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that could easily be discredited. Obviously they were not able to find
very many, based on what they have written.
17. Mr. Jentzsch provides a good example of a Scientology tactic,
which is to divert attention off the actual point. I stated in my
January 4 declaration that what found most shocking about Steven
Fishman's treatment by Scientology was that he was sold E-Meters even
though he could never qualify for auditing. Mr. Jentzsch never
explains why someone who would never be eligible for training or
processing would have been sold E-Meters. Instead, he skirts the issue,
saying that "the various uses of E-meters by Scientology ministers is
hardly relevant to this Court"; yet in fact the uses of the E-Meter are
extremely relevant. I repeat what I stated in my earlier declaration:
only people who are eligible for auditor training or solo auditing
(indeed, only people who are ministers or ministers-in-training) are
supposed to be sold E-Meters. Fishman was eligible for neither; he
should never have been sold an E-Meter.
18. Mr. Jentzsch then mischaracterizes what I wrote ln paragraph
62 of my January 4 declaration. I never said, as he claims, that
Fishman was driven mad by reading Scientology materials. On the
contrary, I stated, "There is little doubt that Fishman used his E-
Meters to 'audit' himself, an action that could easily drive him into a
psychotic break." Self auditing is known in Scientology as the sign of a
borderline psychotic. To sell someone with a known history of
hypnotherapy an E-Meter so that they can self-audit is tantamount to
driving them into a psychotic break. Any technically trained
Scientologist can confirm this (although no one who is still inside
would be allowed to do so).
19. Mr. Jentzsch states that the plaintiff "can produce 1,500
staff members of plaintiff [CSI] who are more competent than the Youngs
and could testify that they are wrong...." Of course all 1,500 staff
members of CSI will testify that I am wrong. If they are ordered to do
so, they have no choice It doesn't matter what they personally believe;
if they do otherwise than denounce me for what I am revealing about
Scientology, they will be declared Suppressive and expelled, or sent to
the RPF to be made more compliant. Indeed, it has been my experience
that the current Scientology leaders will stop at nothing to protect
Scientology from anyone they perceive as a threat. 20. I am still
recovering from my experience in Scientology. I am still learning about
how groups like Scientology use coercive methods to control people like
myself, my husband and many other individuals who are still under its
spell. I believe that all Scientologists, even the current leadership,
are the victims of Hubbard's version of mind control, just as I was.
These people, including the Scientology attorneys and paralegals who
deal with the courts, have no idea how much they are under the coercive
influence of Scientology and its leaders. They are utterly fanatical
about their dedication, and determined to protect Scientology from
"enemies" like my husband and me.
21. I have no wish to turn this litigation into a personal "war"
with Scientology, as Mr. Jentzsch suggested in his declaration. It is
Scientology, by its refusal to admit the truth of its actions, that
invariably turns any litigation into a war.
22. There have been a number of people before me who have pulicaly
told the truth about Scientology. and nearly every one of them has been
threatened, frightened, coerced or bought off into silence. I have
spoken to many of these people, and many others who are too frightened
to come forward publicly, and I can assure you that the information I
have been providing to this Court can, be corroborated by many other
former Scientologists. These people are not "embittered apostates."
They are decent human beings who regret having wasted years of their
lives in an organization which they now realize was coercive and
destructive of thelr civil and human rights. They have friends who are
still captive, as do I. They want to do whatever they can to help those
who are still in this group, as do I. I feel it is my duty to provide
the truth to the Court as long as the Court finds it relevant.
23. I also feel it is imperative upon the Court not to seal what I
and other Scientology experts like me have to say. There are citizens
of the United States, right now, whose civil rights are being trampled
upon and who have no recourse to the laws of this country. This is
happening right in Los Angeles and many other cities. There is a
compound (called "the base" or "Int") near Hemet, California, in
Riverside County, where security guards keep watch on the staff members
to make sure they do not leave the compound. If these people violate
the Scientology rules they risk being refused food and shelter. Others
are being involuntarily imprisoned. The women at this compound are not
allowed to get pregnant and if they do, they are coerced into getting