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Jul 14, 1983
$42 Million suit filed against Scientologists — Associated Press
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Associated Press Members of a Church of Scientology splinter group have filed a $42 million suit against the church, alleging fraud, slander and breach of contract. The suit was filed here last week on behalf of Bent Corydon, former director of the Riverside Scientology mission and member of the new Church of Sciologos. It seeks $40 million in punitive damages plus real damages of $1.83 million, said Corydon's attorney, Paul Morantz of Pacific Palisades. The suit is a cross-complaint to a $6.2 million ...
Jun 14, 1983
Judge throws out lawsuit over Scientology dispute — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Russell Chandler Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A Riverside Superior Court judge Monday threw out a suit by L. Ron Hubbard's estranged son that claimed that his father, the controversial founder of the Church of Scientology, is either dead or incompetent. Judge David Hennigan had been "convinced" by a declaration Hubbard had filed three weeks ago that the reclusive science-fiction writer was alive. The declaration was signed and fingerprinted by Hubbard and apparently authenticated by handwriting and fingerprint experts. Hubbard, 71, had written in the document that he ...
May 21, 1983
Judge believes Hubbard lives // Gives son three weeks to disprove — Associated Press
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Associated Press "I am not a missing person," Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said in a signed statement that has led a judge to believe the reclusive author is healthy despite a son's claim to the contrary. Superior Court Judge David Hennigan said Friday that the declaration, which included fingerprints experts have said belong to the 72-year-old Hubbard, made him believe Hubbard still is alive. Hubbard has not made a public appearance in years. Hennigan said the seven-page document, filed with ...
May 2, 1983
More Nevada debate on cult bill — Associated PressMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Brendan Riley Source:
Associated Press Carson City, Nev. (AP) — More pleas for controls on cults were aired Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee reviewed a plan to allow for civil lawsuits against cults or any other groups which bilk people. No immediate action was taken on SB343, being pushed by Sen. Bill Hernstadt who had to "deprogram" a daughter who had joined the Church of Scientology. Scientology representatives were criticized by Sen. Thomas "Spike" Wilson, committee chairman, for failing to deliver promised documents outlining their ...
Apr 27, 1983
Scientologists fail to obtain Hubbard's files — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Myrna Oliver Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday refused to release 21 boxes of personal letters and journals of reclusive Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to church officials, despite a handwritten letter purportedly from Hubbard claiming them as his property. The material is the subject of a lawsuit by the Scientologists against their former member and archivist, Gerald Armstrong, seeking permanent return of the documents. The church claims that Armstrong stole the material. He claims that Hubbard had permitted him ...
Apr 16, 1983
Ruling 'in tune with times,' says Scientology attorney — Daily Times AdvocateMore: link
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Daily Times Advocate LOS ANGELES — A. Thomas Hunt, attorney for the Church of Scientology, said Tuesday that Monday's ruling on the religious nature of Scientology by a federal judge "means the absolute end" of cases filed against the church in that court. He described the ruling by U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall that Scientology is a religion as "in tune with the times," and said it reflected the growing international acceptance of Scientology. Hunt compared the ruling with similar judicial decisions favorable ...
Apr 3, 1983
Have Scientology practices led to suicide tries? — Flint Journal (Michigan)More: link
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David V. Graham Source:
Flint Journal (Michigan) It is not uncommon for present or former Scientology members to try to kill themselves, according to three national experts on the controversial religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard. The head of the Scientology Church in Michigan, however, denies that Scientology practices have led to suicides. And the president of the international Church of Scientology, the Rev. Heber C. Jentzsch, headquartered in Los Angeles, dismisses the experts quoted in this story as "liars," who he says are out to discredit a ...
Apr 1, 1983
Scientology officials deny charges that it practices 'brainwashing' [exact date unknown] — Flint Journal (Michigan)
Feb 11, 1983
Church officials offer note as proof founder is alive — Los Angeles Times (California)
Feb 11, 1983
Note is evidence founder is still alive, Scientologists say — Arizona Republic
Feb 4, 1983
Antireligion and the Press — Washington Times
Jan 31, 1983
Mystery of the Vanished Ruler — TIME MagazineMore: gerryarmstrong.org
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TIME Magazine Tag(s):
Alan Walters •
Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Assets •
Auditing •
Bent Corydon •
Blackmail •
Brainwashing •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Copyright, trademark, patent •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
Detox •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Income •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Inurement •
Jocelyn Armstrong •
John Brodie •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawsuit •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Medical claims •
Michael J. Flynn •
Mission Holders Conference •
Operation Snow White •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Tax matter •
TIME Magazine •
Tonja C. Burden •
William W. "Bill" Franks Jan 24, 1983
Ministry of fear // Scandal rocks Scientology as the founder's wife goes to prison and his son turns prosecution witness — People magazineMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Saar Source:
People magazine [Picture / Caption: Scientology's headquarters in L.A. was formerly the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The church purchased It for $5 million In 1977.] Last October in San Francisco, some 70 local leaders of the Church of Scientology gathered to hear nine church executives harangue them about their shortcomings. Styling themselves with titles that ranged from the quasi-military ("Commander," "Warrant Officer") to the quasi-lunatic ("International Finance Dictator"), the men announced that they represented the new hierarchy of the organization, and that they ...
Jan 17, 1983
Struggle to control power, money splits Scientologists — Los Angeles Times (California)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Jan 6, 1983
Fight over funds divides Scientology group — New York TimesMore: nytimes.com
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