Wife Of Tom Cruise's Former Scientology Auditor Sues The Church And Its Leader For Harassment
Aug. 21 2013, Published 6:07 p.m. ET
The wife of the man who led audits on Tom Cruise when he was a top exec at the Church of Scientology has filed a lawsuit against the organization and its controversial leader, David Miscavige, claiming harassment, and Breaking Celebrity News has all the details.
Former senior exec Marty Rathbun's wife, Monique, -- who has never been a member of the church — filed a multi-million dollar suit in Comal County, Texas, on August 16 calling Scientology a "notorious, multi-billion dollar cult," claiming harassment from them.
Monique was even granted a temporary restraining order last Friday, calling on the church to stop following her electronically and cease surveillance on her.
Interestingly, Monique met Marty in 2005 after he'd already left Scientology, and the two began a new life together in Texas — but claims in the court documents that the was "intentionally targeted by OSA Office of Special Affairs merely because of her relationship with Mr. Rathbun."
"She has been subjected to numerous, aggressive attempts to intimidate her… She has been targeted at home, at work, and anywhere else that she happens to be," the lawsuit alleges.
"She has been harassed, insulted, surveilled, photographed, videotaped, defamed, and humiliated to such a degree as to shock the conscience of any decent, law-abiding person."
Listed in her complaint of harassments are incidents she claims occurred specifically because she's a woman.
"Presumably because I am a woman, the Defendants seem obsessed with my sexuality. They sent a sex toy to me at my workplace, which was very embarrassing. With their constant surveillance of me, they knew when I was away from the office, at which time they sent flowers to one of my female co-workers with a 'romantic' message purporting to be from me. Of course this was distressing to me," the docs state.
"Scientology websites have published bizarre and sometimes vile allegations against me, including false claims that I am a sexual pervert. They have even alleged that I am not even a woman, but a man who has had a secret sex-change operation. So, I have even had my womanhood questioned as part of this sick campaign to inflict maximum emotional distress on me."
Monique's attorney, Ray Jeffrey, told The Underground Bunker that if the church would have just left his client and her husband alone, the lawsuit would have never came to fruition.