Church of Scientology calls ‘bigot’ Leah Remini’s lawsuit ‘pure lunacy’

nypost.com:

In a statement released by the Church of Scientology on Thursday, the organization called the suit “ludicrous” and claimed that the allegations were “pure lunacy.”“This lawsuit is ludicrous and the allegations pure lunacy,” the statement read. “Remini spreads hate and falsehoods for a decade and is now offended when people exercise their right to free speech, exposing her for what she is—an anti-free speech bigot.”The message continued: “Remini’s complaints are like an anti-Semite complaining about the Jewish Anti-Defamation League for exposing the anti-Semite’s bigotry and propaganda.”“Remini’s obsession with attacking her former religion, by spreading falsehoods and hate speech, has generated threats of and actual violence against the Church and its members as evidenced by multiple criminal convictions of individuals poisoned by Remini’s propaganda.”In the statement, the Church also claimed that Remini had “antisocial traits” and called her a “horrible person,” adding that the star had “profited handsomely from her fabrications.” “If Remini can no longer get a job, she has nobody to blame but herself,” they wrote.

The Post reached out to representatives for Remini for comment. In court documents obtained by The Post on Wednesday, Remini’s lawsuit claimed intimidation, harassment, emotional distress and defamation from The Church that had been going on since the 2006 wedding of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, who is a longtime scientologist.

Remini first joined the religion when she was a child in 1979, per The Guardian, but left in 2013. She has been outspoken about her experience, writing a memoir about it in 2016 and a documentary titled “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” that same year.