Actress Leah Remini has filed a lawsuit against Scientology leader David Miscavige for ‘harassment, surveillance and defamation’.
Remini, 53, argues in the suit that she was targeted after speaking out regarding Tom Cruise‘s wedding to Katie Holmes.
The actress asked questions regarding the missing wife of Miscavige, who has not been seen for 17 years after she failed to attend the nuptials in 2006.
Miscavige, who is now also missing, is the subject of multiple lawsuits from former Scientologists, but he has never been physically reached to be served with any paperwork.
Remini’s lawsuit claims that the ‘campaign to destroy’ her ramped up after she left the church in 2013.
Remini, 53, argues in the suit that she was targeted after speaking out about Tom Cruise ‘s wedding to Katie Holmes
The actress asked questions regarding the missing wife of Miscavige, who has not been seen for 17 years after she failed to attend the nuptials in 2006
Court documents show that she is accusing the Church of Scientology for ‘civil harassment, stalking, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.’
She has filed eight counts against them in her lawsuit, and is asking for punitive and compensatory damages to be proven at trial.
The suit is also asking for ‘damages for the disruption of contractual relationships and lost business opportunities’ for an undisclosed amount.
Remini claims that she had to hire bodyguards for her book tour after being ‘physically followed’ by peop[el she claims worked for the church.
She alleges that they sent ‘disparaging and threatening letters’ to those who were promoting her book.
The documents also claim that celebrities who are active Scientologists were ‘drilled’ on how to attack Remini’s credibility by calling her a ‘criminal’.
A meeting was allegedly organized in early 2018, and those who attended were handed a document for ‘talking points’ written by the Church.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Church of Scientology for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
She has filed eight counts against them in her lawsuit, and is asking for punitive and compensatory damages to be proven at trial
In a statement, Remini said: ‘After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I am filing a lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige.
‘While advocating for victims of Scientology has significantly impacted my life and career, Scientology’s final objective of silencing me has not been achieved.
‘While this lawsuit is about what Scientology has done to me, I am one of thousands of targets of Scientology over the past seven decades.
‘People who share what they’ve experienced in Scientology, and those who tell their stories and advocate for them, should be free to do so without fearing retaliation from a cult with tax exemption and billions in assets.
‘The press has a right to report about Scientology without facing a sophisticated intelligence operation from Scientology to destroy their personal lives and their careers.
‘Law enforcement authorities have a right to investigate crimes in Scientology without fear that they will lose their jobs.
‘Children, mothers, fathers, aunts, and uncles have a right to request welfare checks on their family members without fear of an operation activated against them by Scientology for doing so.
‘Those in the entertainment business should have a right to tell jokes and stories without facing an operation from Scientology which uses its resources in Hollywood to destroy their lives and careers.
‘With this lawsuit, I hope to protect the rights afforded to them and me by the Constitution of the United States to speak the truth and report the facts about Scientology without fear of vicious and vindictive retribution, of which most have no way to fight back.’
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