defamation
| April 5, 1985 | Judge Rules Out Videotapes Aimed At Discrediting Witness | An attempt to discredit a witness testifying against the Church of Scientology in a fraud trial hit a snag Thursday when a Portland judge called surreptitiously made videotapes an "amateurish performance" and refused to let them be shown to the jury. "I think they are devastating, devastating against the church," Multnomah Circuit Judge Donald H. Londer said out of the presence of the jury after viewing 108 minutes of tape recorded in a Los Angeles park last November. | |
| April 1, 1997 | Scientologists are convicted of defaming Fran | Scientologists are convicted of defaming Fran | |
| February 17, 1998 | Two Scientologists | Two Scientologists, B. and P., lose their appeal of a defamation conviction. They are found guilty of slandering Fran | |
| May 15, 1999 | Campbell Picket | Keith Henson pickets in Campbell, California. Notes: Keith gives Xenu fliers to personality test recipients | |
| June 1, 1999 | Scientology distributes a leaflet showing a photograph | Scientology distributes a leaflet showing a photograph of Bonnie Woods above the words "Hate Campaigner Comes to Town". A group of Scientologists put the leaflet in the mail boxes of the Woods' neighbors and handed it out to members of the public on East Grinstead High Street. The leaflet described Mrs Woods as a "hate campaigner" and a "deprogrammer"; it also cast doubt on the sincerity of her claims to be a born-again Christian. Six years later, Scientology will admit these allegations to be false and apologize in open court for libelling her. | |
| June 18, 1999 | San Jose Picket | Meklar and kEvin picket in San Jose, California. Notes: no sprinkler tech, no Darlene, but kEvin gets DA fliers. | |
| July 10, 1999 | Washington Picket | Rod Keller, Arnie Lerma, and Nukewaster picket in Washington, DC. Notes: handed out DA fliers - Leslie didn't know what hers said. | |
| December 1, 1999 | Scientology pickets Barb Warr's home and distributes | Scientology pickets Barb Warr's home and distributes a libellous flier about her in retaliation for her participation in the Lisa McPherson memorial in Clearwater. | |
| August 1, 2000 | Scientology distributes copies of Freiheit (Freedom) magazine | Scientology distributes copies of Freiheit (Freedom) magazine by mail to Berlin residents. They allege that Bob Minton has been involved in fraud, money-laundering, and forgery. A few months later, they will be found guilty of libelling Minton, fined, and prohibited from republishing the libel. | |
| January 1, 2001 | A Scientology web site libels Barb Warr | A Scientology web site libels Barb Warr (Barb Graham) by calling her an anti-religious extremist and falsely implying that she and others listed on the site are inciting violence. | |
| February 2, 2001 | Dorsai defames Karin Spaink and Zenon Panoussis | Dorsai defames Karin Spaink and Zenon Panoussis on ars, claiming they are criminals. | |
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