Esquire Magazine Cover story: (October Edition)
This Man Made $500 Million Disappear
>A head-smacking tale of unbelievable fraud involving Hollywood big shots,
> Scientology, Silicon Valley, and a multimillionaire mystery man named
> Reed Slatkin. By Kim Masters

>Congratulations to Kim Masters for some excellent reporting in Esquire, and the
>kids at http://www.slatkinfraud.com/ for being the first to disclose the SEC documents
>that provide quotes like this: { thanks to Mark Ebner )

>"Scientology is the basis of almost everything I've done in my life."

>- Reed Slatkin

The Slatkin elves would like to recommend Slatkin's deposition as a
rich mine of delicious Reed-isms such as the following:

"There it is, L. Ron Hubbard, that's the guy. Like him or not, he's
my man."

14 MR. BOLTZ: I know it's -- I mean, people use
               15 different words when they write to you. Some, obviously,
             16 give gifts and a lot of them don't give anything. But some
                  17 talk about an award or a fee or a commission, and so forth.
18 Can you explain how they come up with -       

       19 THE WITNESS: It doesn't look too good, does it?

http://www.slatkinfraud.com/depo_jan.htm
http://www.slatkinfraud.com/depo_feb.htm
(Full transcripts of Slatkin's deposition in January
and February)

Here's another great Reed-ism, from a shareholders' meeting at another
of Reed's investments-gone-sour in the early 80s.

"Why isn't anyone smiling?"

courtesy of 'ptsc'- Goto Slatkinfraud site now
and admire tikk and kady and the elve's great work of love

Mayor of London bans Scientology solicitations from Traflagar Square - Reuters August 31st 2001

Sign Petition calling for US Justice Department Investigation of $cientology

Head of Narconon in Russia defects from sect - denouncing it as a Criminal Enterprise -
read what the ex-head of Narconon in russia says about Scientology and Narconon!

Scientology influence in State of California's Government

Jult 25  2001 A Scientology "OT7" [highest levels]   Dr Minkoff  loses license - Tampa tribune

London, England: "Scientology, once described by a judge as "corrupt,
sinister and dangerous", is under investigation by the Home Office
for targeting drug-addicted prisoners.

The Home Secretary, David Blunkett, is considering banning
leaflets used by the sect to recruit inmates to its anti-drug
program."

Russian Scientology leader convicted of fraud - 27 June 01
"A court in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk Wednesday handed a local
Scientology leader a six year suspended sentence for money laundering and
setting up an illegal business, ITAR-TASS reported."

I get quoted in Canada's National Post June 6 2001- if their server is too busy try HERE
"...Scientology has big-name backers in Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (though recent newspaper reports suggest Kidman and Cruise's split had to do with her hesitation over raising their kids as Scientologists), Lisa Marie Presley, Kirstie Alley and Jenna Elfman. Arnie Lerma, a former Scientologist and vocal critic, says actors like it because "Scientology appeals to the ego. It promises you super-duper spiritual powers. If you're making a lot of money, you can [pay to] be relieved of all your guilt. Scientology surgically removes your conscience."

Viva La France!

31 May 01 France passes anti-sect legislation!

"Officially entitled "the law to reinforce the prevention and repression of
groups of a sect-like character," it makes it an offence to abuse a
vulnerable person via the "exertion of heavy or repeated pressure or
techniques liable to alter his judgement. "

CLEARWATER 23 May 01- Tampa Tribune
For months, a high-profile attorney for a prominent critic of the Church of Scientology has tried to show the church is behind a minor drug charge against his client.   Now, on the eve of Jesse Prince's trial on a misdemeanor charge of growing marijuana, defense lawyer Denis de Vlaming has hit what he considers pay dirt.

copies of depositions in Prince case HERE

Tampa Tribune Article-
""Everyone thinks he was set up," a juror said of defendant Jesse Prince.
The man did not want to be identified." 

St. Peteresburg Times Article:

"Again and again in recent years, Scientology has claimed that it has reformed, that it no longer engages in the kind of underhanded or illegal behavior and smear tactics that have earned it a sorry reputation around the globe. Again and again, Scientology has argued that it is a religion and should be treated like any other church.

But again and again, stories surface that set Scientology apart. Not only does it have a penchant for secrecy, it will spend virtually unlimited time and money on pursuing, setting up and bringing down its critics.

