From: Michael 'Mike' Gormez <mikeNO@SPAMwhyaretheydead.net>
Subject: Strange things happen when you litigate the cult
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:36:12 +0200
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Schaeffer is grilling Dandar on monies received from soures he didn't know, and then Dandar sums up why that isn't so strange in this particular case:

25             THE WITNESS:  Well, I do.  I do have that

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 1        obligation.  But, Judge, you know, you have to
 2        understand -- and you do -- I'm dealing with a case
 3        that is not like any other case.  Everything is
 4        different about this case.
 5             I'm dealing with a case where I already know
 6        the defense attorney hired private investigators to
 7        contact every client I ever had and accuse me of
 8        these terrible crimes.  I don't even want to go into
 9        that.
10             But I already know that I have things on my
11        credit report, accounts, that -- of phone bills that
12        have been run up that I never opened up in
13        Minneapolis and Dallas, Texas from the phone company
14        where Lisa worked, and out in California, and it
15        shows up on my credit report when I go to buy a
16        house, and I have to figure out how I'm going to get
17        these bills that I never incurred removed from my
18        credit report.
19             There are a lot of strange things happening.
20        So when somebody in Europe said, "I want to send you
21        money but you're not going to know who I am and it
22        is going to be anonymous," in this case that is not
23        that strange to me.
24             THE COURT:  In just this case?  Because of the
25        allegations that are made about how the Church of
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 1        Scientology would feel about suppressive persons who
 2        would be people supporting you, as far as you're
 3        concerned?
 4             THE WITNESS:  Absolutely.  I mean, I know I'm
 5        on their hit list.  I know I'm their suppressive
 6        person of the year since 1997.  I'm accusing them of
 7        wrongful death.
 8             You know, I got the letter from Mr. Abelson
 9        when I filed suit warning me that they would bury me
10        if I continued on the case.  Of course, that just
11        had the opposite effect on me back then.
12             So I got -- this is not a case like suing
13        General Motors.  I mean, this is a case where all
14        these things behind the scenes are going on.
15             And so when I understand somebody doesn't want
16        to be my expert witness anymore, when I understand
17        somebody wants to send money and they want to remain
18        anonymous, that didn't shock me, it didn't surprise
19        me.
20             But I never, ever had anyone say, "Oh, you are
21        suing this person.  Here is some money."  Never
22        had -- this is a case that will stand forever in its
23        own category.
24             THE COURT:  Unique?
25             THE WITNESS:  Unique.

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 1             THE COURT:  All right.  Well now, that is the
 2        first time any of that made sense.  You see, when
 3        you say these strange people just obviously didn't
 4        want to be named and you thought there could be some
 5        truth to that because of all of the things going on,
 6        that is the first time that made any sense.
 7             THE WITNESS:  Okay.
 8             THE COURT:  Continue on.

Mike Gormez