One Story of a Scientologist: The Rescue at The Burbank Hotel

"Magoo" < magoo44@charter.net>
One Story of a Scientologist wanting OUT, and OSA's Famous Routine
05 May 2003

I told this story a few years ago when it happened, but I just shared it on another message board and thought I'd re-post it here, for any new people or lurkers on ARS:

This is a story of Jesse Prince and I being asked to help a family to help educate their son who they'd newly "lost to C of S," in their words.

One example ended up right after I left, where Jesse Prince and I agreed to meet with a family where their son had "joined Staff", in a hotel here in Burbank. The father called us hysterical from the parking lot, "They've got my son and I cannot talk to him".

We ended up in the LOBBY of the Burbank Hilton Hotel, with OSA and Joel who I had turned the Scientology Parishioners League over to. He came up to me, white as a ghost, asking me, "HOW COULD YOU??? Sleep Deprication? Food deprivation?"

I would have thought he was insane, except I remembered quickly the YEARS of BS they had fed to me. I had only heard of these actions via OSA years ago. Certainly we had NO plans to do any such thing.

They continued in the lobby, insisting the young man didn't talk to me or Jesse. The parents sat crying, with their other kids, crying in the lobby. OSA had lied, and told the hotel this was THEIR child.

We had been clued in to warn the Police and Security as this may happen. I couldn't believe that (having only been out a short time) and thought this was quite extreme. However, after 2 hours of they not allowing the child to even speak to us (all in a lobby of a hotel) I went out back to see Graham Berry, who had arrived with a few friends.

As I walked back into the lobby, NO ONE was there. I called Jesse on the phone and he just said, "Come on outside, you're not going to BELIEVE THIS!!

(( to be continued--due to length ))

Tory/Magoo!

Let me know if you want to hear the rest.

(((Monday, May 05, 2003 - 09:46 pm

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Oh, yes, I want to hear the rest of the story, Tory! )))

Ok..here goes> Part Two of "The Rescue at The Burbank Hotel vs OSA", Story:

So Jesse says, "Come on out, you're NOT going to believe THIS!"

I walked outside the doors and there is a huge helocopter hovering overhead with a HUGE light shined on guess who? OSA who are in Handcuffs!

Also 5 cop cars had pulled up, all with their lights shining on good old "Office of Special Affairs" and their PI's they had hired to follow these people for ONE WEEK!

Turns out while I was outside, Jesse mentioned to Security of the Hotel, "These people (OSA) don't even have a room here". The Security asked them to leave, OSA insisted it was their child (a flat out LIE) and they, Security, called the police.

The cops rounded up ALL the Private Investigators and OSA, and told the parents, "We know these folks and they WILL follow you. So we are going to hold them all here, and give you a 15-20 time to get away".

The kid was still in shock, and didn't want to talk at all. We understood, and told them to call, if he changed his mind. Remember: THEY (OSA) are doing all this.

We've yet to really even talk to the kid, AT ALL.

Ok, fade to the next morning. We get a call from the Dad saying, "Our son wants to talk to both of you, will you come?" He tells us where to go. Jesse and I both know this drill, so we drive and make sure we are not followed.

We get to this other Hotel, many miles away.

We go into their room, and greet the quite freaked out young man, and his family. They can all hardly believe what occurred the night before. I was still pretty new out, however had already experienced quite a few weirdo things from OSA myself. I'm frankly amazed they are THIS bad, also. I'd been a voluteer for OSA, but never in This type of situation.

I remembered what they might have told my friend to get him so weirded out, and it was completely amazing to now be "on the other side" and actually KNOW how false what they say is.

We talk, share a bit with him, make sure he has some food and drink, and ask him if he wants to watch some key videos? He says yes, so we turn on one video.

No sooner do we begin watching A (one) video, than POUND! POUND! POUND! We open the door, and there stand two huge, tall Policemen. They looked pissed. I ask what's up, and they say they've just received an "anonomous report that you are harming this young man".

We invite them in. The parents and young man are shocked, once again. Frankly, so am I. How did they even know where we were? I was still trying to figure out who a few months earlier OSA knew I was not only leaving, but the VP of C of S had come to see me AT THE TERMINAL I was supposed to fly out of!

Jesse told me later he'd "Been through this drill before" so it wasn't AS surprising, but he told me it's ALWAYS amazing, when it happens.

The police say they HAVE to speak to both the Dad and young man. We say "Fine" and they take them outside and briefly speak with them.

The Dad and young man return inside and I say to the young man, "Frankly, ____ what you have seen in the last 24 hours is something almost NO Scientologists will EVER see or know of. It IS this kind of *Crap* which is why Jesse and I have both Left C of S." Jesse agrees.

He then says to us, "I'm done. I never want to see those people again". He's been free and happily living his life ever since. His parents periodically write to us and thank us and give us updates.

The most amazing thing is Jesse and I actually said very little to this young man. It was their (OSA's) own actions that got him to see what a strange group they are, behind the scenes. There are no words Jesse and I could have said that would have exposed them as they did.

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The final end to this story is this: Last year (One year after the above story) I go out on a date with someone I had known in C of S 25 years ago.

We go to dinner, I tell him of my stories of OSA. He sort of looks at me like I'm crazy, but says "Ok". We leave the restaurant and come back to my house. We're talking in my driveway, when I see a car slowly drive by my house. I think to myself, "hmmmm wierd. That looks like what OSA does".

Then a cop car follows, so I figure, "ahhh they must be following someone else".

The cop car turns around, drives back to the edge of MY driveway, and BOOOOMPH!! The giant white lights are shone on our car. The officers get out, and walk slowly up to my side of the car (not his, the driver).

I say, "Yes, officer?" Knowing by now this IS an OSA BS routine. He says, "We got an annonomous report there is something strange about THIS car".

I say, "Really? Well HE was in a CULT 20 years ago and left, and I escaped about one year ago."

He gives me a HUGE smile and says, "HEY! I know YOU from the Burbank Hilton!" and gives me a High 5. We both laugh, knowing who this "anonomous person" really is.

I tell them they'd been harrassing me a bit, and he invites me down to the station later in the week to file some reports.

Ah, yes, and THEY complain of "Deprogramming". Right!

As long as they (OSA/C of S) are doing wrong, lying to people, trying to break up families and stop free speech, they will lose. You can quote me on that. I didn't make that up, it's called KARMA.

Tory/Magoo -- dancing in the light!
In for 30 years
Out for 2 years and 9 months
SP 6^ with Cumulative Cluster
Free at Last!!!

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