of Alain Kartuzinski and Janice Johnson, both of whom were
employees/paid staff members of CSFSO. In these interviews, done
in May of 1996, both Kartuzinski and Johnson portrayed Lisa as
simply a guest at the hotel who was there to “rest.” Janice
Johnson’s original statement to •the Clearwater Police detectives
also indicated that “they” were not attempting to treat her (Lisa
McPherson’s) mental or physical problems, “that is not the point
of Scientology, the church does not do that”; she suggested that
if they had felt Lisa had serious mental problems, they would
have taken her to the hospital to be evaluated, but because she
had been checked out at Morton Plant and found not to be a danger
to herself they assumed she was all right. She said Lisa was
just upset but was “with it.” She also claimed that Lisa was
taking an herbal supplement on her own, that no one in the
Medical Liaison Office would make recommendations of that kind.
Thus, the statements minimized the severity of Lisa’s mental
illness, and omitted both their individual and the “Church’s”
involvement in Lisa being watched on a 24 hour basis, being kept
isolated from any other sources of medical or psychological help,
in not allowing Lisa to leave her room, and in medicating her
without her consent or appropriate medical intervention.

As the investigation continued, however, and the cause of
death became publicly known, your Affiant became aware of and
reviewed recàrds supplied under subpoena by the Church of
Scientology and was also present when numerous employees of CSFSO

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