From: Gerry Armstrong <gerry@gerryarmstrong.org>
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Subject: Re: Cracking up Armstrong's bank
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:59:03 -0700
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 18:47:42 +0200, Tilman Hausherr
<tilman@berlin.snafu.de> wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:10:56 -0700, Gerry Armstrong
><gerry@gerryarmstrong.org> wrote in
><cr87e0po9ftjloiqs56smjjl35o3q1d0bq@4ax.com>:
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>>#193, $50,000 to Fawn Partnership was a payment toward the building of
>>the house that became the subject of Scientology v. Armstrong, Marin
>>Superior Court Case No. 157680 (Armstrong IV).
>>http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a4/verified-complaint-1993-07-23.html
>
>I'm too busy to read the *full* Armstrong 4 case... what happened with
>that house? Did the cult get it?
That's one of the more ironic, and painful, pieces of Miscavige's war
with me.
For reasons unrelated to Scientology (other than the fact that my mind
and life had been altered to whatever degree by Scientology, both when
I was a brainwashee and as an opponent, in arriving at the point where
these other unrelated reasons brought me to do it) in the late summer
of 1990 I was moved to give my interest in the house, to the co-owner
Michael Walton. The builders called ourselves the "Fawn Partnership"
because the spec house was built on Fawn Drive. Here's a photo from
1989/90:
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/writings/historical/fawn-drive1.html
The house was, again pretty ironically, in a nice, hilly, residential,
unincorporated area of Marin County called Sleepy Hollow. A number of
the streets had names out of Washington Irving stories: Ichabod Court,
Van Tassel Court, Katrina Lane, Van Winkle Drive, Catskill Court. For
most services, including postal designation and delivery, Sleepy
Hollow was a part of San Anselmo. And right at the Hub of San Anselmo,
Ford Greene had his office (that's the irony part).
Fawn was within easy running distance of Ford's office, maybe 5K, and
I was running all over the place back then, plus had good wheels. So I
dropped by and said hi briefly a couple of times, and put in an
appearance at one of his office parties.
I did various things and was in various places until August 1991,
when, just after returning from South Africa, I went to work with
Ford. Thereafter, until 1997, except for short trips away, and a
period in Reno in 1996, I lived in one part or another of the building
that housed his office.
See:
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/media/am-lawyer-1992-07-4.html
And there's a photo at the bottom of this page:
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/media/ford-greene.html
On February 4, 1992 Scientology sued me in Marin Superior Court for
the first set of alleged post-"settlement" breaches (Armstrong II).
This case was transferred to Los Angeles Superior Court, which,
pursuant to the "settlement contract," retained jurisdiction to
judicially enforce the "contract."
On July 8, 1993, the cult sued me in LA Superior Court, case no. BC
084642 (Armstrong III), alleging another set of "breaches," which the
cultists and their attorneys had "discovered" after filing Armstrong
II.
On July 23, 1993, the cult sued me and Michael Walton in Marin
Superior Court, case no 157680 (Armstrong IV), claiming that my giving
away of my assets, including the Fawn Drive house, in 1990 was a
"fraudulent conveyance" to render myself "judgment proof"
so I could
breach the cult's "settlement contract" with impunity.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a4/verified-complaint-1993-07-23.html
The best statement of what really had happened with Fawn and this set
cases up until the beginning of 1994 is my declaration "I Declare" of
January 13, 1994:
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/decl-1994-01-13.html
In the fall of 1994, the two Los Angeles cases were transferred to
Marin SC and consolidated with Armstrong IV, the fraudulent
conveyance case. In January 1995, the cult got its first summary
judgment against me for $300,000 in liquidated damages, plus
$334,671.75 in costs.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a4/ord-1995-01-27-txt.html
I filed a bankruptcy petition in April 1995, which prevented the cult
from trying immediately to collect on this money judgment. The only
assets I had were my bicycle, which the Scientologists and their
lawyers would have loved to grab because they're all so mean spirited,
and my junk collection, which, being a mountainous burden, has less
than zero commercial value. Now, of course, my bike is going on ten
years older, and has depreciated considerably, and, the value of the
junk collection, although it rose significantly by massive spoliation,
still remains less than zero.
Scientology filed an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court to
have the "debt" to the cult ruled nondischargeable. US Bankruptcy
Court, Northern District of California, Scientology v. Armstrong, No.
95-10911,A.P. No. 95-1164 (Armstrong V). Following a half-day trial,
Judge Alan Jaroslovsky (Grady Ward was also in front of him in
bankruptcy) issued a decision on February 16, 1996 denying
Scientology's objection and ruling that I was entitled to discharge.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a5/decision.html
During the time I was in the federal bankruptcy court, Scientology
proceeded in the Marin state court with summary adjudication and
judgment motions in the underlying "breaches" cases, and kept the
"conveyance" case moving along. While the bankruptcy proceeding
partially stymied Scientology's collection postulates for destroying
me, the cult added Michael Walton's wife to the conveyance case and
continued to do what it dishonestly could do to grab the Fawn Drive
house.
In early 1997, because of threats from Scientology, I left California
and moved to British Columbia. Not long after, and late at night, the
Fawn Drive house burned completely. The Waltons all got out safely,
but the furnishings and their personal property were destroyed along
with the house. The Cult of Greed® then moved the Marin Court to grab
the insurance proceeds due to the Waltons from the fire.
Amazingly, Judge Gary W. Thomas, in a ruling that I have not been able
to obtain from the Court, stated that he believed what I had said
about the 1990 transfer of my assets, and denied the cult's motion to
steal the Waltons' insurance funds. As I understand it, the cult has
done nothing more since 1998 to try to get the Waltons' money or
property, and are barred from any further judicial efforts. My read is
that the deal Judge Thomas had was to cheat me and railroad me by
summary judgment, but the deal didn't include cheating and destroying
the Waltons.
The cult and its attorneys have known about Judge Thomas's ruling in
my favor in the fraudulent conveyance case, and have known that they
didn't appeal from that ruling, yet they have continued for years
following the ruling to generate the same black propaganda, knowingly
falsely claiming that my legitimate, lawful transfers were fraudulent.
See, e.g., this from publicrelations@scientology.org dated February
25, 2000.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/cult/usenet/ars-public-relations-scientology.org.2000-02-25.html
And this black propganda flyer printed over the signature of OSA doxie
Ute Erhardt and distributed across Germany in December 2002.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/cult/black-pr-flier-2002-12.html
Even Diane Richardson, dutifully serving the cult's fair game
purposes, forwarded the same BS black PR.
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=3c5fc162.1536919%40news.giganews.com&output=gplain
And the obscenely dishonest Andrew H. Wilson, who was the lawyer for
the cult in the fraudulent conveyance case, and knew of Judge Thomas's
ruling disposing of the cult's claims, continued to make the same
false black PR charges years afterward in "sworn" statements. See,
e.g., this declaration he executed November 13, 2000.
http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/legal/a4/app-for-osc-re-contempt-152229.html#dec
So, to answer your questions, the cult didn't get the house. It was
completely destroyed by fire. The Waltons live somewhere else. I
don't know if another house has been built on the Fawn Drive property.
© Gerry Armstrong
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