“King of Queens” actress Leah Remini (53) is taking legal action against the Scientology organization. The American filed her lawsuit in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday.
“After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance and defamation,” she would now sue the organization and its chairman David Miscavige, Remini wrote on Instagram. Scientology failed to silence her, the actress continued.
Since 2006, the organization is said to have campaigned against Remini and her family and friends, according to a press release. After decades of membership, Remini publicly announced its departure from the controversial organization in 2013.
With the lawsuit, she hopes to protect the right that she and others can report facts about Scientology “without fear of vicious and vindictive retribution,” Remini wrote on Instagram. The actress also insists on damages in an undisclosed amount for the alleged damage to her career.
Remini came to the organization through her mother, who was born in Austria, and which describes itself as a church and is viewed by critics as a dangerous sect. In the documentary series “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” (2016 to 2019), Remini spoke to former members about their experiences with Scientology, among others.
