Who Killed L. Ron Hubbard?
- From the FACTnet Probate Brief
As part of its legal strategy, FACTNET has contested the validity of the
copyright transfers that took place after Hubbard's death. These excerpts are taken from a
petition calling for the removal of Norm Starkey as Executor of the Estate due to
alleged self-dealing and fraudulent activities before, during and after the creation of
Hubbard's final will.
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entire filing in the original format.
DISAPPEARANCE OF L. RON HUBBARD
PURPORTED PRE-TESTAMENTARY ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER FRAUDULENT AND PURPORTED
DEALINGS WITH THE DISPUTED WORKS
THE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF L. RON HUBBARD'S DEATH ,AND PURPORTED
EXECUTION OF ALLEGED LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT PURPORTEDLY DATED
JANUARY 25,1987
THE IMPROPER, UNETHICAL, FRAUDULENT AND CRIMINAL,
ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF L. RON HUBBARD
DISAPPEARANCE OF L. RON HUBBARD 12. In or about 1980, Mr. Hubbard went into seclusion
and secretly resided in various locations including a ranch near
Creston, California where he died on January 24, 1986. 13. Mr. Hubbard's said seclusion was caused, in large
part, by the pendency of numerous civil actions, and the threat of
criminal and IRS actions, in which he was named, or to be named, as
either a defendant, or as one of the defendants. David Miscavige
became head of a scientology operation (Project All Clear)
organized by the Hubbard Successors, which was intended to remove
Mr. Hubbard as a defendant in any legal proceedings so that he
could emerge from seclusion. See Berry Decl. Exh. D, p. 4, fn. 5.
Notwithstanding, the former President of RTC, Vicky Aznaran,
has provided testimony under oath that David Miscavige told
her that he never saw L. Ron Hubbard personally during this
entire period. Furthermore, Robert Vaughn Young will testify
that he went to the ranch where L. Ron Hubbard died, with
David Miscavige; Robert Vaughn Young was told that David
Miscavige had never visited the ranch before that night.
While in isolated seclusion, Mr. Hubbard was constantly attended by
Patrick and Anne Broeker. His principal, and sole, means of
communication with the outside world, and the Scientology
Organization, was allegedly through David Miscavige. At the
time, David Miscavige was a senior executive in ASI. Following the
fraudulent transfer of the Disputed Works, David Miscavige became
the head of RTC, the head of the Scientology Organization itself
and is one of Hubbard's Successors. At all relevant times herein,
Norman F. Starkey was a subordinate officer to David Miscavige
within Scientology's chain of command, and as such, Norman F.
Starkey was David Miscavige's "junior," received orders from David
Miscavige, reported to him and was subject to horrendous
disciplinary consequences should he not strictly comply with David
Miscavige's wishes and whims. For example, in 1986, David
Miscavige was apparently chairman of the Board of ASI and Norman
Starkey was Executive Director of ASI. 14. In 1979, 1982 and 1983, Mr. Hubbard executed various
testamentary instruments and trust agreements making certain
provisions for his family, among others. Subsequently, David
Miscavige severed all communication between Mr. Hubbard, his wife
and family and orchestrated the execution of a new will and trust,
purportedly signed one day before death, and its subsequent
improper administration, which resulted in a fraud on Mr. Hubbard's
wife, family, this Court and other Courts. Mr. Miscavige furthered
these wrongful actions by arranging for the appointment of his
subordinate officer, Norman F. Starkey, as Executor for the Estate
despite the conflict of interest and breaches of fiduciary duty
arising from his positions as, among other things, a Trustee of RTC
which was a beneficiary of the estate and to which were
fraudulently conveyed certain assets of the Estate including the
Disputed Works. 15. Beginning in 1982, David Miscavige claims to have
personally witnessed and notarized assignments of the Disputed
Works to the Hubbard Successors which include himself. However, as
referenced in paragraph 18 herein, former RTC President Vicki
Aznaran has testified that David Miscavige had said to her that he
never personally saw L. Ron Hubbard during these years. In any
event, these various assignments, on their face, and in light of
various surrounding circumstances, raise various serious issues of
validity and capacity (for both Mr. Hubbard as to cognitive
capacity and David Miscavige because of his inherent multiple non-waivable conflicts of interest) including improper notarization,
fraud, duress, undue influence, inurement, conspiracy to defraud
creditors, etc. Berry Decl. Exh. C, pp. 21-28. 16. Attached to the supporting Declaration of Graham E.
