She made Scientology pay for its harassment: How did Bonnie Woods do it?
It’s been far too long since we’ve mentioned Bonnie Woods, the American woman living in England who in 1999 won a legendary court case that resulted in the Church of Scientology not only paying her damages for harassing her, but also apologizing to her.
Bonnie had been a member of Scientology in the 1970s in the US until she moved to Britain in 1982, when she decided to leave. She then became a born-again Christian in 1991. And she not only became a critic of Scientology, she ran a hotline where concerned family members could get information about it.
Scientology then put her through a classic “Fair Game” harassment campaign, distributing fliers with smears about her, questioning her faith, for example.
So in 1993 she sued with the pro bono help of one of the largest law firms in the country. Scientology countersued, twice, but dropped those claims as it got its butt kicked in court and agreed to pay Bonnie 55,000 pounds.
Karen de la Carriere met Bonnie two summers ago at Jon Atack’s wedding, and she let us know that she and Alex Barnes-Ross recorded a video with Bonnie, asking her about her amazing court victory over Scientology.
We hope you enjoy it!
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Totally recommend Bonnie's book: "Deceived: One woman's stand against the church of Scientology"
Lovely photo at 10:44 minutes, that's me (second from audience left, at the back) next to Dave Bird (in a beard, big fella). The big fella, Dave Bird, was in Liberty and had a lot to do with Bonnie getting a letter. Which is also in her book.
Goes well with these photos https://www.tingleff.org/jensting/duke_tour/muslinger/london_march96_pics.html
And the undertaking is the Good Stuff. The criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientoloy absolutely cannot tell more lies about Bonnie. And there was no NDA. As if :-)
The important thing about the apology is that the organisation itself is counted as apologising - not only individual members.
https://culteducation.com/group/1284-scientology/22901-scientology-apologises-to-bonnie-woods.html
Totally agree that making sure that the OT3 level material is required as evidence is the Good Stuff in court. It does need to be a requirement, but the fixed script of the Co$ is helping you: Every time the Co$ says "so and so was a low level member and has no actual knowledge of these terrible stories which are just hearsay" one can suggest countering with the OT3 material.
And Alex is doing very well :-)
And best wishes to Richard, quite a fella.
Bonnie is an AWESOME BEing. I would invite her and her husband to visit anytime, though I've never been in SCN. She is an inspiration and I feel the current Plaintiffs may benefit from her WIN.