Abelson's letter to Bob Minton 1997
Sat, 20 May 2000 09:40:43 -0400
Joe's Garage <swatron@xenu.net>

LAW OFFICES OF ELLIOT J. ABELSON
8491 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD SUITE 1100 
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90069-1911 
TELEPHONE (213) 960-1935 FAX (213) 650-0464 
OF COUNSEL JAMES L KEANE 

18 November 1997 

    Robert S. Minton
    137 Freemont Road 
    Sandown, NH 03873

    and

    Robert S. Minton
    39 West Cedar 
    Boston, Mass 02114 

Dear Mr. Minton: 

You appear to have undertaken the financial maintenance of a significant
number of litigants adverse to Scientology Churches in the United States.
You have even become the patron "dog and pony show" witnesses without
legal claims, like the Youngs, who instigate disputes and sell their
testimony to the litigants you underwrite. You're now even financing the
travel of hate-filled individuals, some of whom have already been
prohibited by courts from committing further acts of violence against
members of the Churches of Scientology, from across the United States to
the Church of Scientology's premises in Clearwater, Florida. You are, in
this manner, a responsible party in fostering a climate of hatred in
Clearwater, which endangers our staff and parishioners who work and live
there. 

The distraction to Church ministers and parishioners engaged in religious
services by the potential hate crimes committed by the individuals you are
financing, would not be occurring were it not for you going out of your
way to foment their irrational hatred. If you have not realized it before,
then recognize now that this creates a serious potential liability for
you. A number of those with whom you have associated yourself through your
patronage, such as Dennis Erlich and Keith Henson, have engaged in threats
and acts of violence, attempts at intimidation and scandal-mongering.
Association with lawbreakers such as these, combined with the monetary
demands that inevitably accompany their involvement in litigation or
similar fertile areas for attempts of extortion, make your actions of
interest to the prosecutors to whom such conduct has been referred. 

My client holds you, your associates and backers, financial or otherwise,
personally responsible for any and all damages it has suffered or will
continue to suffer as a result of your tortious officious intermeddling in
Church litigation. The Church will not tolerate such conduct. I demand
that you immediately withdraw all financial support for such matters and
am warning you that you and those you're financing have crossed the
threshold of legality.

I advise you to inform me forthwith what you have done to cease fomenting
and financing unlawful attacks against my client. 

Very truly yours,

(signed) Elliot J. Abelson

EJA:sg

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