Lawyers for actress and former Scientologist Leah Remini have demanded, in a legal letter, that the church pay her $1.5 million, and alleged that the church wrote to A&E ahead of the debut of her series “Scientology and the Aftermath” to try and get the show pulled from the air.
Underground Bunker blogger Tony Ortega reports that the church wrote to the network, as well as parent ABC, calling Remini a “spoiled, entitled diva” and “has-been actress,” in efforts to quash Remini’s show about former members of the religion.
Remini’s lawyer wants “compensation for the past, present and ongoing reputational, emotional and economic injuries and damages [Remini has] suffered.”
The church responded to Remini’s counsel that the “demands are nothing more than a provocative ploy to generate publicity for what will no doubt be another failed program by a failed ‘celebrity’ seeking to make a buck off of her former religion,” and that “the Church will freely exercise its constitutional rights.”