Ex-Scientologist States David Miscavige Participated In Lisa McPherson Death Cover-Up
In our continued coverage of the astounding interview we did with ex-Scientologist and Sea Org member Marc Headley, he revealed David Miscavige, RTC President and head of the Church, was directly involved in the cover-up of Lisa McPherson's death. Lisa, a young and pretty Scientologist whose death in 1995 rocked the Church of Scientology, has since become the poster child for the alleged abuses leveled at the Church.
The story of Lisa's death is incredibly tragic. Not simply because we see the face of vibrant, beautiful young woman cut down it the prime of her life, but because for all intents and purposes, her death was completely preventable. Here's a very brief summary in the interest of time, but I encourage anyone interested to do more research about the events surrounding Lisa's death:
Police say McPherson, 36, entered the Fort Harrison Hotel, Scientology's Clearwater headquarters, in November 1995. They say she was physically healthy but psychologically disturbed. Seventeen days later she died. An autopsy determined her death was due to a blood clot brought on by "severe dehydration'' and "bed rest.'' Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner Joan Wood has said the medical evidence indicates McPherson went without fluids for five to 10 days, possibly longer, and was comatose for at least 24 hours before she died. Bites on her hands were most likely made by cockroaches, Wood has said. (Tampa Tribune, June 1, 1997)
The Church of Scientology pulled out ALL the stops on this case to disassociate themselves with Lisa's death, in the end the criminal charges of "homicide" were dropped and the case was settled out of court in a civil trial. But apparently, there's more to this story than what we been led to believe. From Marc Headley's interview:
DO: Do you think if enough Scientologists got together, I mean you and the staff and whoever, and came up with a Class Action Suit, do you think that would be an effective means, or do you think it's still too crazy to do something like that?MH: I don't know, you gotta dig that the Church of Scientology, International Management sends about a hundred thousand dollars a week to the Office of Special Affairs to conduct legal battles, that is in-house attorneys, private investigators, whatever. That's a lot of money. A hundred thousand dollars a week, so, that's the kind of thing that I myself, when I hear people saying like that, "We're gonna get a bunch of people together and we're gonna do this", I kind of think, ok, it seems plausible, if you had enough people, and it was an open and shut case, then maybe that would work. But at the same time, they killed a woman and got away with it.
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