Here’s Leah Remini’s full appeal reply brief in her lawsuit against Scientology

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve finally reached the end of briefing in the appeal that has slowed down Leah Remini’s 2023 ‘Fair Game’ lawsuit against Scientology. The two sides have been trading jabs in filings, and now, Leah has put in a final reply brief, and we have the entire thing for you. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

 
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Technology Cocktail

“I had just finished giving a Congress and a staff member had made some appointments for me to see people who wanted to talk to me. And, in a conference room, I was suddenly confronted by a woman who was demonstrably and actively insane. She was incoherent, she was being ‘pursued,’ she was utterly agitated. Well, I was not then and never was in the business of treating the insane. Yet here was a situation which had to be handled if only to maintain social calm. In those days there were many techniques for exteriorizing people and so I used one of them, putting her back of her head. promptly she went sane, calmly reviewed her problem with her husband, sensibly made up her mind what she was going to do to properly resolve the matter, thanked me and departed. For a brief time she had temporarily become a single unit being. I have not given the example as a lesson in what to do in such cases for exteriorization techniques are not reliable. But only to illustrate the complexity of
people. What you see as a human being, a person, is not a single unit being.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1980

 
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Source Code

“One girl had married a man named Tom. She was very dissatisfied with Tom. She very much liked a fellow named George. She separated from Tom and married George. We took her into her past and found that her mother was married to a man named George and was very much afraid that George would leave her. All this was in the poor girl’s engrams. They told her she had to love George and stay with George. There was a person in the case named Tom whom her mother detested. This girl had been in love with about twenty-three men, all named George. This was a reactive mind marriage.” — L. Ron Hubbard, February 13, 1951

 
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Avast, Ye Mateys

“What one gets Comm Eved for is in the P/Ls, FOs, FSOs, CBOs and HCOBs. You can’t be Comm Eved for failing to follow an illegal order. You sure can be for departing from policy issues. Orders don’t equal orders equal orders. That’s the road to disaster. Some orders are senior to others. A dock worker telling you to put on your jacket is not the same as your division head telling you to do so. You have policy to keep things straight. If policy doesn’t cover, request clarification. If you are doing something other than your hat, sooner or later it will catch up to you. I count on you to wear your hat as laid down by P/Ls, FOs, CBOs, FSOs and HCOBs. Don’t let me down.” — The Commodore (1971)

 
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Overheard in the FreeZone

“I am an OT and irregardless of life’s circumstances I cannot be broken. Changing the world? Well that’s another thing. One OT has already proven it can be done. Look at LRH. Or even look at Sadhguru. Both are OTs and LRH was Guatama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, and Sadghuru was vida, the founder of mysticism. Look what both of those OTs have done in their times alone as OTs. Millions of people are going Clear. Thousands of OTs are being born. Have faith in yourself and have faith in humanity and you will succeed. Look at all things in life. Be there comfortably. And look don’t believe.”

 
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Past is Prologue

2000: The French government this week criticized the United States for defending Scientology in Europe, which it classifies as a totalitarian organization. From Reuters: “A French government mission criticized the United States Monday for being too lax on cults and unfairly blaming France for its harsher stance. The Interministerial Mission for the Fight Against Sects said in a report delivered to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin that Washington, in the name of religious freedom, was giving excessive protection to cults. ‘The confusion maintained across the Atlantic between religious freedom and prevention, even repression, of punishable sectarian excesses does not make dialogue any easier,’ the report said. French Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou has raised the prospect of banning the Church of Scientology, which France, unlike the United States, does not regard as a religion.” From Agence France Presse: “According to an assessment by the French anti-sect agency, the Scientology Organization is a threat to ‘human rights and social equilibrium.’ Scientology was said to propagate religious goals, but it was an organization with ‘totalitarian structure,’ said a report by the Executive Agency to Control Sects (MILS) which was submitted on Monday in Paris to Premier Minister Lionel Jospin. Scientology was thereupon included in the groups which signified a danger for the ‘public order’ and ‘human dignity.’ MILS has distanced itself from the assessment of the Scientology Organization in the USA. There, it was said, ‘sects enjoy an extraordinary protection, as long as they proclaim themselves to be sects.’ There is apprehension that key political and commercial positions will be infiltrated. Their number in France is estimated at 30,000.”

 
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Random Howdy

“Scientology was touted as the religion for the space age, but stylistically it’s firmly stuck in the time period of, let’s say, 1950 to the 1980s. In its own way Scientology and its members come across as being every bit as tragically unhip as their Fundamentalist Christian counterparts. Squares from Space.”

 
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. Appeal now fully briefed, waiting for 2nd Appellate District court to set a hearing date. Masterson has also submitted a habeas corpus petition.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Pleaded guilty on Nov 10 to a 17-year prison sentence (eligible for parole in two to three more years). Awaiting transfer to state prison.
— Aaron Matthes charged for SA of child under 12 years old: OT Scientologist facing multiple mandatory life sentences. Next pretrial court hearing set for Feb 2.

Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal. Leah’s respondent’s brief is due February 11.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 15 days of arbitration completed, Val waiting for further word from the IJC.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal. Appeal fully briefed. Motion to replace Jane Does’ AI-tainted brief denied by court. Awaiting a court hearing date.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, gets ruling to depose Jane Doe 1. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.

 
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Other links: The prosecution of Danny Masterson. Leah Remini’s Fair Game Podcast. Leah Remini’s A&E Series. Scientology’s Celebrities, from A to Z. Bryan Seymour’s suppressed series, Scientology Black Ops: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

 
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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Your house is a charred ruin: It’s time for Scientology to hand out awards!
[TWO years ago] As Scientology tries to cut down lawsuit by Danny Masterson victims, more allegations
[THREE years ago] When John Travolta first opened up about his Scientology involvement
[FOUR years ago] Here’s the 2022 Scientology Super Bowl ad, this year’s ‘mystery sandwich’
[FIVE years ago] Let’s bring one of Scientology’s most notorious bag men out of the shadows
[SIX years ago] Agency that wouldn’t check on Shelly Miscavige makes visit to Underground Bunker commenter
[SEVEN years ago] ‘Aftermath’ subject Brandon Reisdorf arrested for entering San Diego Scientology church
[EIGHT years ago] Evidence, finally, of how Scientology obsessively tracks down its former members
[NINE years ago] A new document shows how much Scientology obsesses over every member’s status
[TEN years ago] SCIENTOLOGY’S SPACE MAN: As of 2013, active Scientologists fewer than 20,000 worldwide
[ELEVEN years ago] Days before crucial hearing, Scientology pulls out a ghost to sway a federal judge
[TWELVE years ago] Scientology video: Some of the best L. Ron Hubbard word salad ever
[THIRTEEN years ago] Underground Bunker Reader Gets Declared a Suppressive Person by Scientology

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on February 13, 2026 at 07:00

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