That's not like any church we know."

CONGRATULATIONS JESSE PRINCE!
State Dismisses Charges against Jesse Prince at 2:10 PM May 23 rd 2001!

Founded by Scientologist Sky Dalton - Earthlink network brags
that it protects users privacy in its marketing, yet read about the new "super-cookie" that
is installed by Earthlink's Network's distribution CD's

Cisco Executive backs Hubbard courses - 10 May 01

The set up of Internet Activist Keith Henson
More Examples of "simulation of a felony "

see the  Freehenson Website  HERE

"Scn is like HIV. Gets in there and screws up the immune system, perverts the law to its own ends." --- Keith Henson   [ how right you were Keith  ed. ]

His past antics mentioned in "The Great Mambo Chicken" has been picketing Scientology's prison camp facility in Hemet California, his sign says "NO OT's in Scientology" - Scientology is now trying to frame him as a terrorist for bomb threats manipulating the Riverside County DA - Summary page here scroll to bottom for most recent info

Scientology should be treated differently.. by John Merritt [ scroll down  page to Scientology ]
I represented the Lisa McPherson Trust and the 10 or more individuals who were acquitted in the recent trial before Judge Thomas Penick. Attorney F. Wallace Pope Jr.'s March 28 letter to the editor (Extra-duty program deserves praise) is just what one would expect from a Scientology mouthpiece. In his letter, Pope repeated a willful falsehood he was once forced to retract in court. In fact, no one was convicted of contempt in the recent trial before Judge Penick. Adjudication of guilt was withheld as to two of the approximately 13 people Pope and Scientology haled into court; the rest were acquitted outright. {including the operator of this website..}...rest of text here

PARIS (Reuters) - A French magistrate has ordered the Paris
division of the Church of Scientology to stand trial on charges of
attempted extortion and invasion of privacy, judicial sources said
on Tuesday.

Investigating magistrate Renaud Van Ruymbeke also notified Marc
Walter, a leader of Scientology in the Paris region, that he would
face trial on the same charges, in addition to false advertising.

Also see Scientologists Accused of Fraud in France [ AP ] 4 April

Scientology's Plan to Spam and Sporge the Internet
revealed by an Insider
"I promise not to tell ANYONE about this project. This would include forever never telling any auditor, any of the exec's of Scientology, not any ethics officers, etc. I think it even went on to name Heber and a few other well-known execs as people I would never tell. The price was $10,000 if I ever revealed ANYTHING to ANYONE about this, EVER. I stood there sort of in shock."

This website gets a pointer from the New York Post

"Jewish groups are expressing strong reservations about
President Bush's plan to give ministries more access to federal funds for
social services,.."

"Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the conservative Christian
Coalition, put the White House on notice that his group had serious
problems with the faith-based initiative if it meant the federal
government would provide funds to groups such as the Hare Krishnas and
Church of Scientology. "

Unbelievable but true:
Scientology sought Contempt charges against an Ex-Member for:
Sitting in Santa's Chair - Story Here

Describing Scientology as:
"a ruthless global scam posing as a religion that survived by
intimidating members and critics in a Mafia-like manner and
describing it as a ruthless... terroristic cult. "
is affirmed by 2nd Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to NOT be libel!!!
Story Here

Hubbard's Dianetics - a review in Scientific American 1951 by a Nobel laureate:
"This volume probably contains more promises and less evidence
per page than has any publication since the invention of printing."

Human Rights Violations on American Soil
"THE FRENCH AND GERMAN VERSUS AMERICAN DEBATE OVER 'NEW
RELIGIONS', SCIENTOLOGY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS"
by Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada]

SPECIAL REPORT: Scientology and the Clearwater Police      This documentary was produced by the LMT to demonstrate what we believe to be a clear bias against the LMT by members of the Clearwater Police Force who are on Scientology's payroll. Click on the image to be taken to the Lisa McPherson Trust Website. Traffic has been very heavy since release of this video, please be patient.

Great picket of Scientology in Clearwater! Dec 2 & 3

Join the #scientologyLIES2 January 5th and 6th 2001 Worldwide picket! - details here

Why Scientology detests the owner of this website

a short bio of some of the things I have done
to bring the true nature of scientology to your attention
includes links to Washington Post, various radio shows, and TV appearances

What is Scientology - Short Analogy

Imagine if you entered a carnival crazy house of mirrors, in it you were told
"what is true for you is true for you" and you were not allowed to speak to anyone that had found the door?

