>Subject: Cult Awareness Court Document
>From: "Fredric L. Rice" frice@skeptictank.org
>Date: 12/21/00 1:56 PM Central
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http://laws.findlaw.com/7th/973002.html >Philip V. Martino is the elected Chapter 7 Trustee in Bankruptcy
>("Trustee"). After giving notice of the sale, the Trustee, the Cult
>Awareness Network, and the creditors discussed in open court exactly
>what assets were for sale. The assets were mostly office
>furniture and supplies and computer hardware, but they also included the
>Cult Awareness Network's trademarks, trade name, and
>service marks. They did not include the Cult Awareness Network's mailing
>lists, telephone records, financial records, folders on >cults, or other such
information that the Trustee deemed confidential.

>The bankruptcy court authorized the Trustee to auction the
>assets, which he did. The Trustee sold these assets as a lot without
>representation or warranty.
>There were two bidders at the auction. Steven L. Hayes cast the highest
>bid at $20,000. The unsuccessful bidder, Cynthia Kisser,
>was the executive director of the Cult Awareness Network. The Trustee
>himself described this auction as between the "cults" and
>the "anti-cults."
>The Trustee successfully moved for confirmation of the sale. Hayes took
>possession of the tangible assets a week later. The Cult
>Awareness Network believes that Hayes is affiliated with the Church of
>Scientology, an organization not in complete harmony with
>the beliefs of the Cult Awareness Network.
>
>A few days later, the Cult Awareness Network filed objections to the
>sale, complaining in part that its trade name had been sold in
>gross, or separate from the attending good will. After a hearing, the
>bankruptcy court ruled that the Cult Awareness Network had
>no standing to object because it lacked a pecuniary interest in the
>outcome of the sale.
As I was involved as a CAN staff member I would like to make a few comments.

I and others with CAN... staff members, Founding members and supporters have reason to believe that the Appointed Trustee, Philip Martino was in cahoots with Church of Scientology attorney, Kendrick Moxon.

The original Trustee, Bruce Medicic seemed to be a fair and impartial person.

Kendrick Moxon had him dismissed and got Philip Martino apointed. Martino was hostile to CAN from the start and was observed to be unusually friendly with Kendrick moxon. Martino seized CAN mail and denied CAN staff access to their own mail. Martino told me over the phone (this was overheard by a witness) that he was throwing CAN mail in the garbage. As CAN staff members regularly received individual mail, this brazen statement caused considerable stress and concern.

There was no public announcement that CAN"s assets would be auctioned. It was, in fact, a secret auction known only to the Church of Scientology's agents. We belieive that this was all a setup arranged by Martino and Moxon.

Add to this the CAN spy, Jolie Steckart who was known then as Laura.

Jolie/Laura was all the while, before, during and after the Bankrupcy, passing on internal CAN information to a network of scientology agents.

I and other CAN persons have tried, unsuccessfully, to get the Dept. of Justice to investigate this travesty. We have not given up, though. and we have new information regarding the CAN spy with which we believe we can force the DOJ to open a full scale investigation. Sooner ior later justice will prevail in this matter.

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