| Timeline
of Scientology's Harassment of Robert S. Minton and Colleagues
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2001
January
23, 2001: A flier with the headline "The World Bank
and the Nigerian secret debt buy-back schemes" was distributed
to the businesses in downtown Clearwater. From the text of
the flier it was apparent that Scientology's private investigators
had been working hard to track down evidence against Mr. Minton.
It was equally clear that they had been unsuccessful in finding
anything against him. However, Scientology insisted on spinning
an ever-more-complex tale to try to implicate him in a criminal
situation. The flier began with this statement:
| "In
two complex frauds, involving over US$ 6 billion in Nigerian
funds between the years 1987-1998, Nigerian officials
and American banker Robert Minton filled their own pockets
at the expense of unsuspecting debt holders, financial
institutions and Nigerian creditors. Minton defended his
criminal actions by claiming that he had the tacit approval
of the IMF and World Bank." |
Photographs
of Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, Robert Minton and another
man, Caio Koch-Weser, were also featured on the flier. The
text went on to explain why this man's photograph was included:
| "Mr.
Caio Koch-Weser headed the African desk of the World Bank
at the time. His appointment as Managing Director of the
IMF was vetoed by the US early in 2000; he is currently
the Deputy Finance Minister of Germany…. If Minton
is right it would catapult the World Bank into the midst
of an explosive situation because one of the biggest deals
Minton carried out was with the Paris Club of creditors
with lost billions of dollars. The Scheme itself was kept
secret with debt holders, financial institutions and Nigerian
creditors not being informed by Mr. Minton that he was
buying the debts with Nigerian funds." |
It ended
with an invitation to "Visit the Internet."
February
25, 2001: On the eve of the opening of a new Scientology
center in Battle Creek, Michigan, the Battle Creek Enquirer
published a story called "Church's teaching spark a bitter
debate." The writer, Matt Galnor, had called Stacy Brooks
for comment and had included her statements in the article.
Scientology spokesperson John Carmichael was asked to respond
and made the following response, which was also published:
"I've heard what Stacy says and she lies through her
teeth…. It really exasperates me because it's so far
from the truth." Carmichael accused the Lisa McPherson
Trust of being a "hate group" and added, "I
think anyone who makes a career out of harming a good group
that helps people is evil."
March
1, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name bob@cotse.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.com titled
"What Has Become of
Minton." The text of the message was as follows:
| "What
has become of Minton since he was found guilty of criminal
contempt, fined and placed on a lengthy six month probation
by Judge Penick? It didn't go so well for Minton, as according
to historical precedent the judge put the big head on
a pike to make it clear that the henchmen of the big head
on the pike had better pay attention. I believe I heard
it reported that during the contempt hearing the Judge
had said that he wanted to make sure that he was punishing
the right person. Well, obviously, the judge must have
found that Minton was the right person to punish. Clearly,
then, Minton is a liability to the bigots and thus his
disappearing from the scene. Which raises the question:
Has Stacy also punished Minton? Now everyone knows that
Stacy feels that LMT has serious PR problems because of
the criminal activity of Prince, Minton and other RICO
associates of LMT. Minton, LMT and its employees have
been hit with sanctions at least 9 times in the past two
months. Quite a flappy record for LMT and Stacy's concept
of LMT's pristine PR. So, is she making Bob do hard time,
as a means of rehabilitating him? This observer thinks
the answer is yes." |
March
15, 2001: Jesse Prince, Stacy Brooks and Robert Minton
traveled to Paris for a hearing concerning lawsuits that each
of them had filed against Scientology in France. The suits
were for libelous statements that had been published in the
French version of Scientology's propaganda magazine, Freedom.
After the hearing, Mr. Prince returned to the United States
alone, while Mr. Minton and Ms. Brooks continued on to the
United States. Upon his arrival at Dulles International Airport,
Mr. Prince found that several customs agents were waiting
for him as he entered customs. The agents detained Mr. Prince,
broke the lock on his suitcase and searched his luggage, had
him empty out his pockets, and brought in a German shepherd
to sniff him for drugs. Mr. Prince was able to find out from
the agents that they had received an anonymous tip that he
was carrying illegal drugs into the country. The agents were
able to ascertain that the tip they had received was false.
Mr. Prince had a substantial amount of cash in his jacket
pocket, although less than the $10,000 limit that would require
him to report it on arrival in the United States. Despite
the fact that he was not required to report the money, Mr.
Prince was taken into a back room and detained for more than
an hour while the agents counted and recounted the money and
questioned him about why he had it. Mr. Prince patiently explained
that he was in the habit of carrying cash when he traveled.
Unable to find any reason to detain Mr. Prince any longer,
the agents finally released him. This was the third time Mr.
Prince had been detained based on anonymous tips that he was
carrying drugs.
March
27, 2001: Mr. Minton had filed a libel suit against Scientology
in Germany for publishing false and defamatory statements
in the German equivalent of their Freedom Magazine, known
as Freiheit, about his business dealings in Nigeria. A Berlin
court found Scientology guilty of libel and ordered them to
cease and desist publication of these libelous statements,
with a heavy fine if they violated the judge's order.
