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Last week, the Church of Scientology claimed in a filing to federal Judge James Whittemore that it needed to depose Boston resident Brian Culkin in Massachusetts because the yoga teacher was too afraid to attend an evidentiary hearing scheduled for September 26 in Tampa, Florida.
Culkin feared for his life, the church said, because of nasty comments made at this blog and other reactions after Culkin signed a declaration that the church used to complicate a federal fraud lawsuit brought against the church by Luis and Rocio Garcia of Irvine, California.
But now Culkin has hired San Antonio attorney Ray Jeffrey, who has won two recent high-profile cases against Scientology, and Jeffrey has filed a scathing letter that may have left Scientology’s motion in tatters.
The letter is attached as an exhibit to a briefing filed by attorney Ted Babbitt, who says the Garcias object to Scientology’s assertion that Culkin’s deposition had to take place in Boston, under the supervision of a special master, and only with Scientology’s questions.
But the real fireworks are in the letter by Ray Jeffrey, which accuses Scientology of outrageous conduct. In his briefing, Babbitt calls for sanctions based on what Jeffrey reveals.
Jeffrey’s letter is addressed to Wally Pope — the church’s attorney — as well as Babbitt and Ronald Weil, the two attorneys for the Garcias that the church is trying to get disqualified. The church had filed a motion accusing Babbitt and Weil of improperly employing an attorney, Robert Johnson, who had previously worked for Scientology. The church’s main piece of evidence was the declaration by Brian Culkin, who was a member of the church for about a year and had donated $350,000 in that short time. In return for a refund, Culkin signed his declaration in March, but now he’s saying that he was misled when the church used it to attack the Garcias’ federal fraud lawsuit. And the church has also misled the public, Jeffrey alleges, by pretending that Culkin is in fear of testifying. To the contrary, he will show up in Tampa to be heard…
More: http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/15/re...y-jeffrey-blasts-scientology-in-court-filing/
Last week, the Church of Scientology claimed in a filing to federal Judge James Whittemore that it needed to depose Boston resident Brian Culkin in Massachusetts because the yoga teacher was too afraid to attend an evidentiary hearing scheduled for September 26 in Tampa, Florida.
Culkin feared for his life, the church said, because of nasty comments made at this blog and other reactions after Culkin signed a declaration that the church used to complicate a federal fraud lawsuit brought against the church by Luis and Rocio Garcia of Irvine, California.
But now Culkin has hired San Antonio attorney Ray Jeffrey, who has won two recent high-profile cases against Scientology, and Jeffrey has filed a scathing letter that may have left Scientology’s motion in tatters.
The letter is attached as an exhibit to a briefing filed by attorney Ted Babbitt, who says the Garcias object to Scientology’s assertion that Culkin’s deposition had to take place in Boston, under the supervision of a special master, and only with Scientology’s questions.
But the real fireworks are in the letter by Ray Jeffrey, which accuses Scientology of outrageous conduct. In his briefing, Babbitt calls for sanctions based on what Jeffrey reveals.
Jeffrey’s letter is addressed to Wally Pope — the church’s attorney — as well as Babbitt and Ronald Weil, the two attorneys for the Garcias that the church is trying to get disqualified. The church had filed a motion accusing Babbitt and Weil of improperly employing an attorney, Robert Johnson, who had previously worked for Scientology. The church’s main piece of evidence was the declaration by Brian Culkin, who was a member of the church for about a year and had donated $350,000 in that short time. In return for a refund, Culkin signed his declaration in March, but now he’s saying that he was misled when the church used it to attack the Garcias’ federal fraud lawsuit. And the church has also misled the public, Jeffrey alleges, by pretending that Culkin is in fear of testifying. To the contrary, he will show up in Tampa to be heard…
More: http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/15/re...y-jeffrey-blasts-scientology-in-court-filing/