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Gerald Armstrong is a former clerk in a Scientology church.
Armstrong fled the United States after violating a settlement agreement with
the Church of Scientology. He has been charged with 14 separate counts of contempt,
ordered to pay $650,000. to the Church for repeatedly contravening court orders,
and also ordered to serve 28 days in jail and pay a $10,000 bond. There is an
outstanding warrant for his arrest should he return to California. (Documentation)
In former days, Armstrong hatched a plot to seize the
Church's assets in collaboration with the Los Angeles IRS
Criminal Investigation Division.
When the Church discovered this, its attorneys obtained
permission from a Los Angeles police officer to conduct an
investigation into Armstrong's plans. The investigation caught
Armstrong on videotape stating that he intended to forge and
then plant incriminating documents on Church premises, to be
discovered in a subsequent raid. When challenged on how he
would obtain proof of the allegations he intended to make, he
responded that: "We don't have to prove a
goddam thing. We don't have to prove shit. We just have to
allege it."
As part of the same scheme, Armstrong planned to subvert a
senior Scientology executive using sexual enticement in a
scheme he titled "Operation Long Prong." This is documented
both in his own handwriting and on video.
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