March
30, 2001: The Scientology attorney firm of Moxon and Kobrin
sent a letter to Lisa McPherson Trust attorney John Merrett
accusing the LMT of violating the injunction when a film crew
from Madrid came to Clearwater to do a documentary about Scientology.
The letter said, in part,
| "The
sum and substance of the complaint is that reporters from
Madrid have been coming and going from the LMT in attempted
disguise while harassing the church, violating Florida
law, and violating the injunction, in addition to similar
violations of law in Madrid. LMT's agent from Madrid admitted
to the police that he had a camera in his bag and was
caught on videotape by a security camera attempting to
infiltrate the Church in Florida with his hidden camera.
Such conduct violates F.S.A. SS 934.03 - in addition to
the injunction entered against your clients. The purpose
of the letter is to give you and your clients an opportunity
to explain their conduct - in short, to provide reasons
why these acts are not further contempt arising out of
this new apparent violation of the court's order."
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In fact,
the LMT had no connection to this Spanish film crew whatsoever.
April
12, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name relay@cotse.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
(ARS) titled "Nigeria
provides UK with documents/Minton." The text of the
message was as follows:
| "…
I thought that the exposure of Minton's participation
in the looting of Nigeria which began a year ago and has
been reported in dozens of international news Media since
was widely known. Obviously it is not known to you. Try
and read up on it as there were many posts about this
on ARS. Minton's weak attempts to sue for libel have utterly
failed (which he knew they would) and the Nigerians are
moving in on him closer and closer. And Robert Minton
is the guy who posts now and then on this newsgroup, who
deserted his wife and kids for paid mistress, and who
runs a for-profit company under the all too obvious guise
of a "Trust" in Florida, and who is currently
under probation. He is being watched by everyone all the
time because if he makes one wrong move he goes into the
slammer. And that is very likely why he is currently in
hiding: he does not want to be caught doing something
rash or illegal. A "hot head on the edge" is
what Hockenberry from NBC/Dateline said about him." |
April
20, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist posted a message
on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology in which he characterized
Mr. Minton as "insane" and twisted his involvement
in the Lisa McPherson wrongful death case as a sordid investment
scheme:
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"Ken
Dandar is the Tampa ambulance chaser who has been paid
well over a million dollars by Mr. Minton. In return
Dandar was to tell bald faced lies at every turn and
even file them in court. Minton's now extinguished dream
of a payout was the motivation for this litigation investment
scheme. Minton's private paid group of deadbeats is
designated the LMT. They have been paid over a million
dollars. Their role in Minton's investment scheme was
to try to create hate and violence….Why
all of this? Mr. Minton is insane. Has been all this
life. His insanity has slowed but has not stopped the
emergence of the truth. At this point, Minton's attorney
Ken Dandar has collapsed the civil case "beyond
the point of no return". (That means Minton won't
ever see one red cent from his litigation investment
scheme. Instead he will pay out millions for a fight
against truth he could never win.) Dandar and Minton
tell lies and that is the reason the case is now a disaster
and is blowing up in their faces. Yesterday
Dandar & Merrett appeared in Court. (Both are total
sleazebag attorneys - if you get a chance, you should
really see them in person some day if they're around
long enough.) The lies ended with the Judge's Order
to turn over an audiotape that has been kept hidden
by the Minton attorneys for years but is now available
as a public record document with the Florida Department
of Law Enforcement. The tape proves that Minton attorneys
told bald faced lies in the civil litigation….
At Minton's direction, Dandar went to degraded depths
to fabricate and manufacture lies to prevent this tape
from coming out and has done so for 3 years. The Judge
saw through it all and ordered the tape be turned over.
It's a slow process getting the truth out and the liars
exposed, but it's taking place and Mr. Minton is ending
up paying for it."
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April
21, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name relay@cotse.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
titled "Bob Minton -- Beyond the point of no return and
paying for it." The text of the message was as follows:
| "Thank
you for this overview which puts everything into an understandable
perspective. Your reference to Minton and Dandar as insane
and being bald face liars is yet an understatement. They
are calculating crooks and I hope the laws of the land
will catch up to them. Minton is currently under probation
and as soon as he violates the law it will mean that he
broke the probation regulations and will have to go in
front of the judge again, and that will mean jail time
for him. Minton needs to re-pay the church. And I don't
mean just attorney fees and costs for the senseless litigation
but punitive damages like $10-50 million with which the
church could expand their delivery facilities even further.
And while at it, he could be made to pay $1-2 million
to the City of Clearwater for the overwork he caused them." |
April
26, 2001: Jesse Prince received an anonymous fax at the
Lisa McPherson Trust that indicated a man named David Amos
might be willing to provide information to Mr. Prince about
harassment of Mr. Prince by Scientology operatives. Mr. Prince
was able to reach Mr. Amos by telephone. Mr. Amos agreed to
meet with Mr. Prince in Memphis, Tennessee. That night, Mr.