Berry, as Exhibits J to N, are copies of: (a) Assignment Agreement (L. Ron Hubbard/RTC). Exhibit J. (b) Church of Spiritual Technology letter dated May
21, 1987 and attaching certain agreements. Exhibit K. (c) Copyright license agreement between Church of
Scientology of California and L. Ron Hubbard, effective as of April
1, 1982. Exhibit . (d) Assignment Agreement between L. Ron Hubbard and
Religious Technology Center purportedly made May 16, 1982.
Exhibit M. (e) Assignment Agreement between L. Ron Hubbard and
Religious Technology Center relating to trade marks. Exhibit N.
17. These exhibits, among other things, raise the following
observations, issues and questions. Exhibit J states that it was
entered into on May 16, 198_. However, just below
L. Ron Hubbard's signature on page 6, the document states that it
was notarized on May 10, 1982. The notary public is David
Miscavige. At the time, David Miscavige was a Trustee of RTC which
is the beneficiary of the alleged assignment agreement. At the
time, Norman F. Starkey, the Executor of the L. Ron Hubbard Estate
was also a trustee of beneficiary RTC. In addition, David
Miscavige was Chairman of the Board of ASI and Norman Starkey was
his subordinate as Executive Director of ASI. The function of ASI,
among other things, was to administer Mr. Hubbard's copyrights.
Berry Decl. Exh. O. The document also contains an addendum which
states that it is effective January 19, 1982 and modifies the
document which purports to be notarized on May 16, 1982. This
Agreement raises a number of issues including: the purpose of the
addendum being attached since it has no effect on the Agreement and
is not incorporated by reference; why the original Agreement of
January 1, 1982 was modified only 18 days later; and why the "2s"
on pages 6 and 7 of the Agreement appear to have been originally
"7's" that were fraudulently altered. Bearing in mind that L. Ron
Hubbard died in 1986, this appears especially noteworthy. 18. The same document (Exhibit J) is attached to a
letter from one of Hubbard's Successors (CST) to the IRS dated
May 21, 1987. Berry Dec. Exh. K. This letter raises even more
serious questions regarding the suspicious circumstances of L. Ron
Hubbard's death, the execution of the various purported assignments
and agreements, and the testamentary disposition of the copyrights
and other items of intellectual property. In the letter, one of
Hubbard's Successors states to the IRS that they made a mistake
when they submitted the assignment agreement "Mr. Hubbard proposed
to enter into with RTC on May 10, 1982 . . . in fact, Mr. Hubbard
and RTC did not execute the proposed agreement." In summary, it
now appears that this agreement, notarized by David Miscavige,
concerning assets that belonged within the L. Ron Hubbard Estate,
was never executed while L. Ron Hubbard was alive and that
therefore Hubbard's Successors, including David Miscavige and
Norman Starkey (the Executor herein) and Sherman D. Lenske, Esq.
have engaged in numerous acts of perjury and fraud relating
thereto. 19. Berry Declaration Exh. L is a copyright license
purportedly executed by L. Ron Hubbard on May 10, 1982 but, unlike
the other documents, was not notarized. Under the circumstances,
this also raises questions for judicial inquiry. 20. Berry Declaration Exh. M purports to be a
"assignment agreement (LRH/RTC ((Marks) dated on its face 18 May,
1982. Again, the handwritten "2" of 1982 on page 10 appears to be
a modified or fraudulently altered "7". 21. Berry Declaration Exhs. J, L., M and N raise
particular concern when, in connection to the proposed Petition for
Quiet Title, Petitioners will include testimony, given under
penalty of perjury, that David Miscavige possessed blank sheets of
paper bearing the signature of L. Ron Hubbard. Furthermore, a
prior president of RTC, Vickie Aznaran, who later escaped from the
Rehabilitation Project Force at Hemet and sued Scientology, has
testified under penalty of perjury that David Miscavige told her
that he did not see L. Ron Hubbard from 1980 through to the date of
his death. This raises serious questions of extrinsic fraud and
serious questions as to the validity of various documents,
including those relating to the Disputed Works, and now being
relied upon RTC, BPI, David Miscavige and Norman Starkey who each
had integral roles in the apparent fraudulent conduct relating to,
among other things, the fraudulent handling of the Disputed Works
in connection with the Estate herein. In addition, Vicki Aznaran
also testified under penalty of perjury that she knew that David
Miscavige had entered a false notarized document into the probate
estate of L. Ron Hubbard. 22. Berry Declaration Exh. N is pertinent to the
questions raised in the preceding paragraphs. Pages 1, 2 and 3 of
Exhibit N are identical to pages 1, 2, and 3 of Exhibit J.
