MICHAEL J. FLYNN
ROBERT W. JOYCE, P.C.
ADAH ROSE BITTERBAUM
MICHAEL A.TABB
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Law Offices
FLYNN & JOYCE
400 ATLANTIC AVENUE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210
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(617)350-7200
October 17,
1985
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OF COUNSEL:
WILLIAM A. SHERIDAN
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District Attorney Ira Reiner
Criminal Courts Building
210 West Temple Street, Room 1800
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Dear Mr. Reiner:
Enclosed please find a copy of a Motion for Protective
and
Discovery Orders filed on behalf of L. Ron Hubbard in the case
of Michael Flynn v. Hubbard in the U.S. District Court in
Massachusetts.
I am sending this filing to you because of the
statement
on P.18 that:
"The Los Angeles District Attorney's office is
presently investigating the criminal conduct
evidenced in the video tapes, as well as the
subsequent cover-up."
The "criminal conduct" referred to must be
some "crime"
Scientology/Hubbard have requested you charge me with. The
only crime I know of in the matter was the illegal videotaping
itself. Nevertheless, I wish to know what are the facts con-
cerning your office's investigation, or if indeed there is an
investigation.
The "cover-up" referred to is presumably the
allegation
made in the same paragraph that IRS CID agents "threatened
Los Angeles Police Chief, Darrel (sic) gates, with dire
consequences for the Los Angeles Police Department having
authorized the videotaping of Armstrong's meeting with a
Church contact." I would also appreciate any statement you
can give regarding this matter.
I have been rather ruthlessly attacked by Scientology
and
"private investigators" they have hired for more than three
years. They have presented a perverse account of the videotape
incidents to the press, Courts and various law enforcement
District Attorney Ira Reiner
October 17, 1985
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agencies. They are apparently attempting to cover their own
criminal actions with wild and unsupported charges against me,
and, frankly, I am in not a small amount of fear that their
attacks will escalate to physical violence. I know from personal
experience that the organization is capable of such extremism
because I was in 1982 assaulted, run into bodily with a car and
"played with" on a highway, by Scientology's hired PIs.
I would greatly appreciate your giving this matter
your
attention as soon as possible, and I await your reply.
Very truly yours,
Gerald Armstrong
GA/fct
Enclosure
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