California, France, and now Turin...
Scientology is about to experience the same thing they did to the IRS. These lawsuits will snowball from the few brave souls breaking trail, to the hundreds who are sitting back in the wings, watching to see how it goes before them make their move.
I don't doubt that, even now, the cult is rewriting their SO contract to remove all references to "employees." But it's too late for that, isn't it? The hundreds of people who lost years of their lives and are now living marginal lives with few resources are not going to go away.
And the cult's defenses are weak. "They were religious volunteers. They belonged to a religious order, like monks. They received room and board for their labor."
Coupled with the French conviction and the growing flood of bad press, stories that are beginning to attract global attention, how can Scientology possibly prevail?
[edit]And now, Belgium is beginning to roll! It just keeps getting better!
Scientologie: deux affaires pendantes en Belgique | RTBF INFO[/edit]
This is the beginning of what I've been waiting for, the abused and exploited raising their voices together, calling for justice.
Meanwhile, the cult is in denial. They've bought buildings! They're expanding! Their expensive, carefully choreographed Grand Opening events are solely for the benefit of the remaining true believers, enveloping them in a glamour of success and expansion. They want to believe it, but at some point it will become painfully clear that DM is playing the fiddle as their world slowly collapses, like the cursed house in Poltergeist.
There's obviously still plenty of money left to squander on glittering events like the grand opening in DC.
Compensation for all the ex SO members is going to poke a lot of very big holes in L. Ron's moneybags. I'm going to enjoy the show. In fact, it's the best show I've ever watched in my life, despite the fact that the denoument is fairly predetermined.