However, page 4 of Exhibit N is drastically different than page 4
of Exhibit J. Moreover, page 5 of Exhibit N, although different in
content, ends in exactly the same place as page 5 of Exhibit J.
Page 6 of Exhibit N is identical to page 6 of Exhibit J, but with
the exception of the fact that it isn't signed by L. Ron Hubbard
and it doesn't have the date of the notary public filled in.
Obviously, these are matters for serious consideration, not only by
the Court but also by a questioned document examiner, especially
because of the improbability of a page of a document being revised,
retyped and still having the exact words in the exact sequence at
the exact place on the final page of the document. 23. For many years prior to his death, Mr. Hubbard
ingested various drugs, many of them allegedly hypnotic and
psychiatric drugs, and other medications which were administered by
certain assistants of Mr. Hubbard, such as a certain Andre
Tabayoyon and Kim Douglas, whose testimony will be submitted with
the Petitions sought to be filed herein. One of Mr. Hubbard's own
sons has also testified to these facts in prior proceedings. 24. During the two years before his death, a Dr. Gene
Denk was in constant attendance upon Mr. Hubbard on a full time
basis. Dr. Gene Denk is understood to be a duly licensed
California physician. 25. Approximately two weeks before Mr. Hubbard died,
Dr. Denk left Mr. Hubbard's side in Creston, California and went on
a gambling trip to Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nevada accompanied by his wife,
Terri Gamboa, Rick Aznaran, and David Miscavige. In essence, it
appears that L. Ron Hubbard's medical support was intentionally
withdrawn from him. Prior to this gambling expedition, David
Miscavige was reported in prior testimony as stating, in effect,
"the IRS indictments are about to come down. The only thing that
will save us now is if the Old Man dies."
During their absence in Reno, Nevada, Mr. Hubbard suffered a
crippling stroke. Upon information and belief, Mr. Hubbard
received no medical attention from any physician licensed to
practice in California, until Dr. Denk returned from Reno, Nevada.
Dr. Denk had prescribed and administered a number of drugs to Mr. Hubbard, including the
psychiatric drug Hydroxyzine (Vistaril) which is usually
administered in combination with other hypnotic, psychotic and
sedating narcotics and restricted drugs. Indeed, the Coroner's
report indicates that there were "ten recent needle marks" in "the
right gluteal area" of the dead body.
According to Dr. Denk's statement to the Coroner, Mr. Hubbard also had a "long history of
chronic pancreatitis" (which is primarily cause by alcoholism) and
a recent history of "dysphrasia." According to the Coroner, Dr. Denk
also told the Coroner "of decedent's clinical history
which supported a possible neurological problem;" thereby raising
issues of cognitive capacity which Mr. Hubbard's personal
representatives such as Norman F. Starkey, Sherman D. Lenske, Esq.,
and Earle Cooley, Esq. should have brought to the attention of this
Court. Berry Declaration, Exhibit A, "Investigation," "Report on
"Toxicology Report" Post Mortem Examination, 26. Mr. Hubbard's 1979, 1982 and 1983 testamentary
instruments made no disposition of any copyrights which cannot, as
a matter of law, be transferred by will. In addition, Mary Sue
Hubbard had/has a fifty percent community property interest in each
of these copyrights. 27. Immediately prior to Mr. Hubbard's death, Dr. Denk,
Pat Broeker, Anne Broeker, Steven Pfauth, Ray Mithoff, and possibly
others, were in attendance with Mr. Hubbard. All of them are
within the group defined herein as Hubbard's Successors as defined
in paragraph 3 herein. 28. Upon information and belief, neither Mr. Hubbard's
wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, nor any of his children were present at the
time of his death, were not advised of his ailing health and
imminent demise, and the Hubbard Successors purposefully deprived
the Hubbard family of the opportunity to be with him at his death
bed. One day before he died, with his cognitive capacity in
serious question, Mr. Hubbard purportedly signed a new will and
trust agreement providing, among other things, for purported
transfers of the Disputed Works to the Hubbard Successors, and
which made certain lesser testamentary provisions for Mr. Hubbard's
wife and certain of his children. Significantly the inherently
