• SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org
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    1 year ago

    These letters are wild. Why? Why get involved? He’s been convicted. Just stay out of it. Now you simply look like you’re defending a convicted rapist. I don’t care if it was my best friend. I’m not going to write a letter for a rapist asking for the judge to go easy on him because he was always nice to me.

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          Yes. Supposedly it was Danny Masterson that recruited them. Some of them claim to no longer be involved with the church, but celebrities have been known to lie about that before, likely a church PR move to convince people they’re totally not a cult and that people can leave any time.

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      Because the justice system isn’t perfect and it’s possible for innocent people to get convicted.

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          How do you reasonably surmise if someone is being falsely charged? I don’t know what role Scientology plays in this. What brings them up?

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            1 year ago

            If you’re interested, there is a lot more background on this case

            One troubling aspect is that the victims were coerced by the Scientologists to not charge Masterson, and instead, handle this within their cult realm