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From: phariz@aol.com (Phariz)
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Subject: Additional Details About German TV Documentary
Date: 7 Apr 1997 01:45:45 GMT
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As you might be aware I was one person who was featured in the German 
tv-documentation on Scientology which took place on April 2nd.
There are some details which aren't featured in the film but which are 
worth to mention, as the Scientologists tried massively to interfere 
with the making of the film.

1.) Since beginning of February several OSA staff were busy to get in 
touch with the producers Egmont Koch and Mona Botros to find out what 
they had planned to film.
Those were Sabine Weber and Georg Stoffel from OSA Germany, from OSA 
Int Leisa Goodman and Elliot Abelson were the ones who sent faxes to 
blackmail the interview partners.

2.) While we were in Clearwater OSA East US sent Brian Anderson, 
Humberto Fontana, two other OSA staff and three or four security guards 
to disrupt the filming and follow us. CO OSA EUS Mary Story even wanted 
to film us but backed off when Garry Scarff photographed her.

In California were at least 10 people in the operation against the 
tv-crew involved including Mike Rinder, Elliot Abelson, private 
detectives and security staff. While they followed us in Clearwater 
with just one car they did in Los Angeles with four!
 

3.) After Egmont and Mona had returned to Germany, Sabine Weber from 
OSA called dozens of times the station WDR to find out when the film 
was planned to be aired. And finally Kurt Weiland called Mona Botros 
at home and called her a liar, as he was pissed off that they finally 
had managed to film the "Happy Valley"-compound.

The blackmail fax

On February 11th while the tv crew, Garry Scarff and I were in 
Clearwater, the "Church of Scientology International" tried to blackmail 
the people who were chosen to be interviewed by sending a lenghty fax 
to the legal department of the station WDR. In that fax they tried to 
bring into discredit Garry Scarff, Steven Fishman, Andre Tabayoyon, 
Vaughn Young, Ariane Jackson and my person.
The fax was signed by Leisa Goodman. Regarding my person they had the 
following to say:

"Martin Ottman

  WDR has also been speaking to a Martin Ottmann. Unlike Fishman and 
  Scarff, Ottmann was for a short time a member of the Church's staff 
  in Florida. He did not do well. After leaving the Church, he linked 
  up with Fishman, and also tried to testify against Scientology in 
  the Upper Admin Court Mannheim in July 1995. The judge, however, did 
  not wish to hear his testimony as he did not consider it of value. 
  We are very glad that he is no longer in the Church, as his unethical, 
  self-serving behaviour made him completely out of place.

  We have nothing against Martin Ottmann. We just object to his attempt 
  to denigrate the religion of eight million people because he wasn't 
  honest and ethical enough to make it himself. he is what you call an 
  'apostate', ie, someone who has renounced their former religion. 
  Apostates, while they may make sensational copy, are unreliable and 
  their information cannot be trusted, a fact commented upon by 
  religious scholars who have studied them.

  Says Lonnie Kliever, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern 
  Methodist University, 'They magnify small flaws into huge evils. 
  They turn personal disappointments into malicious betrayals. They 
  even will tell incredible falsehoods to harm their former religion.... 
  These 'atrocity tales' serve both to excuse the individual apostate 
  as well as to accuse the new religion of irrational belief and 
  immoral behavior."

I find it very interesting that they state that "they are very glad 
that I am no longer in the Church", although they tried to get me back 
for eight months after I had left the FSO in ‘92.


Martin Ottmann
Ameisenbergstr. 32
70188 Stuttgart
Germany

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