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Tony Ortega: Ryan Hamilton files lawsuit number fifteen
http://tonyortega.org/2014/07/03/german-media-scientology-is-essentially-dead-in-berlin/
http://tonyortega.org/2014/07/03/german-media-scientology-is-essentially-dead-in-berlin/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/232414627/Tino-v-Narconon-ComplaintLas Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton has filed yet another federal fraud lawsuit against Scientology’s drug rehab network, Narconon. This one involves a Nevada father who sent his son to the Narconon Fresh Start facility in that state, Rainbow Canyon Retreat in the town of Caliente.
In October, David Tino was looking for a rehab facility for his son, Michael. He called the 800 number at Rainbow Canyon Retreat’s website and spoke to Josh Penn, who said the center had a 76-percent success rate
Tino was told the program didn’t involve religion, and that his son would be under the care of “licensed medical professionals.”
David paid $33,000 up front so his son could start the program.
Michael was then taken to the “Treehouse” cabin at the facility for a cold turkey withdrawal. During that period, Michael had seizures, and had to be taken to a hospital emergency room, the complaint says.
Michael then realized that the program was actually Scientology, and it included “training routines” which had him shouting at ashtrays and making clay figures. He received no drug counseling at the facility.
“Michael suffered health complications because of the unsafe manner in which he was detoxed at Fresh Start. He is still suffering psychological effects from the bizarre and unsafe practices he was subjected to at Fresh Start. Michael left the program at Fresh Start without receiving any substance abuse treatment.”
Hamilton also includes testimony from other lawsuits that he has also featured in his other complaints, including excerpts from the deposition of Narconon’s own expert witness in a wrongful death lawsuit, who admitted that Scientology’s sauna-and-vitamins regiment (called the Purification Rundown in Scientology and the New Life Detoxification Program in Narconon) was not based on scientific principles.
Here’s the complaint…
Tino v. Narconon: Complaint
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