LA SCN
NOT drinking the kool-aid
(Also posted here: How Debbie Cook Exposed Scientology and Got Away Scot-Free)
I'll stick with my posting here:
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthrea...l=1#post683124
I read Tonys' article a couple days ago with attorney Scott Pilutiks' speculation on the settlement.
I disagree and the opinion of my legal expert disagrees.
Two reasons for the church to settle right away are:
1) The testimony from Debbie was a PR nightmare just when the church was promoting itself and its wonderful approach to Human Rights via the newly opened Inglewood Ideal Org combined with its new alliance with Rev. Farrakhans' Nation of Islam. The church is angling for government funding for new members to do services. Bad press could kill that dead.
2) No fucking way that any churchies take the stand, especially the Midget. With Debbie and M&M aiding Jeffrey with his questioning, there would have been damaging to the church truth or provable perjury. This Texas court of law is not Anderson Cooper and the Stepford Wives. Notice the church settled before producing a single person for deposition. And remember Debbie had counter-sued that the NDA was signed under duress - the church wanted no part of that fight and the probable witness list testifying for Debbies' cause.
The Church wanted this to go away NOW NOW NOW. Their age old tactic of burying the opposition in filings and requests never got to come into play.
They failed to follow LRH policy and ruin Debbie Cook utterly.
The court Scientology knew it was getting beat to shite in is the Court of Public Opinion. Which loss negatively affects their future income.
A friend of mine, OT5 and still in the church before the Cook flap, is now out and everyone he knows that was on lines is now out.
Those who think the church brought pressure on Debbie to fold with their typical dirty tricks are forgetting that any comm she would have had with a church terminal would have been with Jeffrey present. I'm sure he knows blackmail when he sees it and blackmail is illegal.
And for those who say all the damning testimony had been already been given, bollocks! The church did not even want to give voice to the potential witness parade in Debbies' countersuit.
So the church was applying older policy to this: Cut your losses, let your profits run.
So, I'm staying with this analysis and I'm betting their losses include a chunk of change for Debbie Cook but that agreement is required to be undisclosed per the terms of the Permanent Injunction.
I'll stick with my posting here:
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthrea...l=1#post683124
I read Tonys' article a couple days ago with attorney Scott Pilutiks' speculation on the settlement.
I disagree and the opinion of my legal expert disagrees.
Two reasons for the church to settle right away are:
1) The testimony from Debbie was a PR nightmare just when the church was promoting itself and its wonderful approach to Human Rights via the newly opened Inglewood Ideal Org combined with its new alliance with Rev. Farrakhans' Nation of Islam. The church is angling for government funding for new members to do services. Bad press could kill that dead.
2) No fucking way that any churchies take the stand, especially the Midget. With Debbie and M&M aiding Jeffrey with his questioning, there would have been damaging to the church truth or provable perjury. This Texas court of law is not Anderson Cooper and the Stepford Wives. Notice the church settled before producing a single person for deposition. And remember Debbie had counter-sued that the NDA was signed under duress - the church wanted no part of that fight and the probable witness list testifying for Debbies' cause.
The Church wanted this to go away NOW NOW NOW. Their age old tactic of burying the opposition in filings and requests never got to come into play.
They failed to follow LRH policy and ruin Debbie Cook utterly.
The court Scientology knew it was getting beat to shite in is the Court of Public Opinion. Which loss negatively affects their future income.
A friend of mine, OT5 and still in the church before the Cook flap, is now out and everyone he knows that was on lines is now out.
Those who think the church brought pressure on Debbie to fold with their typical dirty tricks are forgetting that any comm she would have had with a church terminal would have been with Jeffrey present. I'm sure he knows blackmail when he sees it and blackmail is illegal.
And for those who say all the damning testimony had been already been given, bollocks! The church did not even want to give voice to the potential witness parade in Debbies' countersuit.
So the church was applying older policy to this: Cut your losses, let your profits run.
So, I'm staying with this analysis and I'm betting their losses include a chunk of change for Debbie Cook but that agreement is required to be undisclosed per the terms of the Permanent Injunction.