Author Topic: The Desmond Family v. Narconon of Georgia, Narconon International, et al (Read 351245 times)

mefree · « **on:** October 29, 2011, 13:02 »

Documents to follow.

Some readers may remember the name Patrick W. Desmond. Patrick was a 28 year old young man with an alcohol problem who died while under the care of Narconon of Georgia. Critics first became aware of Patrick's death in 2008. See http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/browse_thread/thread/de38ffe911ddc28e

As the result of a 2007 DUI, Patrick was mandated to residential treatment by a drug court in Brevard County, Florida. His family researched drug treatment options on the internet, found Narconon and contacted Narconon of Georgia, for more information. Allegedly, Narconon staff members including the Executive Director, Mary Rieser, represented Narconon of Georgia to the Desmond family and to the Drug Court Manager, Lisa Mooty, as a residential treatment program that provided monitoring of clients at all times.

In fact, Narconon of Georgia is licensed only to operate as an outpatient drug treatment program and is specifically restricted to providing treatment in a non-residential setting.

Critics kept Patrick's memory alive with candlelight vigils, until they discovered that a personal injury and wrongful death civil suit had been filed in DeKalb County. The lawsuit alleges that Patrick was allowed to leave poorly supervised, off-campus housing, introduced to heroin for the first time and ultimately overdosed resulting in his death.

Patrick's family and friends loved him dearly. As we wait for the conclusion of this case, we hope, as they do, for justice to be done.
http://www2.mem.com/apps/movie/ViewMovie.aspx?id=10737173

Case number:10A28641. The docket is found at http://www.ojs.dekalbga.org/

ethercat · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2011, 20:35 »

Mary_McConnell · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2011, 16:31 »

Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Sanctions: Mary Rieser's attorney acting like an idiot everytime Mary opens her mouth and says what her lawyer does not want her to say, lol!
The depo is very interesting
http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-05-25-BriefInSupportOfPlaintiffsMotionsForSanctions.pdf

Sanctions against Narconon's lawyer ok'd by the Judge. Letter from Rieser attorney pleading for mercy, lol
http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-08-11-LetterFromBarbaraAMarschalkViaHandDeliveryLetterToJudgeStaceyHydrick.pdf

The 911 call on tape (it takes a minute to start) :
http://www.hark.com/clips/fzyrglkmwq-911-call-to-save-patrick-w-desmond-narconon-client

tikk · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2011, 18:08 »

Thanks for the gap-filling, I'll continue to monitor too over at WPP thread, here.

http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/patrick-desmond-v-narconon-wrongful-death-suit.95405/

mefree · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2011, 18:15 »

Thanks, tikk. You may find Mary Rieser's deposition of interest. I believe it is Exhibit E.

http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-06-27-BriefInOppositionToPlaintiffsMotionForSanctions-ExhibitE.pdf

ethercat · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2011, 18:34 »

Great to see you here, tikk. Did you notice that Helena Kobrin was at Mary Rieser's depo?

(I know the Kobra has a lot of fans on the net.)

From the depo:

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page 21
15 Q. Okay. After you met the minister in Oklahoma,
16 what did you do in order to start the Narconon of
17 Georgia program?
18 A. Well we didn't start it right then. I met a
19 lunch over — I mean, I met a judge over lunch one day,
20 Judge Riley, and I was just introduced to him. And he
21 asked me to describe the Narconon program, and I did,
22 and he said, 'We would like that for offenders.1' There
23 was a problem at the time of a lot of crack cocaine in
24 the city. And I mentioned this other person, and he was
25 very happy that we would work with this other person

page 22
1 because it represented several Christian churches in
2 town. And he said, " If you open one, I'll send people
3 to you, and I'll try to get funding."

page 23
11 Q. All right. And do you know, what's
12 Judge Riley's first name?
13 A. I dont remember his first name. He leads
14 Atlanta city court.

SocialTransparency · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2011, 22:18 »

Lord!

Mary Rieser got most of her rehab knowledge and training @ the Chilloco Oklahoma NarCONon facility? When I filmed there it was never ever presented as a training center. It was presented as part of the Church of Scientology. It at that time was an inpatient treatment facility fully funded and supported by the Church of Scientology.

All printed material were made by the church. All staff were from the church. All e-meters were provided by the church etc,etc. Yes, Auditing was done on the clients.

Guess what happened to the Chilloco Oklahoma narCONon facility? It is CLOSED for failure to deliver promised services among other things.

Intelligence · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2011, 02:27 »

WOW! All you work so very hard on all of this; indeed an in spriration.

My lawyer will love to see all this.

(((HUGS))) to ALL

skydog · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2011, 08:01 »

Thanks EC, you deserve a goldenrod for this.

SocialTransparency · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2011, 15:12 »

Quote from: Mary_McConnell on October 30, 2011, 16:31

Sanctions against Narconon's lawyer ok'd by the Judge.
http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-08-11-LetterFromBarbaraAMarschalkViaHandDeliveryLetterToJudgeStaceyHydrick.pdf

I can not seem to find where the Dekalb co judge ok,d the sanctions against the defendants lawyer. Could someone please steer me in that direction if this is the case? Thanks.

ethercat · « **Reply #10 on:** October 31, 2011, 18:17 »

Quote from: SocialTransparency on October 31, 2011, 15:12

I can not seem to find where the Dekalb co judge ok,d the sanctions against the defendants lawyer. Could someone please steer me in that direction if this is the case? Thanks.

