Gabbard Cult Hires Scientology Lawyer to Intimidate Hawaii Media - 2019-01-27
Gabbard Cult Hires Scientology Lawyer to Intimidate Hawaii Media January 27, 2019,
With Tulsi Gabbard running for President, her cult guru, Chris Butler, is lawyering up. The Star-Advertiser, January 27, 2019 , reports:
…Butler and the Science of Identity Foundation hired a Beverly Hills, Calif. , attorney who threatened to sue the newspaper. Their primary focus was on ensuring the Star-Advertiser didn't publish allegations from people who say they were former practitioners of the religion, including two who told the newspaper they grew up listening to Butler's lectures. The "false allegations" under consideration by the newspaper "paint our clients as charlatans and hypocrites," said attorney Anthony Glassman, in a letter to the Star-Advertiser. He said that if published it "will severely damage SIF's and Mr. Butler's well-deserved reputation in their community, as religious, spiritual and moral guides (and Ms. Butler's reputation as a yoga instructor.)"
Glassman is known for his years of work suppressing media coverage of the Scientology cult – with a special focus on preventing former cult members from speaking out. A 2009 Tampa Bay Times article titled, "Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church" includes this:
- 2009
- 2010
- 2014
- 2019
- Andrew Walden
- Anthony Michael Glassman
- Belfast
- Bert Fields
- Beverly Hills
- Chris Butler
- CNN
- Congress
- Cult
- Dublin
- First Amendment
- Forbes
- Glassman Media Group
- Hawaii
- Hawaii Free Press
- Hollywood
- Ireland
- Lawyer
- London
- Los Angeles
- Narconon
- National Enquirer
- New York Times
- News article
- Paul Tweed
- Science of Identity Foundation
- Scientology lawyer
- Tampa Bay Times
- Tom Cruise
- Tulsi Gabbard
