As expected, David Miscavige, through his attorney Florida Bar past president William Schifino, filed an objection yesterday to the recent court ruling that named the Scientology leader a defendant in a labor trafficking lawsuit. It’s a doozy. The lawsuit was filed last April by three former Sea Org workers — Valeska Paris, and Gawain and Laura Baxter — who are all residents of Australia and who allege that they were forced into the Sea Org as children and then as adults served aboard Scientology’s floating cathedral, the Freewinds, which sails the Caribbean. The lawsuit alleges horrific abuse suffered by the three former Scientologists, and they are suing Miscavige and several Scientology subsidiaries under labor trafficking and other statutes in federal court in Tampa.
I, for one, is not in the slightest puzzled by the claims made on behalf of defendant David “he is NOT insane!” Miscavige - they are all variations on “your laws do not apply to me.”
What I am not at all clear on, is the reason that the courts of the USA are taking this shit seriously.
Perhaps a video of him opening the super power building would be sufficient evidence to prove he did business in Florida. If that argument works, there are a lot of employees I know who can claim they do no work at their place of business because the majority of their time at their workplace is spent on their phones. This pleading is really taking what was never a good joke in the first place too far.
As the punching pontiff has been seen and reported on being at 'graduations' at his 'flag' location, he is indeed doing 'business' in Florida. Monkey business that is. Will the judge laugh this load of bovine excrement off or take some more drastic action? I vote for drastic action, compel DM to show up in court for a more formal service. And if DM buys a candy bar in the court house snack bar, he is doing business in Florida.
Sunny Pereira is one of my heroes, I will enjoy hearing her.
Can anyone explain how a contract signed by a minor can be legal? Even with parental consent, a person could assert that they did not understand the consequences.
I, for one, is not in the slightest puzzled by the claims made on behalf of defendant David “he is NOT insane!” Miscavige - they are all variations on “your laws do not apply to me.”
What I am not at all clear on, is the reason that the courts of the USA are taking this shit seriously.
Oh, honestly!
Business: means any trade or business regardless of its for-profit or not-for-profit status. See Florida Statutes 668.802
Defining “business” in a way that excludes nonprofits may be singled out in certain chapters, but does not reflect all of law in the state of Florida.
Perhaps a video of him opening the super power building would be sufficient evidence to prove he did business in Florida. If that argument works, there are a lot of employees I know who can claim they do no work at their place of business because the majority of their time at their workplace is spent on their phones. This pleading is really taking what was never a good joke in the first place too far.
As the punching pontiff has been seen and reported on being at 'graduations' at his 'flag' location, he is indeed doing 'business' in Florida. Monkey business that is. Will the judge laugh this load of bovine excrement off or take some more drastic action? I vote for drastic action, compel DM to show up in court for a more formal service. And if DM buys a candy bar in the court house snack bar, he is doing business in Florida.
Sunny Pereira is one of my heroes, I will enjoy hearing her.
The trailer for Brother's Broken is extremely powerful, made even more so by the soundtrack in the background. Wow, that is heartbreaking.
https://creatics.org/create/cinejoy/showcase/moviepage/267106/Brothers-Broken
I have to laugh at the excessive use of adjectives. Dramatic much? I can just see DM sticking his nose in the air and clutching his pearls.
Can anyone explain how a contract signed by a minor can be legal? Even with parental consent, a person could assert that they did not understand the consequences.