suspect alleged last minute will, for the very first time,
purported to unlawfully transfer the Disputed Works to the Hubbard
Successors notwithstanding the community property interest of his
wife who had been married to him when each of the Disputed Works
were allegedly written by Mr. Hubbard alone. David Miscavige
and Dr. Denk misrepresented the significance of the differences
between the purported January 23, 1986 Will and the earlier
testamentary instruments. Berry Decl. Exhibit A, Investigation
Report, page 4, 2nd full para. Clearly, those misrepresentations
of David Miscavige and Dr. Denk misled the coroner into concluding
that there was no reason or motive to suspect foul play and
therefore no need to investigate further. Upon information and
belief, David Miscavige, Norman Starkey, and others participating
provided no opportunity for any of the Hubbard Family members to be
involved in these events. 29. The Coroner was unable, and not permitted, to
conduct an autopsy of Mr. Hubbard's body. Mr. Hubbard's death was
not reported to the authorities for many, many hours until attorney
Earle Cooley, Esq. had traveled from Boston, Massachusetts to the
ranch at Creston, California, had assessed the situation and then
notified a funeral home which became suspicious as a result of the
delay in reporting the death, and alerted the Coroner. Berry The provisions of the 1986 will are generally described on
pages 6-8 of the draft Memorandum of Points and Authorities
attached to the supporting Berry Declaration as Exhibit C. 30. Following the brief investigation on January 25,
1996, the body of L. Ron Hubbard was released to the custody of
David Miscavige "Representative of the Author Services in Los
Angeles." Berry Decl. Exh. A. "Investigation," page 4. The body
was immediately cremated, within 24 hours of death, and the ashes
scattered at sea. See generally, Berry Decl. Exh. S. Extracts
from "A Piece of Blue Sky." 31. The following issues of fact, for judicial inquiry,
are raised primarily by documents on this Court's file: (a) Attachment 8 to the Notice of Death of L. Ron
Hubbard filed February 5, 1986, contrary to its contents, was not
served on all of Mr. Hubbard's heirs. (b) Norman Starkey's February 5, 1986 declaration
evidences the inherent multiple conflicts of interest of David
Miscavige, senior executive in ASI and subsequently senior
executive in RTC, Norman Starkey's superior in the Scientology
Organization and ASI, a trustee of RTC, in the various roles he
assumed in relation to the pre-testamentary purported assignment of
the Disputed Works and the purported testamentary transfer of the
Disputed Works to the Hubbard Successors of which he was one. In
addition, David Miscavige had previously removed Mary Sue Hubbard
as Controller of Scientology and had in effect placed her under
house arrest and constant surveillance through three household
staff members who report to David Miscavige. This situation
continues today. Indeed, less than one week, ago fearful that
Petitioners would manage to contract Mary sue Hubbard, David
Miscavige and/or others of Hubbard's Successors had her telephone
number changed. Surveillance was increased and Suzette Hubbard was
moved from her home to Scientology's Celebrity Center where
Hubbard's successor would be able to more effectively prevent
Petitioners from contacting her, arranging her "joinder" or serving
her. (c) As Executor and Personal Representative of the
L. Ron Hubbard Estate, Norman Starkey himself had multiple material
and undisclosed conflicts of interest arising from his position as
a trustee of RTC (a principal, and later the sole, beneficiary of
the Estate), a subordinate Scientology officer to David Miscavige,
by virtue of his position below David Miscavige at Authors Services
and his inferior rank with the Scientology Sea Organization, and
his former corporate and ecclesiastical position(s) in relation to
Mary Sue Hubbard and other Hubbard family members and heirs. (d) Mr. Hubbard's estate planning attorney,
Sherman D. Lenske, Esq.'s February 4, 1986 declaration, is in
material contradiction of more recent declarations he has filed in
connection with litigation involving the Petitioners and others.
in addition, Sherman D. Lenske, Esq. had undisclosed multiple and
non-disclosed conflicts of interest in that he is also the
registered agent for service of process on RTC, one of the
principal, and later the sole, beneficiaries of the Estate of L.