Prince drove to Memphis, accompanied by Patrick Jost, a former
Treasury Department investigator who was working with the
Lisa McPherson Trust to document Scientology's criminal conduct.
Mr. Jost felt that Mr. Prince should not meet with Mr. Amos
alone.
April
27, 2001: Mr. Amos agreed to meet with Mr. Prince alone
while Mr. Jost watched them from his car less than twenty
feet away. Mr. Amos told Mr. Prince that he had worked as
a private investigator for Scientology from the fall of 1998
until the winter of 2000. He said that Scientology attorney
Kendrick Moxon had told him that Mr. Prince and Mr. Minton
were involved in a child slavery ring and that Scientology
was trying to expose them to rescue the children. Mr. Amos
said he felt that Moxon had told him this story in order to
motivate him to commit illegal acts to try to catch Mr. Prince.
Mr. Amos admitted to Mr. Prince that he had illegally wiretapped
the telephone in Mr. Prince's Chicago apartment at the end
of 1998. He also admitted that he had passed on information
obtained via this illegal wiretap to his Scientology handlers.
Mr. Amos also said that he had set up illegal surveillance
equipment to monitor Mr. Prince, Ms. Brooks and Mark Bunker
in their homes in Clearwater, Florida. Mr. Amos reluctantly
agreed to show Mr. Prince where the surveillance equipment
had been set up. However, he later refused to travel to Clearwater
because he was afraid of what the Scientologists would do
to him if they found out. A report of this meeting was sent
to the FBI in Florida.
May
7, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist used the name lmt_watch@my-deja.com
to post a message in
response to something LMT staffer Mark Bunker had posted.
| "Hey
Bunker, from what you're saying you admit to breaking
the law. It appears what you declined to do was to simply
"Follow The Law". That is the now famous statement
your boss Mr. Minton declared out loud with a bullhorn
during one of his foolish pickets which landed him with
a criminal record and Probation for the next 6 months
with the Salvation Army. The only deceptive and abusive
practices being perpetrated in Clearwater are coming from
the LMT and your antics around town with police and security
personnel trying to create incidents that you can capture
on video tape for another one of your hate filled conspiracy
videos." |
May
7, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist posted a message on
the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology in which he implied
that Mr. Minton had something to do with the disappearance
of Joan Woods, the medical examiner who initially reported
that Lisa McPherson had died from severe dehydration but changed
her autopsy report five years later, under pressure from Scientology.
Her action in changing the autopsy report forced the State
of Florida to drop their charges against Scientology. The
post was titled "Joan
Wood mission" and stated:
| "Check
Minton's backyard. It wouldn't be the first time a dead
body has turned up there. Minton had the most to lose
when Wood came out and told the truth of what really happened." |
May
9, 2001: Gerard Renna, Director of Special Affairs in
Boston, wrote a letter to J. Scott Currier, the police chief
in Sandown, New Hampshire, where Mr. Minton lives. The purpose
of the letter was clearly to cause the police officer to become
alarmed about the possibility that Mr. Minton might pose a
threat to the safety of the Sandown townspeople:
| "Enclosed
please find a copy of the Judgment issued against Mr.
Minton on February 21, 2001 for willfully violating a
Court injunction that required Mr. Minton to stay at least
ten feet away from Church property and Church members
at our religious retreat in Florida. As Mr. Minton is
known to have guns, I have also enclosed a copy of his
six-month probation order for your information. If you
have any questions, you may contact me at the address
below or by calling my office at (617) 266-3841." |
May
15, 2001: Mark Bunker attended the grand opening of "Gaslight
Alley." This was a project to renovate an alley in
Clearwater that is right next to a Scientology building. Mr.
Bunker attended in order to document on videotape the fact
that Scientology was in control of the entire project. An
anonymous Scientologist using the name lmt_watch@my-deja.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
in which Mark Bunker was portrayed as a hate
monger simply for being present at the event:
| "Bunker
purposely missed reporting on the fantastic event. Great
food, great people (over 300), repeated validation to
the Church of Scientology by the Who's Who of Clearwater.
This also shows how Bunker is so pathetically biased and
filled with revenge and hate toward virtually all members
of the community outside the LMT doors. And accordingly,
the LMT presence was despised although everyone tried
the best they could to ignore Bunker who stuck out like
a dead cat at a wedding. Bunker squirmed into a little
corner and stood up with his Mintoncam held to his face
during the entire grand opening event, truly offensive
to all in attendance as he scowled out across the gathering.
The man is just plain rude. No wonder he is despised by
the police from coast to coast. He just looks angry all
of the time and dresses like a pig. One visitor looked
at him and remarked "What is that -- Nazi youth?"
The other responded, "You have it right except the
youth part." |
May
17, 2001: Ben Shaw wrote a letter to the Salvation Army
Correctional Services alleging that Mr. Minton violated his
probation by helping aid a fleeing criminal (Keith Henson).
