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Assault

According to Scientology's Fair Game policy , an enemy of Scientology "May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed ." Are the following allegations the result of that policy?

Keith Henson says he was physically attacked by Scientology attorney Helena Kobrin during a deposition	San Jose, CA?	Jun 18, 1998	a.r.s. post, Jun 19 1998
Janice Hayward’s court document describes her attempts to obtain a promised refund, including an account of being slammed against a wall.	Phoenix, AZ	Dec 1992	undated court document
Martin Ottman describes seven (possibly eight) cases of physical assault he knew of during his time in Scientology, including one which he committed	unknown (one in FL)	1990 - 1992	sworn statement, Apr 19 '96
Frank Notaro says he was assaulted and illegally detained when he picketed to get a refund	Los Angeles	Oct 5 1985	L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman
Shiona Fox-Ness’ s public letter of resignation from Scientology says that Scientology staff members are "routinely handled with ruthless force"	unknown	early 80s	webbed letter, 1984
Birgitta Dagnell describes being imprisoned on the RPF in Denmark, including being spit on and having a table thrown so as to hit her in the stomach	Denmark	1983	a.r.s. post, Oct 29 1996
Gerry Armstrong’s appeal of the judgement in his settlement with Scientology describes being hit by a car	Los Angeles	1982	undated court document
Gerry Armstrong describes being struck by a private investigator and being threatened with a moving vehicle	Los Angeles	May & Aug 1982	undated court document
"Warrior" described being assaulted by a fellow Scientologist	unknown	1981	a.r.s. post, Jun 1 1998
Joyce Stephenson’s affidavit describes being thrown in a lake as punishment.	England	early 80s?	affidavit, Aug 30 1989
Annie Rosenblum’s declaration describes being drugged in a bar and waking up in a psychiatric ward with her front teeth knocked out, and receiving a threatening phone call a week later	Clearwater, FL	1978	declaration, webbed Apr 10 1995
Patrick Jost describes being threatened by an Ethics Officer, who then hit him and swung at him with a board.	Los Angeles	unknown	web page dated May 5 1995
Yolanda Howell describes a 12-year-old boy who had been declared a Suppressive Person and turned out on the street; when he tried to get some food in the galley, two adults physically jumped him and forced him back outside.	Los Angeles	unknown - probably pre-1978	web page dated Nov 14 1994
Jan Groenveld describes having her car tampered with (no date, no loc, a.r.s. post Sep 23 1997)	unknown	unknown	a.r.s. post, Jun 1 1998

This page was last updated on May 8, 1999.