What a pleasure it is to read all of the terrific narrative accounts of what happened today in Austin -- thank you one & all.
Too, it's a genuine kick to learn that ESMB is read by some of the attorneys working on Mrs. Rathbun's behalf.
As regards Ms. Hyman's well-argued assertion as reported... that David Miscavige
is a named party (i.e., an individual) in the lawsuit and should therefore be subject to deposition, a dear friend texted a l-o-n-g note to me earlier which may help bolster that point.
Or not. I thought it clever, YMMV.
Many here are familiar with the 1990 Miscavige deposition transcripts in connection with the Bent Corydon lawsuits that are available online.
Link:
http://www.davidmiscavige.wikiscien...iscavige,_the_Witness,_July_19,_1990_-_Part_1
At the beginning of David Miscavige Deposition Transcript #1, dated July 19, 1990, all of the individuals in attendance verbally identify themselves into the microphones set around the table.
Excerpt:
"
David Miscavige, an individual." - David Miscavige, July 19, 1990.
Not 'COB'.
Not 'Captain'.
Not 'Pope'.
Not 'Operating Thetan Pick-A-Number'.
Not 'Teegeeack's Warden Platinum Meritorious Of Xenu, Captive Overlord'
Feel free to check the rest of the deposition transcripts...
that self-description made by DM -- "an individual" -- goes wholly unchallenged by any of the DM-/Co$-/RTC-related legal counsel.
So.
The only
* other time that DM was deposed, he fully understood that he was an "individual" and, in that capacity, deposition was appropriate.
To assert in 2014 that the entire world will collapse
if the 'ecclesiastical leader of the world's fastest-growing fauxligion' is deposed, begs 2 immediate questions:
(1) How is it that DM was deposed yet - somehow! - the world did not collapse in 1990?
and,
(2) If DM
was an "individual" in 1990 but now claims he's
not an "individual" for purposes of a proposed deposition in 2014, what
evidence is or has yet been offered by TeamRTC+DM to assure the 3rd Circuit COA and/or Judge Waldrip that "David Miscavige, Individual" no longer exists?
Did Captain David Miscavige and/or COB David Miscavige direct certain personnel within available groups of volunteer workers (sea org, Co$ members, PIs, attorneys, etc.) to commit harmful acts against Monique Rathbun?
Or did "David Miscavige, an individual" direct those same people to do so?
RTC and/or CSI 'executive management personnel'
might be able to answer for their Captain and/or COB,
but ONLY David Miscavige, the person, can answer the allegations Mrs. Rathbun has made against "David Miscavige, an individual".
*That we know of.
JB