The text of the letter was as follows:
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"Robert
S. Minton is currently on probation under your auspices
after his conviction for criminal contempt for his violation
of an injunction issued by the Honorable Thomas Penick.
Mr. Minton was convicted February 21, 2001 for his violation
of that injunction following a week of hearings on an
Order to Show Cause issued by Judge Penick.
One
of the terms of his probation is: "You will live
and remain at liberty without violating any law or any
injunction (temporary of permanent) entered by the Court.
A conviction in a court of law shall not be necessary
in order for such a violation to constitute a violation
of your probation."
One
of Mr. Minton's associates, a member of the Advisory
Board of the Lisa McPherson Trust, a for-profit company
of which Mr. Minton is the Chairman of the Board, is
H. Keith Henson. Mr. Henson was also a respondent in
the hearing on the Orders to Show Cause before Judge
Penick, but was acquitted. However, in a separate action
in criminal court in Riverside County, California, on
April 26, 2001, Mr. Henson was found guilty following
a jury trial of a violation of Section 422.6 of the
California Penal Code, also known as the California
hate crime law, for his actions which were found to
be interfering, with threat of force, with the free
exercise of the Scientology religion. (Tab A)
On
the day of his conviction Mr. Henson and his wife picketed
the court house with a sign displaying the phone number
of the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater. (Tab B) His
association with Mr. Minton and the Trust is undisputed.
Mr.
Henson was ordered to report to sentencing on May 16,
2001. Instead he fled to Canada. A warrant has been
issued for his arrest for this most recent breach of
California law (failure to appear). (Tab C)
On
the same day, when questioned in an Internet newsgroup
as to whether he had assisted Mr. Henson to evade justice
"after the fact", your probationer, Mr. Minton,
placed a posting on the newsgroup bragging that, "I
helped him (Henson) escape BEFORE the Fact". (Tab
D) And in another posting which Mr. Minton directed
to Mr. Henson, he asked, "You have enough money
up there in Canada? If not, just let me know."
(Tab E)
Aiding
and abetting the commission of a crime is a violation
of California Penal Code S 312,
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persons concerned in the commission of a crime,
whether it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether
they directly commit that act constituting the offense,
or aid and abet in the commission, or, not being
present, have advised and encouraged its commission,
and all persons counseling, advising or encouraging
children under the age of fourteen years, lunatics
or idiots, to commit any crime, or who, by fraud,
contrivance, or force, occasion the drunkenness
of another for the purpose of causing him to commit
any crime, or who, by threats, menaces, command,
or coercion, compel another to commit any crime,
are principals in any crime so committed."
(Tab F) |
Mr.
Minton therefore appears to be in violation of the terms
of his probation. I assume that you will take appropriate
actions in dealing with his matter."
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Mr. Minton's
attorney, Bruce Howie, filed a motion for an order to show
cause before Judge Penick as a result of this letter.
May
18, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name kewyatt@apexmail.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
titled "The Cult of
Minton Strikes Back" in which he characterized Mr.
Minton as unstable and irrational:
| "I
make some posts containing facts about Mr. Minton and
the defenders arise with shining swords ready to do battle
against any who dare to attack their king. They defend
him when he shoots at (oh, sorry, "over") peaceful
protesters, they defend him when he dumps his wife and
kids for the woman he's been having an affair with, they
defend him when he is arrested for assault and they defend
him when he accuses some innocent woman of being a whore
and a spy (well, at least less of them defended him over
that one). It seems an obviously unstable and irrational
individual who is currently on psychiatric medication
can do no wrong when he is paying your rent." |
May
18, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name lmtbadpr@cotse.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
titled "Brooks PR is
very bad" in which he reproduced a column that had
appeared in a local community newspaper called "Clearwater
Countryside Citizen Publications." The man who wrote
the column was found to have strong business connections with
Scientologists in Clearwater. He wrote, in part:
| "I
try not to get overly excited about what people say or
do to win political elections or influence other people's
decisions. I accept that people, whose only concern is
to see that their viewpoints prevail, often distort the
truth…. That said, two things did upset me last month.
The first was when a lawyer by the name of John Merrett,
representing a group that is critical of the Church of
Scientology, started a brouhaha when the Citizens for
a Better Clearwater began selling bricks to be used to
beautify the Gas Light Alley on Cleveland Street. Individuals
purchased bricks with their names and/or sayings on them
be laid in that alley. The problem around the group Mr.
Merrett represents insisted on being able to purchase
bricks with names and/or sayings on them that would be
used to inflame emotions and further their own political
agenda. Mr. Merrett, on behalf of the group, threatened
to sue the city and the Citizens For A Better Clearwater
if they did not allow his group to purchase bricks. Citizens
For A Better Clearwater agreed to allow the brick purchases
and that should have been that. Later, in an article in
the St. Petersburg Times, Mr. Merrett says he was glad
that the issue was resolved, but is also quoted as saying,
"although it would have been nice to see them squirm."
