30 years to life for attacking two of the women. The same court is handling Masterson’s appeal of that conviction.) Scientology tried to gut the civil lawsuit with an anti-SLAPP motion that was denied by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder Kalra. Scientology then appealed that ruling, and both sides were asked to submit briefs by the appeals court.
But Scientology then found that a brief submitted by attorneys at Boies Schiller, the prestigious national firm representing the Jane Doe victims, contained bogus legal citations that appeared to be AI-generated. Boies Schiller partner John Kucera admitted to the court that the hallucinatory citations were the result of AI, he took personal responsibility for the debacle, and he moved to submit a new brief with the errors removed.
Scientology opposed Kucera’s motion, saying that the Jane Does should forfeit the arguments they were making with the bogus citations, that the corrected brief not be allowed, that the court sanction Boies Schiller for the AI debacle, and even that Boies Schiller be suspended from the case.
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Scientology and Masterson are being sued over what the Jane Doe victims allege is years of harassment since they came forward to the LAPD with their allegations in 2016. (It’s a separate criminal case that sent Masterson to prison for 30 years to life for attacking two of the women. The same court is handling Masterson’s appeal of that conviction.) Scientology tried to gut the civil lawsuit with an anti-SLAPP motion that was denied by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder Kalra. Scientology then appealed that ruling, and both sides were asked to submit briefs by the appeals court.
But Scientology then found that a brief submitted by attorneys at Boies Schiller, the prestigious national firm representing the Jane Doe victims, contained bogus legal citations that appeared to be AI-generated. Boies Schiller partner John Kucera admitted to the court that the hallucinatory citations were the result of AI, he took personal responsibility for the debacle, and he moved to submit a new brief with the errors removed.
Scientology opposed Kucera’s motion, saying that the Jane Does should forfeit the arguments they were making with the bogus citations, that the corrected brief not be allowed, that the court sanction Boies Schiller for the AI debacle, and even that Boies Schiller be suspended from the case.
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Scientology piles on with amicus brief to punish Danny Masterson victims in AI mess
Scientology this week benefited from a new filing to a California appeals court, and they’ll be hoping it’s enough to tip the scales in their favor as the court weighs what to do about the AI blunder that we’ve been telling you about in the civil lawsuit that Danny Masterson’s victims filed...
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