During the Danny Masterson trial, one defendant said she wrote a letter to Scientology’s International Justice Chief, Mike Ellis, while she was still in the church. Ellis typically handles disputes between Scientologists, and she asked his permission to bring charges against Masterson, former star of “That ’70s Show,” per Variety. In his response letter, Ellis told the plaintiff — identified in the press as Jen B. — to make up her own mind on the matter. But he seemingly contradicted himself when he added, “Regardless of your decisions in the legal arena, you do need to apply LRH technology as the ultimate solution to any problem,” referring to the Scientology doctrine developed by L. Ron Hubbard.
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In court, Jen. B said she took that to mean she should not turn to the authorities because of the church’s doctrine. “My parents would have to disown me. My friends, everyone I knew would disown me. I couldn’t speak to them … I could be lied, cheated, stealed, harmed or destroyed,” she said. Meanwhile, at an earlier Masterson hearing, another Masterson accuser identified as N. Trout said, “[In Scientology] if you have a legal situation, you may not handle it externally from the church. You’ll be excommunicated.”
