FLA Scientology Leader David Miscavige Served for Child Trafficking

[lindysalsagal]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/clearwater/2023/02/15/scientology-leader-david-miscavige-concealed-whereabouts-federal-judge-says/

"Judge Julie S. Sneed noted that opposing attorneys had gone to significant lengths to serve Miscavige with the lawsuit filed in Tampa federal court last April. Valeska Paris and husband and wife Gawain and Laura Baxter allege they were trafficked into Scientology as children and forced to work for little or no pay as adults."

[Scrivener7]

1. Wow! This is big. Hopefully they'll nail this guy. Maybe we'll

learn where he has been holding his wife all these years too.

[ret5hd]

3. Holding her in the same "state" as ex-Ms-trump.

[Scrivener7]

4. That is the fear.

[malaise]

2. Oops!

Rec

[chowder66]

5. Oh please oh please oh please convict this asshole!!

[RKP5637]

6. I hope more and more Americans are waking up to what this crap is all about. n/t

[gldstwmn]

7. This is a big one. Now, where is his wife?

[progressoid]

11. She's just on vacation....

[Javaman]

13. Yeah, the "endless vacation" nt

[progressoid]

25. +1 n/t

[Meowmee]

8. 👏🏻👏🏻

[Takket]

9. if anyone hasn't watched the Leah Remini series, you should........

fraud, kidnapping, slavery......... all went on, in LARGE quantities, in Scientology, and they were basically untouchable due to freedom of religion laws. (I'm not saying what they did was legal, just that being able to even get inside and investigate it, was basically impossible.)

[BigmanPigman]

14. That was very interesting to watch

I learned a lot from her accurate series. The whole thing is insane. Basically, if you had fame and big bucks you were targeted and could go to the top very quickly. I wonder how much $$$ Tom Cruise has given them in total (so far that is). The whole time I watched it my mind couldn't fathom the level of corruption and terror used constantly in this organization/religion(?).

[paleotn]

15. State and federal authorities are loath to properly investigate

churches and religious groups in general because of the 1st Amendment. That's why Warren Jeffs and his "merry band" of child abusers in fundy Mormonism got away with their crimes for decades.

[lindysalsagal]

26. Utah's infested with it. We do nothing. Kids aren't educated, just abused.

Because god.

[Takket]

10. it should be noted that he wasn't "served" he was DECLARED served, because the judge decreed that

he was aware of the "serving" process and was intentionally avoiding it, which the judge declared as good as "being served".

I'm a little perplexed by this statement:

"Process servers tried to deliver court documents to Miscavige 27 times between May and August at 10 church properties in Clearwater and Los Angeles and were turned away by security."

How come these attempts happened last August, and the judge let him have another 5 months of blissful freedom before declaring him served? This hearing should have occurred last August.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. modern day slavery, and another "church" conducting brain-washing and abuse. nt

[Joinfortmill]

16. Good. But where the hell have the Feds been with this goddamn cult?

[Timeflyer]

17. 'Bout time this whole sleazy exploitive grift got wiped out--it's all about $$$.

[Chainfire]

18. DeSatan will probably give him a cabinet position.

[calimary]

19. I met a Scientology fan once. He was eager to become

a “Scientology auditor”, whatever-the-fuck that is. I got away from him at the first opportunity. I remember him talking it up, and I kept getting a vague feeling that an attempt was being made to sell me on the whole sordid stink-pot. It made me want to run for the nearest exit.

[oldsoftie]

20. I cant believe this cult has lasted this long.

[AllyCat]

21. Another stupid, controlling cult that commits crimes.

No concern for what is decent, fair, or human.

Throw these sick f*CMs in the slammer until they rot.

[Bev54]

22. Finally found him!

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Meanwhile Tom Cruise is the toast of Hollywood right now

Because he just made them a lot of money with his new Top Gun sequel.

Kimmel had him on and salivated all over him. And I love Kimmel and his anti Trump monologues. I don't know if he's been on other talk shows promoting his film. And the comment on YouTube underneath the Kimmel appearance were all so flattering to him.

[progressoid]

24. Yeah, people are conveniently ignoring Cruise's devotion to this organization.