..--snip--
Any wonder it is near impossible to get a competent lawyer to go up against the cult in a judicial process? This is why.
True, true. . .
But all that is changing before our eyes. Particularly in 2012 with the Debbie Cook case where a small legal team made quick business of the cult's lawsuit by simply calling their bluff. The cult went through all the motions and machinations that the secret playbook called for, the same as they had since 1950.
But, something went wrong, terribly wrong. It didn't work.
Cook's defense attorney front-loaded the case with shocking testimony by Cook on the most outrageous evidence of psychological torture and physical abuse. The cult tried to stop it but it was too late. They backed off immediately and settled. Why?
Because of only one (1) single factor. Church leader COB and his top thugs would be compelled to testify in open court under oath.
That is what the cult fears most.
Wollersheim's case was also a victory but considering the extravagant time/expense it took (over 20 years) it was somewhat of a pyrrhic victory.
The astonishing speed that the cult backed off clearly signaled a new set of rules. This is what Hubbard feared most too and he relinquished his cherished spot in the limelight basking in applause to save his ass by hiding and running for the last many years of his life.
As mentioned in an earlier post, this is why Tom Cruise/Katy Holme's divorce was the fastest big-money celebrity divorce in history. It took only DAYS to get it done. Same reason, the church could not afford to testify in open court and have COB and others called as witnesses.
The cult is very much like an undefeated prizefighter who has mowed down ever challenger. Mike Tyson was like that, his reputation preceded him and there was an aura of invincibility that, itself, inspired fear in opponents. He could psych them out by merely appearing in the ring and that alone could throw off the challenger's focus and concentration. Also, knowing that at any moment he could throw one punch and render you into a coma didn't help either. The Church of Scientology has carefully and meticulously cultivated that same terrorize-the-oponent facade.
Then one day Mike Tyson didn't train enough and he got knocked out, the biggest upset in boxing history up to that point. After that, the patina of "total cause" was gone and he began to lose to lesser opponents and get himself beaten to hell and knocked out in the process. Once it was revealed that he was a vulnerable human being/athlete, others' confidence soared and he was history.
The cult now has been defeated several time and they are starting to run from litigation the way Hubbard ran. More and more lawsuits are being filed. Even their own top PIs are suing them!
HELPFUL TIP FOR THE CULT: Run cult run!!!