If that statement does not outrage you as much as it does
me, it should. I don't pretend to know anything about
the group Mr. Merrett represents, nor do I care about
their feud with Scientology. This is between them. However,
when citizens of Clearwater, whose only agenda is to try
and do good for the community, are brought into the dispute
because " it would be nice to seem them squirm"
that is something else entirely. If the group continues
to employ Mr. Merrett as their attorney I will understand
them a lot better, and I am sure the citizens of Clearwater
will as well." |
May
22, 2001: Mr. Minton and Ms. Brooks were served with subpoenas
in the Mike McLaughry v. David Morse case at Mr. Minton's
gate as he arrived from Boston at the Tampa airport. How did
the process server know when and through what gate Mr. Minton
would arrive?
May
22, 2001: Mr. Minton was served another subpoena for deposition,
this time in the Dell Leibreich case. He was served at the
Lisa McPherson Trust as he went to his car.
May
24, 2001: Gerard Renna, Director of Special Affairs for
Boston, wrote a letter to the FBI in Boston with cc's to the
Boston Police Hate Crime Unit and the Chief of Police of Sandown,
New Hampshire, where Mr. Minton lives. The letter stated the
following:
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Over
the years we have been informing your agency concerning
hate crimes against our Church by Mr. Robert S. Minton
Jr. and associates. Minton, is currently on probation
after his conviction for criminal contempt for his violation
of an injunction issued by a Florida Judge.
It
will probably be no great surprise to find that one
of Minton's associates Keith Henson on April 26, 2001,
was found guilty following a jury trial of a violation
of Section 422.6 of the California Penal Code, also
known as the California Hate Crime Law, for his actions
which were found to be interfering, with threat of force,
with the free exercise of the Scientology religion.
Henson fled the country before sentencing and currently
has a warrant out for his arrest. Minton is making known
on the Internet that he is assisting Henson to evade
justice and bragging in his posting, "I helped
him (Henson) escape before the fact".
I
am enclosing a letter sent to Minton's probation officer
regarding violation of his probation by assisting Henson.
I further would like to inform you that Minton lives
in New Hampshire and Boston and that it is likely, due
to his arrogance for the law, that he might harbor this
fugitive of the United States at his home.
I
am deeply concerned with the attached Internet posting
by Minton to an anti-Scientology Internet news group,
"BTW (by the way) Keith, that missile codes are
safe but in case anything happens to us I'll PGP them
below for the ARSCC team (passphrase of - 05-11-2001
will apply): "and posted the PGP key. I would not
have taken this so seriously except that when you put
this all together it shows continue pattern of increase
violence by these individuals towards Scientology and
there blatant disregard for the law. There has been
a good deal of assistance by government and police agencies
to protect our Constitutional rights by those who wish
to hard our religion. Thank you for your consideration."
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May
24, 2001: The judge in Jesse Prince's trial for marijuana
possession declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked 5-1
for acquittal. After a
two-day trial, the jurors felt Mr. Prince had been set
up by four Scientology private investigators in an effort
to turn him into a criminal.
May
25, 2001: The day after the judge declared a mistrial,
the prosecutor announced that the charges were being dropped
against him and the State would not retry the case.
May
25, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name lmtbadpr@cotse.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
titled "The LMT - What
Assholes!" in which he stated:
| "The
LMT led by the notorious Bob Minton arrived in Clearwater
a year ago. Within days they were snubbed forever by the
community because of their rude and crude behavior. They
were noticed as a hate group that practiced incredibly
bad manners. Each one of them did so under Minton's direction:
Brooks attacked the city government. (Now they are attacking
the State); Bunker attacked the Police; Jacobsen attacked
the people who were trying to beautify downtown; and Prince
attacked the parishioners of the Church with profane harassment.
The LMT is nothing more than a foul smell in town these
days. I don't know who is the bigger asshole. Minton or
the LMT collectively." |
May
25, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name lmtbadpr@cotse.com
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
titled "The Jesse Prince
Retrial" in which he stated:
| "The
only guarantee we're going to get out of Mr. Minton and
his LMT is more lies. That's a fact. Minton portrays himself,
Jesse Prince and the rest of the LMT as poor victims in
society. What he can't seem to reconcile is that he and
the rest of the LMTers break the law and are held accountable
because they are not capable of controlling themselves.
Minton, the CEO of the LMT, was just convicted for breaking
the law in Florida for his belligerent conduct of harassment.
Keith Henson, an LMT Advisor, was just convicted on the
California Hate Crime statute for his harassment. Minton
lies. He has a huge multi-million dollar investment in
litigation against the COS and he's burned that he's on
probation and Prince is prosecuted for his illegal drug
use. Minton places the blame elsewhere but he fails to
see himself as the perfect example of a religious bigot
unable to control himself. He's sick and so are the rest
of the bigots at the LMT. You're facing the music for
your own actions Minton. Why don't you just grow up or
go away." |
June
5, 2001: Connie T. Dugan, head of the Salvation Army Correctional
Services, responded to Scientologist Ben Shaw's letter in
which he accused Mr. Minton of violating his probation. Ms.