There was a motions hearing on Aug. 4. I was not there, so I don't know exactly what happened. I surmise that the sanctions were granted from the "cult whining" letter and from the fact that there is a new notice to take video deposition of Mary Rieser and an order on the docket requiring Narconon to pay for Mary Rieser's first deposition (which were both requested in the Motion for Sanctions - a second depo and that Narconon pay for the first). Also, the issuance of the Standing Order and Instructions to Counsel telling them how to behave in depositions would support that idea.

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Docket Text Details

Case ID     10A28641
Description     ORDER FILED
Docket Filing Date     06-SEP-2011
Associated Party     None
Text
   DEFT NARCONON OF GEORGIA, INC SHALL PAY PLTF'S COSTS, IN AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED AT A HEARING, INCURRED IN THE FEBRUARY 23, 2011 DEPOSITION OF MARY RIESER - THE COURT DENIES DEFT'S AUGUST 8TH REQUEST TO RECONSIDER (SEE ORDER) TYS

I don't know whether it is required to enter a document for rulings made in court, perhaps someone else knows. I feel pretty certain if it were required, there would be one.

Also, one note for accuracy - this is not a Dekalb Co. judge, it is a State of Georgia judge in Dekalb Co.

Mary_McConnell · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2011, 18:21 »

The judge did then file orders on how the court will proceed as a result of the issue of proceedure to avoid sanctions
http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-08-11-StandingOrderAndInstructionsToPartiesAndCounsels.pdf

SocialTransparency · « **Reply #12 on:** October 31, 2011, 19:01 »

Quote from: Mary_McConnell on October 31, 2011, 18:21

The judge did then file orders on how the court will proceed as a result of the issue of proceedure to avoid sanctions
http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-08-11-StandingOrderAndInstructionsToPartiesAndCounsels.pdf

Thank you.

tikk · « **Reply #13 on:** October 31, 2011, 20:04 »

Quote from: mefree on October 30, 2011, 18:15

Thanks, tikk. You may find Mary Rieser's deposition of interest. I believe it is Exhibit E.

http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-06-27-BriefInOppositionToPlaintiffsMotionForSanctions-ExhibitE.pdf

I went through it some but it's a bit confusing because it's missing lots of pages. Not sure how much can really be discerned from what's there except her lawyers didn't want her answering anything. Whenever there's an order for a second deposition + a video requirement, it means the first deposition was not only disastrous, but there was more going on than what can be inferred from the transcript. It means there's some intangible aspects the plaintiffs want to be able to convey to the judge.

mefree · « **Reply #14 on:** October 31, 2011, 20:46 »

Quote from: tikk on October 31, 2011, 20:04

I went through it some but it's a bit confusing because it's missing lots of pages. Not sure how much can really be discerned from what's there except her lawyers didn't want her answering anything. Whenever there's an order for a second deposition + a video requirement, it means the first deposition was not only disastrous, but there was more going on than what can be inferred from the transcript. It means there's some intangible aspects the plaintiffs want to be able to convey to the judge.

I apologize. I gave you the wrong link. Try this one:

http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/10A28641/10A28641-2-2011-05-25-BriefInSupportOfPlaintiffsMotionsForSanctions.pdf

ethercat · « **Reply #15 on:** October 31, 2011, 21:28 »

The plaintiffs filed the entire Mary Rieser depo with their Brief (4 to a page), and then Narconon filed pieces of it with their Brief in Opposition (1 page at a time).

I believe all of the depositions have been scheduled as video depositions. I would love to see the videos.

Quote from: skydog on October 31, 2011, 08:01

Thanks EC, you deserve a goldenrod for this.

Thanks, skydog. Free deserves a round of applause too, though, because she helped me keep all the papers in order while I scanned.

Quote from: Intelligence on October 31, 2011, 02:27

My lawyer will love to see all this.

Great! I hope he can put it all to good use.

skydog · « **Reply #16 on:** November 04, 2011, 07:48 »

I nominate Free for a goldenrod too.

There is a picture of Mary Reiser, ED of Narconon on their facebook page. She is the first lady on the right in the blue dress.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.431565509290.230737.68292324290&type=1

SocialTransparency · « **Reply #17 on:** November 04, 2011, 07:53 »

Quote from: skydog on November 04, 2011, 07:48

I nominate Free for a goldenrod too.

There is a picture of Mary Reiser, ED of Narconon on their facebook page. She is the first lady on the right in the blue dress.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.431565509290.230737.68292324290&type=1

SkyDog. Pictures of all the players can be found @ the following link.

http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=33257

he one picture of Maria Delgado was taken @ a Sandy Springs zoning meeting.

mefree · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2011, 08:06 »

Quote from: skydog on November 04, 2011, 07:48

I nominate Free for a goldenrod too.

There is a picture of Mary Reiser, ED of Narconon on their facebook page. She is the first lady on the right in the blue dress.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.431565509290.230737.68292324290&type=1

Thanks, I think

thetanbuster · « **Reply #19 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:43 »

What a sad story. I still recall their (out of thin air) estimate that 90% of their clients are cured, and am with holding my ugly comments, other than to say that I do not know scientologist that could pass a statistics course.