Vivien Krogmann Lutz, a 23 year old German girl, sued her parents for, amongst other things, sending her to Saint Hill and ruining her health. The trial began this morning and only 3 hours in, the parents, accompanied by Scientology lawyers, agreed to pay Vivien 35,000 Euros. This decision to settle came after the judge ruled against Scientology requests for gag orders on both Vivien and Ursula Caberta, whom Vivien escaped to when finally fleeing her parents.

This is perhaps the first time that a child raised in a cult successfully sued their parents for damages caused by that cult.

You can see Vivien's story here:

http://www.xenutv.com/trust/leipzig.htm#viv

Here's A recent news article about the upcoming (now over) trial:

http://www.bild.t-online.de/service/archiv/2002/oct/30/news/scientology/scientology.html

Clicking on Vivien's photo in the story leads to a small photogallery containing 4 pictures, one of Vivien now, one of her in a SO uniform at the age of 15, another of SO 'barracks' and finally one of St Hill.

Google German to English translation below:

http://tinyurl.com/2cfm

Vivien sues nut/mother, that delivered her at Scientology sect

'I was prisoner in Educating camp of the psychosect '

Of BEA SWIETCZAK

Hamburg - 'I feel only sadness for my nut/mother', say the young woman. 'you me as a child to a psychosect delivered.'

Tomorrow in the Hanseatic city an unusual process one negotiates: Vivien Krogmann Lutz (23) sues its nut/mother and its stepfather, because those gave her as persons under age to the Obhut to the Scientology sect elite unit 'Sea Org' in England. That is an organization, which aims at the world domination and makes humans dependent by psychotechniken.

It is world-wide the first time that a child sues his Scientologen parents.

In PICTURE Vivien tells its sad history .

When Vivien was 13 years old, office purchase woman) delivered their nut/mother, Susanne Karola M. (48, and her stepfather the girl in pc. Hill with London, one of the European centers of Scientology sect, and drove back to Germany. 'I cried the first 14 days long only', remember the large and foreign trade purchase woman.

'most badly was for me that people, which spoke nearly everything only English instructed completely stranger me, what I to make had. Like all the other children also, I had to perform heaviest manual labor.' Ditches dig, pipes shift, up to twelve hours daily roofs with bricks work on, garbage containers push, chopped off trunks carry away...

In the complaint it, parents means approving of in purchase it would have taken that Vivien had been added by the kinderarbeit heavy health damage.

Medical appraisals certify lasting orthopedic damage to the young woman. 'if I had not implemented correctly work in opinion of the Aufpasser, I was punished', report Vivien. 'I was separated from the other children, away-closed, had to eat remainders.' Also on 'good days' there were usually only to porridge, rice and beans.

Vivien was not allowed to go to the school, also into pc. Hill was not informed. Instead the girl had to study the books of Scientology sect founder Ron Hubbard.

In the process it around claims for damages and smart money go at a value of 73,000 euro.

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