Dugan explained that there would be no violation unless Mr.
Minton was actually charged with a crime by the police department
or state attorney's office or if Judge Penick found that he
was in violation of the injunction.
June
6, 2001: Jeff Jacobsen was followed by a Scientology
private investigator. Jeff turned off to a side road to
see if the car would follow him and it did. Jeff then turned
on another side road and stopped. The car following Jeff stopped,
backed up in the road and drove in the opposite direction
upon seeing Jeff pull over. The plate number was A60 SPV and
was leased from Ford Credit Title. This was one of approximately
fifty reports Mr. Jacobsen made about specific instances of
being followed in Clearwater.
June
13, 2001: In response to Bob Minton's essay on the LMT
accomplishments, an anonymous Scientologist using the
name Public Anonymous Account (remailer@xganon.com) posted
a message titled "LMT
Accomplishments of 2000-2001." He listed a number
of things, as follows:
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"1.
They have aided many known felons.
2.
They have helped many convicted felons elude justice.
3.
They have likely committed other unpublicized crimes
that they are unwilling to admit.
4.
They have slandered charitable organizations.
5.
They have promoted hate, intolerance and bigotry.
6.
They have tastelessly set up shop near the homes of
those they despise, akin to a Nazi establishing camp
in Israel.
7.
They have promoted illegal drug use and abuse, and spoken
out against charitable organizations opposed to such
abuse.
8.
They have lied outrageously about crimes committed by
their constituents and those they aid in vain attempts
to mask their fundamentally criminal nature."
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June
15, 2001: In the FSO v. Dell Leibreich case, Judge W.
Douglas Baird found Mr. Minton in contempt of court for failure
to appear for a deposition that had been scheduled for March
1, 2001, in response to a subpoena served on February 9, 2001.
He was further "ordered and adjudged that he shall appear
and respond to said subpoena and that he shall produce all
non- privileged documents and a privilege log of all purported
privileged documents at the commencement of deposition. Failure
to comply will result in a fine of $1000 per day until such
time that he complies or until such time that he shall be
incarcerated for failure to appear."
June
16, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name Bremenium
posted a message on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
titled "LMT Hall of
Infamy-Online." He listed all the web sites where
Scientologists have posted scurrilous material about Mr. Minton
and the staff of the LMT:
June
18, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name sleddog-no-spam@cotse.com
posted a message titled "Minton
found in Contempt of Court - Again." The text of
the message was as follows:
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"Bigotwatch
says it all. Another Judge has found Minton in contempt
of court.
"Just
as the LMT is condemned in Clearwater, Florida, the
United States and Europe for their obnoxious criminal
conduct, harassment and practice of religious bigotry,
so is Mr. Minton found in Contempt of Court once again
for violating Court Orders. Not only has Minton been
found in Contempt again, this time he has been ordered
to pay $1000 a day should he continue his utter refusal
to uphold the laws of the land.
"When
will these guys ever learn that crime doesn't pay and
to just tell the truth? Of course they have filthy dirty
laundry but that does not excuse their constant refusal
to follow the law. Minton is already in the hole over
$1,000,000 for this type of conduct along with his other
$5,000,000 investments in hatred flushing down the toilet.
Why doesn't Mr. Minton just FOLLOW THE LAW?? It's quite
apparent that he and the rest of the LMT staff are unable
to tell the truth, the recent Prince trial proved that.
(LMT Executive Director refused to take the stand in
his own defense because he would have to either perjure
himself or admit to continuous illegal drug use for
years.)"
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June
22, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name sleddog@cotse.com
posted a message titled "Judge
ends LMT charade in civil lawsuit." The text of the
message was as follows:
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"The
Judge presiding over Minton's McPherson civil lawsuit
has ruled a death blow to the case. With an unprecedented
49 page Order, Judge Frank Quesada has ruled into fact
and law and once and for all, based on mountains of
uncontroverted evidence, that Lisa McPherson loved Scientology
and never wanted to leave it. Minton's blood thirsty
LMT ratbags have been defanged as their poisonous venom
spews into their faces.
"The
direct testimony of every family member of Lisa, her
friends and every expert witness that Minton put forward,
such as Prince and Vaughn Young, and his hired gun psychiatrists,
was used by the Judge to clearly show that the bogus
and deceitful lies told, repeatedly and spread by Minton,
his pack of criminals at the LMT and his attorney's
have never had any basis in fact. Instead, the exact
opposite was found. Everything that was said bad about
the Church and Scientologist's help for Lisa was false
as it was only intended to support a lawsuit based on
knowingly told lies.
"The
Judge also delivered the final blow to Jesse Prince's
career (as if he ever had one as he never got off the
starting block short of making a quarter of a million
dollars in blood money from his master Minton) when
he ruled his testimony is not only inadmissible but
didn't even say what he claimed it to say.
"Somebody
needs to post it."
