Just heard the news from a helper at the court.
David Miscavige’s attempt to quash service in the Jane Doe 1 forced-marriage lawsuit was successful, and Judge Robert Broadbelt told her that she’s going to have to try even harder to find him to serve him papers. When they have exhausted all avenues to find Miscavige, then another judge will rule on whether they can serve him through publication.
Amazing! Even after Jane Doe’s attorneys (who are also largely the same team representing Leah Remini in her lawsuit) have spent about $10,000 sending process servers to various Scientology addresses, including the ones associated with the Religious Technology Center where Miscavige is chairman, Judge Broadbelt apparently was more swayed by the arguments by Miscavige’s attorney Jeffrey Riffer.
This doesn’t bode well for Leah Remini, who has her own hearing about trying to serve Miscavige next week, and in the same courthouse. But will her judge, Judge Randolph Hammock, see things differently? We’re told that in Tuesday’s hearing in that case, he expressed some exasperation at Miscavige’s attempts to stay out of the lawsuit.
We’re just getting word of Judge Broadbelt’s decision, and we hope to have more detail about it for you soon.
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Unbelievable.
Probably not a good suggestion. But I’m just gonna toss it out there.
Send the subpoena to every church, org, rehab center, all of the other organizations relating to the cult. Every official, celebrity address and any other addresses you have access to. In every country they have a footprint in.
Of course it is too expensive to do. But can you call on the public in all of those locations to assist? Is it considered a legal serve if it is notarized or whatever it needs to be if it is documented/ filmed at the time it is handed off to the address you are sending it to?
I don’t know if it has to be served by a legal entity or can be done by anyone, as long as it is documented. I’m way too lazy to look into this. However I’m not too lazy to be a process server, at my own expense. I know of one organization with in 75 miles of my location. I would be willing to travel, pay for notary, or anything else to do that. I bet there is at least 1 person close enough to any offshoot of Scientology that would be willing to do that.
If that is legal serve then surely there is a way the public can download/ upload that subpoena so it can be delivered.
Is this just ridiculous and i’ve had one too many Jack and diet? Most likely wishful thinking. That’s all I got.