Cruise named in 250 m dollar Church of Scientology lawsuit
August 1st, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug.1 (ANI): Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has been named in a 250 million dollar lawsuit that is being brought against the Church of Scientology.
Former scientologist Peter Letterese filed legal papers in Florida on July 15 alleging that members of the church harassed him after he left, reports the New York Daily News.
Letterese wants the church, which he calls a ”crime syndicate”, broken up under America’’s RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) law that has been used by federal authorities to tackle Mafia families. (ANI)
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August 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
If Letterese was worried before, just wait till we put on masks and protest outside his house and hack his computer. ;-)
August 13th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
The case filed by Peter Letterese and his company Creative Desperation is frivolous and obviously designed to generate publicity for himself. In this case, he is suing more than 60 people and entities, including Google, Yahoo! and the American Arbitration Association. In July 2008, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected similar claims and affirmed that the Church’s use of the book in question is fair use. Letterese’s company was penalized $266,000 by a California Court stating that his company has “filed numerous, repetitive and frivolous motions” and “refused to comply with [court] orders, even though its counsel was warned several times that serious [penalties] would result from such failure.” The lawsuit is as meritless as his other filings.