The only people you could talk to were also wandering around inside... clutching checksheets, routing forms, and course packs...all designed to send you to the next mirror, in a controlled and orderly fashion...while stressing repeatedly that the guy that built the maze was to be "duplicated exactly', and everywhere you looked you saw his picture....

Note the similarity of carnival showmaster P.T. Barnum's "The Show Must Go On" to L Ron Hubbard's "Make it go right" Abe Lincoln said "You can fool some of the people all of the time, You can fool all of the people, some of the time, But you can't fool all of the people, all of the time ", and Hubbard went one step further, figuring out a way to handle this:

This is what the lawyers are for!
And when the lawyers can no longer sue, they lie to state and federal authorities conning them with Scientology's fabrications and "simulated felonies", trying to get them to do Scientology's work for them - to silence those who know how Hubbard's trick is done

L Ron Hubbard the KING of CONS
Welcome to Ex - Member Arnie Lerma's Intro-page on Scientology!

"........a number of families are touched by this sad problem,
because of the involvement of some of their members, particularly the
children, often more weak and open to this sort of risk..."

The story of the Raul Lopez Swindle - a kid, mentally and physically, disabled from a terrible auto accident, gets a large settlement - is then swindled out of every dime of his money by Scientology's lies and assorted con jobs - blue sky to ostrich eggs - read this chilling expose in the The NewTimes Los Angeles. copy of orginal COMPLAINT in this case is here

How Scientology Frames its critics

Testimony under oath by Ex-Scientology operative Frank Oliver from court transcript

Page 9: "Mr. Oliver will testify that upon his
leaving the church he was declared a suppressive person,
and he has been the target of such attacks as well.
There is actually a Department of Special Affairs, this
OSA Department that Mr. Howd is a member of. Check lists
on how to carry out such drills as targeting someone,
turning them into a criminal, and creating an engagement
upon which they can rely for their propaganda. You will
hear him testify about how a twin was used, and you will
actually see this in the videos. Where you see two
females together, that is actually part of their tactics
on using a twin. You will hear him testify about the way
everybody had scanned outside, be a witness, assumed the
action took place, and then turned around. That this is
not all coincidental, it’s part of their tactics. They
are actually taught this and they rehearse this. Mr.
Oliver will testify to that."

Page 44 :

Q Is there an understanding on how the law and
the court system is to be used by Scientology?

 A It’s just another tool that is used to harass
individuals, and if the individual doesn’t have money and
you really want to get somebody you can bankrupt somebody
in a court. 

Q Is that commonly done?

A Yes, it is.

Q What about the criminal law system?

A Anything they have to do.

Q And that’s actually taught to you?

A: Yes.

Featured Artist - L Ron Hubbard's great-grandson Jamie Kennedy
Judas' Son

The mp3 track you want to hear is "Judas' Son" - enjoy [ parental advisory - adult language ]

26 Oct 00 - Jamie Kennedy Stalked by Scientologists over the above Poem!

"Well he claims in his piece that we threaten people-" he [ Scientologist ]
said. "Then what the hell are you doing on my porch?" my mom
shot back. Memo from Jamie Kennedy August 2001

"In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." Galileo Galilei

"Is it not the case that at first a new idea is regarded as not true and later, when accepted, as not being new?" Immanuel Velikovsky Ages in Chaos, ix, 1952.

The Secret Way Scientology Works:

"The E-Meter is also a biofeedback device, and since it passes a
small voltage through the brain and the repetitive commands of
auditing direct attention to certain brain areas, it is a form of
electric brain stimulation " William S. Burroughs

*OTs refers to "Operating Thetan", a super duper state of spiritual power that you will gain after you cross Scientology's 'Bridge to Total Freedom ' and all your 'spirits of dead space aliens' have been removed.

Cloaking fraud in religion
"To me the 'Church' was a joke! For me it was never a 'Church.'"
John McMaster [Scientology 'Clear' #1 ] in "Whatever Happened to Number One?" by Tom Joyce in
The Saxon-Hamilton Journal, September 1985, page 26

Bill Press, Los Angeles radio and TV commentator: "They're very
clever, very skilled at media harassment. I was not prepared for
that kind of harassment. I never ever received anything like that
from any other source. They're an untold story. They've scared a
lot of news off. They're getting away with murder. I say put on
your asbestos suit and charge."

