Church of Scientology Responds to Leah Remini Lawsuit

On Wednesday, RedState reported on a lawsuit filed by actress Leah Remini, against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige, for what she alleges were years of harassment, stalking, surveillance, and intimidation, at the hands of the Church. At the end of that report, it was stated that as of Wednesday afternoon, there had been no comment or response from the Church regarding Remini’s lawsuit. On Thursday afternoon, the Church released a statement, and a copy of it was tweeted directly to RedState and to me. The Church calls the lawsuit “ludicrous and the allegations pure lunacy” and claims that the basis for Remini’s lawsuit is that she is offended by the Church exercising their right to free speech. The statement goes on to call Remini “an anti-free-speech bigot,” and if she does not believe in free speech, she “should consider emigrating to Russia.”Read More