Watchtower sued for Racketeering in California

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  • under the radar
    under the radar

    A little birdie informed me that a lawsuit against the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, its Legal Department, and several individuals (perhaps lawyers in the Legal Department) has been filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles for, wait for it...

    RACKETEERING!

    That's right, folks, you heard it here first. I have no other information, other than the case was stamped "Aug 07 2015" and the docket number appears to be BC590675. The plaintiff is listed as Terry M. Chastain. I have no idea who that is, or anything else about the case.

    If one of you legal eagles knows how to get a copy of the complaint, please do so and post it, or at least a link to it, here so we can all enjoy.

    Racketeering? Hmmm... This could be very interesting indeed.

  • the girl next door
    the girl next door

    http://www.lacourt.org/casesummary/ui/casesummary.aspx?

    Case Number: BC590675
    TERRY M CHASTAIN VS WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACTHS SOCIETY ET AL

    Filing Date: 08/07/2015
    Case Type: Racketeering Case (General Jurisdiction)
    Status: Pending

    Future Hearings

    None

    Documents Filed | Proceeding Information



    Parties

    BELMARE RAY - Defendant/Respondent

    CHASTAIN TERRY M. - Attorney for Plaintiff/Petitioner

    CHASTAIN TERRY M. - Plaintiff/Petitioner

    CURLY ALLEN - Defendant/Respondent

    MCCRAY LORENA - Defendant/Respondent

    RICKS DONALD - Defendant/Respondent

    SMITH JIM - Defendant/Respondent

    SMITH VANESSA - Defendant/Respondent

    WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY - Defendant/Respondent

    WB&TS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF THE - Defendant/Respondent

    .

  • Mephis
    Mephis

    the girl next door posted it :)

    INteresting. Representing himself?

  • the girl next door
    the girl next door
    Yep
  • SecretSlaveClass
    SecretSlaveClass
    Will be payimg close attention ...
  • baltar447
    baltar447


  • Wasanelder Once
    Wasanelder Once
    A Catholic used the RICO law to hang the Catholic church: "The Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as the RICO statute, is usually used in prosecutions of organized-crime cases. By filing that kind of suit, the lawyers are calling the Catholic Church a criminal enterprise." I assume this victim must have a strategy. The Watchtower is definitely a criminal enterprise. This will be interesting. I think the damn has broken!
  • ToesUp
    ToesUp

    I just googled Terry M Chastain. He had filed another lawsuit against the WT in 2009.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/nevada/nvdce/2:2009cv00654/65683/

  • SecretSlaveClass
    SecretSlaveClass
    Toes: uh-oh perhaps a cook suing cooks?
  • hoser
    hoser
    Ol joe Rutherford said that religion is a snare and a racket. I guess he was right.

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