See the man with no HEAD.
- This website gets mentioned in Washington Post 'Reliable Source' column

  counter courtesy of digits.com

"An individual processed with the aid of the E-meter was said to reach the intended goal of "clear" and was led to believe there was reliable scientific proof that once cleared many, indeed most illnesses would automatically be cured. Auditing was guaranteed to be successful. All this was and is false -- in short, a fraud. " Federal District Judge Gesell 333 F. Supp. 357; 1971 U.S. Dist

"However, I am persuaded ... Scientology is not, subject to one reservation, a religious institution because it is, in relation to its religious pretensions, no more than a sham ," "Its bogus claims to believe in prayer and other aspects of a creed based on a divine being, were " no more than a mockery of religion. Scientology as practiced is in reality the antithesis of a religion" Supreme Court Justice Crockett - Australia 1980

"That these defendants were willing to frame their critics to the point of giving false testimony under oath against them and having them arrested and indicted speaks legions for their disdain for the rule of law. Indeed, they arrogantly placed themselves above the law, meting out their personal brand of punishment to those 'guilty' of opposing their selfish aims. -- Judge Richey in the sentencing of Mary Sue Hubbard and ten other Scientologists in October 1978 -- US District Court, Washington DC.

" Scientology is evil; its techniques are evil; its practice is a serious threat to the community, medically, morally, and socially; and its adherents are sadly deluded and often mentally ill... (Scientology is) the world's largest organization of unqualified persons engaged in the practice of dangerous techniques which masquerade as mental therapy."
--Justice Anderson, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

"The government is satisfied that Scientology is socially harmful. It alienates members of families from each other and attributes squalid and disgraceful motives to all who oppose it; its authoritarian principles and practice are a potential menace to the personality and well being of those so deluded as to become followers; above all, its methods can be a serious danger to the health of those who submit to them... There is no power under existing law to prohibit the practice of Scientology; but the government has concluded that it is so objectionable that it would be right to take all steps within its power to curb its growth. " --Kenneth Robinson, British Minister of Health

"Ultimately Wollersheim became so convinced auditing was causing him psychiatric problems he was willing to risk becoming a target of "freeloader debt" and "fair game." Evidence was introduced that, at least during the time relevant to Wollersheim's case, "fair game" was a practice of retribution Scientology threatened to inflict on "suppressives," which included people who left the organization or anyone who could pose a threat to the [212 Cal.App.3d 880] organization. Once someone was identified as a "suppressive," all Scientologists were authorized to do anything to "neutralize" that individual -- economically, politically, and psychologically.

After Wollersheim left the organization Scientology leaders initiated a "fair game" campaign which among other things was calculated to destroy Wollersheim's photography enterprise. They instructed some Scientology members to leave Wollersheim's employ, told others not to place any new orders with him and to renege on bills they owed on previous purchases from the business. This strategy shortly drove Wollersheim's photography business into bankruptcy. His mental condition deteriorated further and he ended up under psychiatric care."

"The crime committed by these defendants is of a breath and scope previously unheard of. No building, office, desk, or file was safe from their snooping and prying. No individual or organization was free from their despicable conspiratorial minds. The tools of their trade were miniature transmitters, lock picks, secret codes, forged credentials and any other device they found necessary to carry out their conspiratorial schemes." -Federal prosecutor's memorandum to the judge urging stiff jail sentences for 9 top leaders of Scientology who had pleaded guilty to criminal charges

"Scientology is both immoral and socially obnoxious... It is corrupt sinister and dangerous. It is corrupt because it is based on lies and deceit and has its real objective money and power for Mr. Hubbard... It is sinister because it indulges in infamous practices both to its adherents who do not toe the line unquestionably and to those who criticize it or oppose it. It is dangerous because it is out to capture people and to indoctrinate and brainwash them so they become the unquestioning captives and tools of the cult, withdrawn from ordinary thought, living, and relationships with others."

-- Justice Latey, ruling in the High Court of London

"[The court record is] replete with evidence [that Scientology] is nothing in reality but a vast enterprise to extract the maximum amount of money from its adepts by pseudo scientific theories... and to exercise a kind of blackmail against persons who do not wish to continue with their sect.... The organization clearly is schizophrenic and paranoid, and this bizarre combination seems to be a reflection of its founder, L.Ron Hubbard."

