Leah Remini is transferring ahead with authorized motion towards the Church of Scientology.
The veteran actress on Wednesday filed a grievance in Los Angeles Superior Court docket towards the L. Ron Hubbard-created group and its chief David Miscavige, in line with paperwork shared by The Blast.
The King of Queens alum’s lawsuit is the results of alleged “civil harassment, stalking, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional misery and intentional interference with potential financial benefit.”
Remini says the Church has “undertaken a marketing campaign to spoil and destroy” her life and livelihood.
The lawsuit states she is “a former Scientologist of almost 40 years, a two-time Emmy-award successful producer, actress and New York Instances best-selling creator” who was “deemed a Suppressive Individual and declared Truthful Recreation by Scientology in 2014 when she publicly departed Scientology, a Suppressive Act as laid out by Scientology directives.”
Remini says she has been “stalked, surveilled, harassed, threatened, intimidated, and furthermore, has been the sufferer of intentional malicious and fraudulent rumors through a whole lot of Scientology-controlled and coordinated social media accounts that exist solely to intimidate and unfold misinformation.”
Furthermore, she alleges that the Church has “incessantly harassed, threatened, intimidated and embarrassed Ms. Remini’s members of the family, pals, colleagues and enterprise associates, inflicting her to lose private relationships, enterprise contracts and different enterprise alternatives.”
Leah feels the above is inflicting her “important and ongoing financial hurt” and “stopping her from exercising her First Modification proper and ethical obligation to talk out about Scientology’s conduct.”
Remini has spoken out in regards to the Church of Scientology numerous occasions, together with within the docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology on the Aftermath.
The present lasted three seasons on A&E.
“This collection is about sharing the reality about Scientology,” she beforehand stated of the present.
“For too lengthy, this multibillion-dollar group bullied victims and journalists to stop the reality being advised. It’s my hope that we make clear info that makes the world conscious of what’s actually happening and encourages others to talk up so the abuses could be ended eternally.”
“I hope that individuals who have left now really feel they’ve a protected place to go. I hope others who’ve additionally skilled abuses will come ahead and assist us to do one thing about it.”
Remini, who joined the Church in 1979 and left in 2013, addressed the submitting on social media and her substack.
“After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I’m submitting a lawsuit towards Scientology and David Miscavige,” she wrote.
“Whereas advocating for victims of Scientology has considerably impacted my life and profession, Scientology’s remaining goal of silencing me has not been achieved.”
“Whereas this lawsuit is about what Scientology has carried out to me, I’m certainly one of hundreds of targets of Scientology over the previous seven many years.”
“Individuals who share what they’ve skilled in Scientology, and people who inform their tales and advocate for them, ought to be free to take action with out fearing retaliation from a cult with tax exemption and billions in property,” the Kevin Can Wait alum added.
“The press has a proper to report about Scientology with out dealing with a classy intelligence operation from Scientology to destroy their private lives and their careers,” the assertion provides.
“Regulation enforcement authorities have a proper to research crimes in Scientology with out concern that they are going to lose their jobs.”
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