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June
26, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name sleddog@cotse.com
posted a message titled "Minton
Suppressing of Free Speech; What's really going on inside
Minton's bunker." The text of the message was as
follows:
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"Minton
and Brooks do not allow for the truth inside or outside
of the LMT as it discredits all of the lies they have
told in the civil litigation. Minton is the SP of free
speech inside and outside of the LMT.
"Brooks,
Bunker and Jacobsen have been asked repeatedly on this
newsgroup to tell us and show us what is actually going
on in the McPherson case litigation. They could easily
walk a few blocks from their bunker to the courthouse
and get some documents from the court file and post
them but they don't. Minton won't allow it.
"Minton
finally responded yesterday from pressure by critics
who questioned why Jacobsen only has the First Amended
Complaint on his page vs. the actual 5th Amended Complaint.
(BTW what does Jacobsen do all day with himself?) Minton
responded by trying to blow another smoke screen over
this newsgroup by claiming an ongoing "frustration
with Ken Dandar" which prevents him or the LMT
from obtaining public record court documents.
"So
why does Minton really refuse to allow his organization
to post the court documents. Minton claims that Ken
Dandar prefers to keep the documents off the Internet
because Scientology makes a stink and hammers him in
court and he hates that. The real reason is that Minton
hasn't won anything in his case and has been hammered
continuously as the lies embedded in Dandar's allegations
and motions have been exposed and proven false one after
the other. Minton, Brooks and Dandar have lost so heavily
that Minton must now pay out millions in damages, fees
and costs as the case disintegrates and Minton is ordered
to pay $1000 a day in sanctions for avoiding deposition
to answer questions that reveal he is running the case
as an investment scam. The proof is all contained in
court documents readily available as public records.
"Minton,
Brooks, Prince, Bunker & Jacobsen simply don't have
any way to put a favorable spin on the way the McPherson
case has gone for them since the biggest lies from the
criminal case and the case itself was thrown out a year
ago. All of their lies just cannot withstand the truth.
This is something that Minton won't tell you about as
he is psychotic on the subject of the truth.
"Minton
complains '50% of the bullshit of every hearing in the
civil case is about him. It is actually more like 100%
because the other 50% Minton won't admit to are the
lies he has told.
"It
is left up to Bigotwatch to bring you the facts, while
Minton pays dearly another month's salary to the staff
in his bunker - Brooks, Prince, Bunker, Jacobsen, Summers
et.al - to continue to suppress the truth.
"See
the latest addition at www.bigotwatch.net/publicrecorddocuments.html
displaying the recent summary judgment dismissing the
plaintiffs' false imprisonment claim in the McPherson
civil litigation.
"While
others whine, cry and lie, Bigotwatch gives you the
facts and documents to back them up.
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June
26, 2001: Mr. Minton's new probation officer, under pressure
from Scientology, ordered Mr. Minton to register all of his
guns. Mr. Minton informed her that New Hampshire does not
have a provision to register weapons beyond the initial ownership
papers, but she persisted in her demand. Mr. Minton turned
over ownership of the guns to Ms. Brooks until his probation
was terminated on August 20, 2001.
July
8, 2001: Bruce Howie filed a motion for an order to show
cause and motion for modification and in camera review or
early termination of probation. This was regarding the Injunction
and the following harassment faced by Mr. Minton at the hands
of the Scientology:
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"1)
the sending of a letter written by a representative
of the Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization
to Mr. Minton's probation officer, with copies to the
court and Mr. Minton's counsel documenting alleging
that there was a violation by Mr. Minton of his probation;
2)
the sending of a letter by an employee of the Church
of Scientology of Boston to a New Hampshire police department,
forwarding copies of the injunction and that terms of
Mr. Minton's probation; and
3)
the sending of a letter, by the same employee of the
Church of Scientology of Boston, to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, submitting information about an apparent
probation violation of the conditions of Mr. Minton's
probation."
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July
18, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name lmtbadpr@cotse.com
posted the following message
to the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology:
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"Why
would the LMT allow evidence of their involvement (direct
supervision) of illegal electronic surveillance of law
enforcement officers get into the hands of the police?
A few months ago two Spanish El Mundo TV reporters were
sponsored by the LMT while in Clearwater to film a show.
The reporters obviously conducted their business in
and out of the LMT while in Clearwater.
"They
covertly made an audio and video record of two Clearwater
Police Officers warning them they would be conducting
illegal surveillance if the bag they were carrying concealed
a hidden recorder. The denied it, yet the illegal tape
was aired recently
on Spanish TV, thereby exposing and documenting
the crime. (a felony under Fla stat 934.01)
"The
Clearwater police already issued a warning to Bunker
when he openly video and audio taped a police officer
without his permission. This time it was done covertly
and denying it at the same time.
"And
from what I hear the same police officer who warned
Bunker has the tape of the Spanish show which clearly
shows the El Mundo journalists coming in and out of
the LMT and then covertly recording the police. (They
couldn't even get in the Church to commit the crime
so they just did it on the police! What idiots!)
"And
this police officer is apparently the one who has the
case.
"Can't
wait for the fireworks!
