Woman’s Lawsuit vs. Scientology Church Gets New Judge
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At the request of the Church of Scientology, a judge has agreed to step aside from presiding over a lawsuit by a former member of the faith who appeared in an episode of “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” and later sued the church.
Valerie Haney, who alleges in her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that she was harassed by the organization in response to her work on the series, will have to arbitrate her claims internally within the church, a judge has ruled.
On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Weinberger said he is removing himself from the case, which was re-assigned by a supervising court to Judge Kevin Brazile.
The case is currently in “religious arbitration” because of a January 2020 ruling by then-Judge Richard Burdge, who granted a motion by the church to compel arbitration and place a stay on Haney’s lawsuit, which in was filed in June 2019. Burdge retired in 2024.
Church lawyers maintained the procedures for convening arbitration were outlined in previous documents that Haney signed and which she re-affirmed in her departure agreement.
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