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How Debbie Cook Exposed Scientology and Got Away Scot-Free
By Tony Ortega Fri., Apr. 27 2012 at 8:00 AM
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Pilutik was reacting to the outpouring of emotion that met the news of the settlement.
After the way Cook exposed the abuses she suffered as a church executive in her dramatic February 9 testimony, many Scientology Watchers had hoped that her case would continue to bring new revelations about church leader David Miscavige and the secretive organization.
To some, Cook's settlement was a disappointing and even shocking betrayal of that possibility.
But Pilutik says it's important to remember that although the lawsuit seemed to have backfired on Scientology's attorneys at several points, its basic premise -- that Cook was in violation of a non-disclosure agreement she signed in 2007 -- had never been ruled on in court. Cook was facing perhaps millions of dollars in damages if a judge agreed with the church that she had simply breached her contract when she sent out the New Year's Eve e-mail raising questions about Miscavige's leadership.
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