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SCIENTOLOG­Y TRASHES DANNY RAPE VICTIMS!

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FOUR gals who helped send Scientolog­y rapist Danny Masterson to the slammer have been clobbered with a ferocious counteratt­ack by the church, which they accuse of launching a terrifying campaign of harassment and intimidati­on to silence them forever.

The women — Chrissie Bixler, now 45, and Bobette Riales, 42, and two only identified as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 — accused the That ’70s Show actor of drugging and raping them during twisted encounters nearly two decades ago.

Scientolog­y poster boy Masterson, 47, was recently convicted of raping one Jane Doe, who was then 23, in 2001 and the second, a 28-year-old, in 2003 and sentenced to at least 30 years in the slammer.

All his accusers, except for Riales, belonged to the controvers­ial religion and hit Scientolog­y and its elusive leader r David Miscavige ge with a civil lawsuit it claiming the church tried to protect Masterson by pushing them to drop their claims with a campaign of harassment and bullying. Church officials deny the charges.

However, in one horrific claim, Bixler accused the church of fatally poisoning her dogs as revenge for telling about Masterson’s criminal assaults. Another of the w women charged so someone broke the bed bedroom window of f her 13-year-old daughter.

Now, the cash-rich organizati­on’s lawyers have struck back in the civil suit, insisting Scientolog­y “doctrine does not prohibit persons from reporting crimes” and none of the people Masterson’s accusers say threatened them were “agents” of the church.

Scientolog­y lawyers also rebutted the women’s claim that church rules made them “fair game” for harassment since they were defying the organizati­on’s elders, insisting, “There is no doctrine of ‘fair game’ within the Scientolog­y religion.”

The legal eagles say the women have no proof they “reasonably feared” for their safety or that a “credible threat” was made against them. The Scientolog­y mouthpiece­s claim the gals were “misquoting religious texts” and “spreading falsehoods” against the church.

However, the women insist when they tried to report Masterson’s crimes, church officials conspired to have them systematic­ally stalked and harassed to intimidate them. Sources say since Masterson’s September conviction, Scientolog­y has thrown him under the bus and he’s been officially excommunic­ated.

 ?? ?? Actor Danny Masterson was found guilty of two counts of forcible rape and sentenced to 30 years to life
Actor Danny Masterson was found guilty of two counts of forcible rape and sentenced to 30 years to life
 ?? ?? The Church of Scientolog­y says the women were “spreading falsehoods” about the organizati­on
The Church of Scientolog­y says the women were “spreading falsehoods” about the organizati­on
 ?? ?? Chrissie Bixler and Masterson in 2001
The actor with Bobette Riales in 2003
Chrissie Bixler and Masterson in 2001 The actor with Bobette Riales in 2003
 ?? ?? Church leader David Miscavige
Church leader David Miscavige

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