--Judge Breckenridge, Los Angeles Superior Court

"In addition to violating and abusing its own members' civil rights, the organization over the years with its 'fair game' doctrine has harassed and abused those persons not in the church whom it perceives as enemies. " -Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Breckenridge, June 1984, in the Gerry Armstrong case

"In January 1980, fearing a raid by law enforcement agencies, Hubbard's representatives ordered the shredding of all documents showing that Hubbard controlled Scientology organizations, finances, personnel, or the property at Gilman Hot Springs. In a two week period, approximately one million pages were shredded pursuant to this order."

--California appellate court, 2nd. district, 3rd. division, July 29, 1991, B025920 & B038975, Super. Ct. No. C 420153

"It is common knowledge among senior executives of the organization and it is the policy of CSC that members of the Boards of Directors are mere figureheads, without authority or control, not for internal corporate reasons, but rather to vest control in Mr. Hubbard. I have personal knowledge that in order to carry out this corporate fraud, organizational executives have engaged in the various unethical practices including backdating phony Board minutes and forging signatures. "

--Affidavit of Gerry Armstrong, former member

"When a person is subjected to coercive persuasion [as in Scientology] without his knowledge or consent ...[he may] develop serious and sometimes irreversible physical and psychiatric disorders, up to and including schizophrenia, self-mutilation, and suicide. "

--California Supreme Court, United States v. Lee [455 U.S. 252,257,258 (1982)*/

" Scientologists believe that most human problems can be traced to lingering spirits of an extraterrestrial people massacred by their ruler, Xenu, over 75 million years ago. These spirits attach themselves by "clusters" to individuals in the contemporary world, causing spiritual harm and negatively influencing the lives of their hosts ". USDJ Judge Leonie Brinkema 4 Oct 96 Memorandum Opinion, RTC vs Lerma

".. .capable of such danger that the public interest demands that people should know what is going on " LORD DENNING

"Scientologists secured employment with government agencies perceived to be enemies of the Church, and signed oaths of secrecy as public officials. In breach of their oaths of office, they then took copies of confidential documents from the agencies that employed them and provided them to the Church of Scientology of Toronto."

"The criminal acts of Church of Scientology of Toronto were insidious attacks on two essential law enforcement agencies in this province. The integrity and effective functioning of those agencies (the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ontario Provincial Police) are of great importance to good government in this province. The offences _threatened_ such integrity and effectiveness, and I regard each of them as very serious."

In rejecting the cult's appeal, the Ontario Court of Appears agreed with this statement.above in a 1997 opinion upholding an appeal of the trial court of Scientology's conviction for "Breach of the Public Trust" in Canada

"It is an organization with medical, social and ethical practices that are dangerous and harmful," Judge Constandia Angelaki wrote in her [December 1996] ruling. "It claims to act freely so as to draw members who subsequently undergo ... brainwashing by dictated ways of thinking that limit reaction capabilities. "

"An IRS Closing agreement cannot overule Congress and the Supreme Court"...." If the IRS does in fact give preferential treatment to members of "..."Scientology" -- "allowing them a special right to claim deductions that are contrary to law and rightly disallowed to everybody else -- then the proper course of action is a lawsuit to put a stop to that policy ---" Judge Reinhart - United States 9th Circuit court of Appeals 29 January 2002

Victor Navarnov, who oversees ethnic-relations laws in the Russian  Prosecutor General's office, cited the Church of Scientology as  one of the most aggressive cults in the world - one whose teaching offers license for murder and suicide. The prosecutor said that it's proselytizing methods are defined in Russia as pernicious and a public menace.

In a criminal trail in Spain, prosecutor demanded 30 years for Heber Jentszch , President of the
International Association of Scientologists, IAS, used to be called HASI...
one of the myriad shell corporations in a massive money laundering game

"Somehow I get the feeling that the entire CoS, top and bottom, is an asylum for people that should have been helped elsewhere." -- Zenon Panoussis

Main Lerma : Anti Cult of Scientology Site

the story of one of the unconstitutional raids upon citizens conducted in person by Scientologists

from a historical view

Duplication and distribution of this page encouraged, in order to protect the public from the fraud called Scientology