Karen#1
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[Leah Remini and Scientology appellate attorney Jeremy P. Rosen]
We told you we were curious why Scientology was late with its appeal brief in a preliminary ruling in Leah Remini’s lawsuit. After all, the church wasted no time smearing her after she left the church and began speaking out, and then again when she exposed Scientology controversies and abuses in her A&E series, and then again when she sued the church for its smears in 2023.
Here was another golden opportunity for Scientology leader David Miscavige to unload all of the garbage that his private investigators had dug up, never actually answering any of the allegations Leah brought up in her show, but instead recruiting her former friends and some family members to throw a lot of out-of-context calumnies against a woman who is a talented comedian who literally says outrageous stuff for a living.
Well, of course Dave wasn’t going to miss out on that, and although the appeal brief was a little late, it did show up at the 2nd District Appellate court in Los Angeles yesterday in all of its 70 pages of glory.
It’s all here, all the innuendo and smears they could throw at this woman as retaliation for her daring to interview other former members of Scientology about their horror stories of abuse.
And the lies are thick. The claims made about Leah’s reporting Shelly Miscavige to the LAPD (that in only “hours” it was declared unfounded), or that a death in Australia had any connection of any kind to Leah are things we’ve debunked numerous times before. But Scientology lawyer Jeremy P. Rosen is working for David Miscavige, and that means he has to throw everything at Leah and hope it sticks.
But please be clear about this as you read this wretched document: This is all that Scientology has. Miscavige is willing to spend millions on litigation like this in order to do one thing: Keep this case out of a courthouse and in front of a jury. These people supposedly dishing on Leah being a bigot or a racist? They may have said such things to Scientology out of fear or for money, but we we highly doubt that any of them would be willing to repeat those things under oath.
And why is Scientology so angry here? Because what you’ve heard from some news outlets was not true: Judge Randolph Hammock did not gut Leah’s lawsuit. In fact, he preserved all but one of her causes of action. Scientology is arguing so hard here not because Leah’s lawsuit is weak, but because it is strong, and Miscavige knows he’ll lose in front of a jury.
OK, have at it, gang.
APPELLANT’S OPENING BRIEF
INTRODUCTION :
Scientology's smeary appeal of Leah Remini's lawsuit: The whole enchilada
We told you we were curious why Scientology was late with its appeal brief in a preliminary ruling in Leah Remini’s lawsuit.
