Ron Hubbard wrote way back in 1955; "The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment......will generally be sufficient to cause his[her] professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him [her] utterly. Accordingly, Co$ adherent Laura Padgett continues with LRH's marching orders to legally harass her ex husband and cult defector Tom. The newest round of fairgaming of Tom Padgett, a declared SP (and "asshole") by church executives, will occur on May 15th, when pro-cult prosecutor David Massamore has yet another motion before the Hopkins County Court in Kentucky, to incarcerate (read "isolate") Padgett on trumped up charges that he failed to return certain required administrative court forms with his and his lawyers' signatures on them by a determined deadline of 4/24/00 postponed to 5/1/00. The defense to this on merit of facts will be easy as the tracking # on the overnight envelope proves the forms were received 10 days in advance of the deadline. The problem is now, Padgett's Kentucky attorneys have motioned the local court to withdraw as counsel of record. The senior partner of Mobley & Lloyd stated "they're a bunch of MuthaF!?!ers down there" referring to the judge, prosecutor, and Laura Padgett's private lawyer all in Madisonville, a town in the western part of the state a 3 hour drive from Louisville and Lexington in the central part of the state. The junior partner of the firm, Lloyd, states he has expressed concerns as various orders being "goofey, unconstitutional, and motivated by bruised egos of the political legal players in the civil and criminal cases." None-the-less they wanted out as it is too ugly and Padgett's financial resources have been sucked dry. This puts pettifoggers in an excellent position to swoop down upon Tom like vulters preying on a wounded animal without protection and defense. The kill is eminent. An order has been tendered by Laura's criminal lawyer Massamore, to have Tom be imprisoned for an undetermined amount of time in the Hopkins County Jail. Tom's lawyer brother John has written the Judge in the case to appoint a public defender for Tom. However, folks in Kentucky still view people from Massachusetts as "damn yankees," a mentality leftover from 19th century, and thus Atty John Padgett's plea for his brother's welfare will probably fall on deaf ears. Judge Charlie Boteler, the magistrate overseeing both civil and criminal cases filed against cult defector Tom, refuses to allow any lawyers outside of the state of Kentucky to enter the cases in Padgett's defense. He has been a consistent facilitator of "good ole boy railroading" called "hometown cook'n law" in the southern states - see movie "My Cousin Vinnie for a flavor of the venue! Further details will be reported next week as UPDATE #20 when events unfold. Alliance for Better Understanding of Scientology Ethics (A.B.U.S.E.) link to: http://www.b-org.demon.nl/scn/deaths/childabuse.html

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