Ron Hubbard. Sherman D. Lenske, Esq. was/is also an attorney for
RTC and received/receives benefits from RTC in the form of fees,
etc. Sherman D. Lenske, Esq. is an attorney at law practicing
within the jurisdiction of the California Courts. (e) Although Mr. Hubbard alleged in his January 23,
1986 will that Alexis Hollister was not his heir, in his December
15, 1979 will he recognized her as an expressly disinherited
"heir." According to the Probate files herein, no notices or
documents herein were ever served on Ms. Alexis Hollister. In
addition to Alexis Hollister, L. Ron Hubbard also disinherited his
eldest son. According to the investigative writings of Mr. Jon
Atak, both of these disinherited children "were later paid
settlements ....Secret provisions were made for" other family
members. Berry Dec. Exh. S, p. 356. None of these settlements or
other provisions were entered into with involvement, knowledge or
approval of this Court and no receipts have been filed in relation
thereto. (f) The February 4, 1986 declarations of Mary Sue
Hubbard, Arthur Ronald Conway Hubbard, Diana Meredith DeWolf
Hubbard Ryan and Mary Suzette Rochelle Hubbard raise serious and
fundamental issues concerning their receipt of any legal counsel,
let alone independent legal counsel, regarding their statutory
rights in the Disputed Works, and their receipt of any bequests
provided for them under the terms of the January 23, 1986 Trust
Agreement and the previous wills and trust agreements. Upon
information and belief, at least one of these family members was
not permitted to read the declaration, the will, the Trust
Agreement, or any other papers relating to the death and probate,
was ordered to sign them, by a representative of David Miscavige,(
who also held full power and authority over Norman F. Starkey), and
has received no disposition of any property under the will and
Trust and has made no knowing waiver of any rights relating
thereto. The only benefit that child has received has been
$190,000 which was paid from Mary Sue Hubbard's own funds. Upon
information and belief, Mary Sue Hubbard resides in virtual house
confinement accompanied, at all times, by at least three employees
of Hubbard's Successors personally approved by David Miscavige and
Executor Norman F. Starkey, receiving orders from them and
reporting to them. (g) Although Mr. Hubbard's last will acknowledges
express provision for his wife and certain of his children under
the terms of the Trust, Norman F. Starkey, the estate's executor,
later claimed, in the Report of Executor and Waiver of Accounting
filed December 15, 1988, that the final Trust provided for the
distribution of the entire Trust estate to RTC, other Scientology
entities and the Hubbard Successors who/which include the various
witnesses and notaries to the relevant assignment and testamentary
instruments. No evidence is on the Court file as to any waiver or
consent by the Trust beneficiaries to such a transfer in its
entirety. Furthermore, there is no document on the Court file
evidencing that Mary Sue Hubbard and each of the Hubbard heirs
(whether disinherited or not) had been apprised of their statutory
rights in connection with either their community property rights,
inheritance rights or any other rights in connection with the
copyrights, Disputed Works and other intellectual property assets
of Mr. Hubbard. In addition, there is no evidence that any of them
knowingly waived those rights after receiving truly independent
legal counsel. L. Ron Hubbard and Mary Sue Hubbard were married
for 34 years and all of the Disputed Works were written during the
marriage and subject to Mary Sue Hubbard's community property
interests. Notwithstanding, paragraph 11 of the Report to Executor
waiver of Accounting filed December 15, 1988 that "the whole of the
estate is decedent's separate property." Nothing further has been
filed in relation thereto. (h) In 1987, the executor, Norman F. Starkey,
valued the copyrights at $25 million. Upon information and belief,
those copyrights and other intellectual property assets, which
include the Disputed Works, are producing income to the Hubbard
Successors of annual amounts many times that figure. Accordingly,
the potential fraud upon the Estate, Mr. Hubbard's family, the IRS,
the Federal and State government, and the Petitioners herein,
involves many, many hundreds of millions of dollars. Indeed, in
1993, RTC filed a IRS 501(c)(3) application reporting approximate
annual royalty income from the Disputed Works in the amount of $42
million. Thus, the potential amount of this massive fraud, over
the relevant eleven year period, is at least $462 million. (i) On February 4, 1986 Daniel J. Przybriski filed
a declaration herein as to the disposition of Mr. Hubbard's
purported life's work to the Church of Spiritual Technology, on eve
of his death, seven days after suffering a crippling stroke while
on the hallucinogenic drug Vistaril and without receiving immediate
California licensed medical attention, while continuing to receive
hallucinogenic and psychiatric drugs, and having "a possible
neurological problem" as reported by Dr. Denk to the Coroner. (j) On May 9, 1986, executor Norman Starkey
executed a petition for extension of time to file an inventory of
the purported copyrights (including the Disputed Works) within the
estate. Norman Starkey claimed that the extension of time was
required "to analyze the legal basis of the copyrights, which are
the Disputed Works in connection with which Petitioners are being
sued by RTC and BPI (two of Hubbards' successors). (k) The probate court files include the filings of
dozens of creditors' claims, alleging serious tortious misconduct,
and totaling, in the aggregate, many hundreds of millions of
dollars. According to Norman F. Starkey's Report filed herein on
December 15, 1988, these various claims were later withdrawn on
various dates in December 1986 without any indication of how those
claims had been settled. Indeed, not all of the claimants,
potential claimants and relevant litigants, (such as Gerry
Armstrong and Lavenda Van Schaick) are even included in Norman F.
