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In The Meantime...
Most of the action regarding the Narconon story had shifted during April and May to the Oklahoma City area, outside of our territory. Court decisions and other reports were carried across the state by larger newspapers.
In a nutshell, Judge Beekman of Kay County issued a permanent injunction shutting Narconon down for operating without a license. The next day, he gave them 10 days to appeal to the State Supreme Court. The injunction had been sought by the State Health Department. It is now before the state Supreme Court.
Narconon lawyers
deposed me per Judge Freeman's order, but I refused to answer on the grounds
that the subpoena exceeded the scope of Freeman's order, and took the
Shield Law.
Narconon went to Judge Daniel Owens' court to get an order compelling
me to answer. Judge Owens compelled me to answer within the scope of Judge
Freeman's order. I gave my deposition the same day in Oklahoma City.
Narconon then went
back to court to try to collect $7,000.00 in costs and fees because of
the "delay" I had caused them by refusing to answer. Judge Owens
agreed, but only allowed them $2,150.00. The decision was made not to
pay; however citizens in Newkirk are holding fund-raisers to collect the
money, which will be sent directly to Judge Owens.
Judge Freeman refused to overturn the Mental Health Board's decision not to certify Narconon. This was the hearing in which my deposition was used by Narconon to try and show a big conspiracy to defraud them of their rights. This matter is also before the Supreme Court.
During this period, the Tonkawa Tribe, one of the five who own Chilocco, has decided to go into the Health Regulation business and set up their own Health Department (probably courtesy of Narconon lawyers) which immediately certified Narconon.
Narconon also applied to CARF (Committee on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities) out of Tuscon, AZ., for accreditation. CARF sent several investigators to Narconon, which immediately hired two of them as "consultants". CARF granted Narconon a one year accreditation.
Narconon has asked
for another hearing before the Mental Health Board, hoping to receive
an "exception" to the state law requiring state certification
because they are accredited by CARF. That hearing is supposed to be in
July.