"The
LMT criminal record is growing. Who's going to pay the
bill to defend this one?
"P.S.
This sounds like a violation of the injunction too -
El Mundo reporters acting in participation with the
LMT.
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August
2, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name dexter_meredith@hotmail.com
(Dexterrr) posted a message in which he detailed Mr. Minton's
psychiatric history and
included a child psychologist his children had seen. The text
of the message follows:
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"Minton
has been under extensive psychiatric care throughout
his life. He
has been seen for treatment by at least five psychs.
"Madison
Sanatorium: In about 1963 Minton was sent to this mental
facility after a violent falling out with his father.
It is not known what psychs treated him at this sanatorium.
"Doctor
Saeger: Minton and his then wife, Cynthia Wharton, saw
him in NYC at a mental clinic circa 1977/78. Minton
was diagnosed with bi-polar personality disorder and
was taking drugs to treat it.
"Jennifer
Rathbun: Mass General and McLeans associated. She is
a child psych. Her husband is a psych at Harvard.
"Doctor
Robert Abernethy: Mass General psychiatrist most recently
treating Minton in Boston. Studied and worked at Eric
Lindemann Center where he was the director of their
Freedom Trail Clinic.
"Doctor
Terrence Real: Trendy psych in Cambridge; expert on
Prozac and on male depression.
"The
insane sometimes don't know what they're doing."
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August
07, 2001: An anonymous Scientologist using the name lmt_watch@my-deja.com
posted the following message
to the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology:
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"I've
got one question for Bob Minton's Trust:
"What
is Mark Bunker, Jeff Jacobsen and Jesse Prince even
doing now to earn their daily bread from the almighty
Minton since they can't even talk to a Scientologist
in Clearwater anymore let alone picket in front of the
Fort Harrison, anywhere along the coveted Watterson
Avenue or surprise anyone without permission from the
Clearwater Police?
"PERMANENT
INJUNCTION
"from
picketing, protesting, and/or demonstrating in the areas
designated in BLUE (which is greatly expanded from the
prior "no picket" zone)...and from engaging
in any of the aforementioned activities within ten feet
of any entrance or exit actually used frequently on
a daily basis to all Church property that is not expressly
included in the prohibited zones
"Lawful
picketing means "not contrary to or forbidden by
law", provided that at all times while picketing,
all persons bound by this injunction shall comply with
the anti-noise provisions of this injunction.
"from
coming within ten (10) feet of any member of the Church.
"from
blocking the path of any member of any motor vehicle
of the Church
"from
physically or by any other means inhibiting any Church
member, any member of the general public, or any motor
vehicle, from entering or leaving any Church properties
that are listed in the schedule of properties...
"from
making loud and raucous noise such as, but not limited
to, yelling, shouting, whistling or singing (whether
by natural or amplified voice), or by the employment
of any mechanical device such as a horn, whistle, or
other noisemaker that creates a loud and raucous noise
that can be heard inside any of the Church properties
that are listed in the schedule of properties
"a
"loud and raucous noise" is any sound which
because of its volume level, duration, and character,
annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort,
health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary
sensibilities.
"from
entering upon any of the Church properties that are
listed in the schedule of properties...
"from
committing any acts of harassment or violence against
any member of the Church, including, without limitation,
any UNSOLICITED physical, verbal or written contact
with any Church staff or parishioner.
"must
notify Clearwater Police Department at least one hour
in advance of the demonstrations/event and inform the
Clearwater Police Department of their/its intentions.
"Any
violation hereof shall constitute contempt of court,
punishable by fine and/or imprisonment."
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August
15, 2001: Stacy Brooks was deposed as the corporate representative
of the Lisa McPherson Trust. Scientology attorney Kendrick
Moxon asked many questions that were outside the scope of
the deposition, including a number of questions about Ms.
Brooks' personal life. Moxon also demanded documents regarding
the people who had come to the Lisa McPherson Trust for help.
Ms. Brooks refused to turn over any of the documents to Scientology
as it would be a violation of privacy.
August
23, 2001: Scientology attorney Kendrick Moxon filed a
Motion requesting that Judge Schafer put Mr. Minton and Ms.
Brooks in jail until they produced all the records Scientology
had demanded. These records included all the records of the
people the Lisa McPherson Trust had helped.
August
26, 2001: Scientology attorney Kendrick Moxon filed an
Opposition to [Lisa McPherson Trust staffer] Teresa Summers'
Motion to Quash or for Protective Order in which he tried
to get the court to force Ms. Summers to turn over documents
about certain people who had contacted the Lisa McPherson
Trust for help.
August
28, 2001: Information was received that Scientologists
were obtaining information about Mr. Minton's wife and children
by regularly stealing the trash at the house in Boston.
August
2001: Scientology attorney Sandy Rosen sent a letter to
Stacy Brooks putting her on notice that the Lisa McPherson
Trust was enjoined under an earlier injunction of FACTNet,
a corporation of which both she and Mr. Minton had been on
the board of directors.
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