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understand the only reason it’s condential is because in the wrong hands it can hurt people,” he told me, evidently
referring to Hubbard’s warning that those who are not spiritually prepared to receive the information would die, of
pneumonia.
2 The church denies that this ever happened. Davis admits that the briefcase was lost but claims that there were no sexrelated
videos inside.
3 Davis says he and his wife divorced because of irreconcilable dierences, and that “it had nothing to do with the
organization.”
4 Davis says that he does not recall meeting Shannon, has never scrubbed a Dumpster, and has no need to borrow money.
5 Davis denies that he blew or was in Las Vegas. Noriyuki Matsumaru, who was a nance ocer in the Religious
Technology Center at the time, told me he was in charge of handling Davis’s punishment when he returned.
6 Armstrong told me that he was actually wearing running shorts in the photo, which were obscured by the globe. His
settlement with the church prohibited him from talking about Scientology, a prohibition he has ignored, and the church
has won two breach-of-contract suits against him, including a $500,000 judgment in 2004, which Armstrong didn’t pay. He
gave away most of his money and continues to speak openly about the church.
7 Rinder denies committing violence against his wife. A sheriff’s report supports this.
8 At this point Paul Haggis had not been declared Suppressive. He later was.
9 The list of those who told me they had been physically assaulted by David Miscavige: Mike Rinder, Gale Irwin, Marty
Rathbun, Jeerson Hawkins, Tom De Vocht, Mark Fisher, Bruce Hines, Bill Dendiu, Guy White, Marc Headley, and Stefan
Castle. Those who said they had witnessed such abuse: John Axel, Marty Rathbun, Janela Webster, Tom De Vocht, Marc
Headley, Eric Knutson, Amy Scobee, Dan Koon, Steve Hall, Claire Headley, Mariette Lindstein, John Peeler, Andre
Tabayoyan, Vicki Aznaran, Jesse Prince, Mark Fisher, Bill Dendiu, Mike Rinder, David Lingerfelter, Denise (Larry) Brennan,
Debbie Cook, and Lana Mitchell. One witness refused to have his name printed. Other witnesses have been reported in the
press.
10 The reader can compare the two Notices of Separation by going to The New Yorker’s posting on DocumentCloud:
http://documents.newyorker.com/2011/02/notice-of-separation-l-ron-hubbard/. Gerald Armstrong testied that he had
seen a document, “either a tness report or something similar around the time of the end of the war,” that bore the
signature of “a Commander Thompson,” which he believed that Hubbard had actually forged (Church of Scientology
California vs. Gerald Armstrong, May 15, 1984).