Starkey's relevant report. In fact, and on information and belief,
the Hubbard Successors entered into three group settlements in
Boston, Florida and California and paid a sum of between $5 and $25
million in connection with the settlement of these various claims.
This Court's authority was not sought in this regard. Indeed, no
papers, reports or authority were filed or sought in this regard.
In addition, the various settlement agreements contained provisions
which, as far as the attorneys were concerned, represented
egregious breaches of fiduciary duties and ethical conduct. 32. On April 10, 1987, Norman F. Starkey filed an
Inventory and Appraisement specifying a total L. Ron Hubbard estate
value of $26,305,706 of which the posthumous copyright and other
intellectual property claims were valued at $25 million. 33. On December 5, 1986 Warren McShane, one of Hubbard's
Successors, and a subordinate Scientology officer to Norman F.
Starkey, executed a declaration for filing in this matter relating
to the posthumous copyrighting of certain of the Disputed Works. [ ... ]
38. In addition to the matters set forth in the above
discussion of the Church of Scientology's criminal history, the
need for special protective orders herein is supported by, inter
alia, the destruction of Exhibits and Depositions herein pursuant
to Order dated May 1, 1996, after questions began being asked
regarding the involvement of David Miscavige in these matters.
Petitioners, among others, had raised such questions in connection
with the litigation the Hubbard successors had filed against them
regarding the Disputed Works. Earlier, during the pendency of
Wollersheim I and Wollersheim II litigation, the Executor herein,
Norman F. Starkey, also arranged for evidence in the San Luis
Obisbo County Coroners' files to be destroyed. Berry Decl. Exh. A,
October 4, 1989 letter from Ogle & Merzon to Sheriff Williams. 39. David Miscavige and the other Hubbard Successors, as
a result of informal notice of these proceedings, have engaged in
activities clearly intended to intimidate and harass testamentary
witness Pat Broeker. Berry Declaration, Exhs. Q and R. The same
investigators, such as Eugene Ingram, were also deployed by David
Miscavige to intimidate certain federal government officials.
Berry Declaration Exh. X. 40. Limited discovery in relation to the proposed
Petition for Appointment of Neutral Executor, CTA and the Petition
for Quiet Title, will include depositions of Mary Sue Hubbard and
each of the surviving Hubbard children and relatives. In addition,
there must be depositions of all, or some of, David Miscavige,
Norman F. Starkey, Dr. Gene Denk, Sherman D. Lenske, Esq., Lyman B.
Spurlock, Ray Mithoff, Pat Broeker, Anne Broeker, Steven Pfauth,
Daniel J. Przybriski, Vicky Aznaran, Joseph A. Yanny, Esq., Earle
Cooley, Esq., R. Vaughn Young, Andre Tabayoyan, Diana Voegeding,
Gerry Armstrong, Kim Douglas, Terri Gamboa, Rick Aznaran, the San
Luis Obispo Coroner at the time of death and all involved official
personnel and such others who may be deemed appropriate, and the
immediate production of all the originals of all relevant
documents. Accordingly, Petitioner's request an order that the
Hubbard Successors, including but not limited to Norman F. Starkey,
not have any communication of any nature with Mary Sue Hubbard or
any of the surviving children or family of L. Ron Hubbard, pending
the taking of discovery herein and the disposition of Petitioner's
Petition for Appointment of Neutral Executor CTA and Petition for
Quiet Title. In this regard, the Court is referred to Exhibits Q
and R to the supporting Declaration of Graham E. Berry, which
indicates the surveillance, intimidation and harassment of crucial
witness Pat Broeker by Scientology private investigator Eugene
Ingram -- acting on behalf and in the interests of David Miscavige.
Upon information and belief, another crucial witness, Anne Broeker,
has been held in solitary confinement in Scientology's
Rehabilitation Project Force at the Scientology base at Hemet,
which is also under the command of David Miscavige and Norman
Starkey. In addition, David Miscavige and Norman F. Starkey are
believed responsible for initiating the security measures
responsible for initiating the security measures, referred to
paragraph 28(b) herein, regarding Mary Sue Hubbard and Suzette
Hubbard. This is an obvious attempt to thwart and obstruct justice
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