On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield ruled that the civil complaints must be settled by the Church of Scientology in “religious arbitration” because an arbitration agreement already exists that compels any disputes to be handled in that manner.
That means harassment complaints from Chrissie Carnell Bixler, her husband, musician Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and two Jane Does are now back in the Church’s hands. The judge did not rule on a similar complaint by Marie Bobette Riales , who was not a Church of Scientology member and did not have an arbitration agreement.
Masterson is scheduled for arraignment on three charges of rape between 2001 and 2003 on Jan. 6. That criminal case is still moving forward, but could be postponed by courts that are struggling to keep up with backlogs during the pandemic. The women claimed Masterson raped or sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s, but did not report the assaults to the LAPD until late 2016 and early 2017. After talking to the police, they claimed they were harassed and threatened by alleged agents of the Church of Scientology. in December 2017.
Masterson’s attorney Andrew Brettler told Variety, “This was absolutely the correct result. We look forward to arbitrating the claims, as the Court directed.”
Rape is very legal and very cool in Scientology.
I feel sorry for his wife.
Um... what
WTF?
How much money did CoS pay the judge to rule that way? The judge needs to be investigated.
How are there still Jane Doe’s. Who the hell are these people
What
That’s some fucked up shit.
White privilege
Too bad Jim Jones even or even L Ron Hubbard himself are not available to serve as the final arbiter.
This is such BS. Freedom of religion should not mean you get to break every law you want as long as it’s done to someone who believes as you do, and you let the head of said religion sort it out. The corruption is unreal.
Yuck!
What? How is that appropriate? To deal with rape charges by allowing a cult to mediate?
Scientology is as toxic and corrupt as Danny Masterson. Imagine having so much power you get the court to agree to this BS. Leah was right Scientology is the root of evil
This is soo gross.
Rapist