Agreed.
And on closer examination of the agreement, there appear to be issues of failure to disclose and get Debbie's explicit waiver of other constitutional rights such as:
Freedom of Religion (to practice Scientology): As mentioned in some of my earlier posts, if the NDA is strictly, literally and globally enforced, Debbie would not have the right to follow Scientology's holy scripture that mandate the "gradients of ethics" (and countless other KSW reporting responsibilities) wherein she would be required to (examples):
* "Noticing something non-optimum and commenting on it to the person."
* "Talking about another person derogatorily."
* "Talking to the person derogatorily."
Wasn't that what her email was exactly? Talking to fellow parishioners whom she had correctly determined were out-ethics by not following Ron's scripture and KSW itself?
Freedom of Religion (other religions): Scientology claims to be non-denominational and compatible with all other religions. What if Debbie were a practicing Catholic and went to confession to reveal her sins and part of that was the sins of omission whereby she failed to take action against crimes and human rights abuses from Scientology's senior management? Per the NDA, the CoS's theory is that she would have waived her right to be a Catholic. Clearly this was not disclosed in the agreement and is in clear violation of other human rights afforded & guaranteed to her as a citizen of the United States.
Unalienable Rights (Healthcare both physical and psychological): Quoting from the Declaration of Independence, "
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." What if Debbie's life (physical health) requires that she detail to her health care providers the physical trauma that she has endured while in the Sea Org, such as sleep deprivation, dietary insufficiencies and other bizarre practices such as mandatory toxic, fecal infested swamp cleaning without Hazmat protection? What about if her "Happiness" requires psychological counseling where she is asked questions about the terror and trauma she was forced to endure while undergoing gang bang sec checking or standing in a garbage container with a sign that read "LESBIAN" as scores of her co-workers hurled insults, character assassination and vicious and false accusations at her?
The list of rights that Debbie, according the the church, has forfeited is much longer than the above sampling. But, in fact, Debbie never explicitly waived those rights because they were never disclosed in the contract itself. And when executing the agreement, there is little doubt that she was entirely bereft of any legal representation to understand the absurdly crafted and one-sided agreement that she was pressured to sign under extreme duress.
Viewed another way, what if Debbie had signed a lease with a landlord who failed to disclose that the house had asbestos? What if the landlord's contract gave her $50,000 cash to remodel and decorate the house and the lease contract stated that the landlord is not responsible for any health or safety issues that may arise from her occupancy of the premises? And what if the contract had an NDA covenant that prevented her from saying anything about the house to anyone?
In a Scientology-run world, she would not only become a victim of deadly asbestos poisoning, she would additionally be sued to death for having called a toxic inspector to come into her home to determine why she was having trouble breathing.
I expect this case, if she is well-represented and can financially stay the course, to have explosively bad consequences for the Cult of Scientology.
This also assumes that her legal team can sustain a covertly-waged Fair Game crime wave that seeks to destroy their personal and professional lives.