Valerie Haney has experienced a comprehensive array of coercion, duress, undue influence, and trauma at the hands of her abusers. From the time she was a little girl, she was subjected to an unrelenting succession of physical, psychological, and emotional abuse. The abuse continued over the course of the first three and half decades of her life.
As an adult, Haney finally resolved to leave her abusers' control for good, but was then subjected to an additional three months of confinement until she “consented” to sign legal agreements.
The NCOSE Law Center filed an Amicus Curiae Letter in support of the plaintiff in Valerie Haney v. Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles. The amicus letter urges an appellate court to reverse a trial judge’s order compelling that all of Ms. Haney’s claims be tried before a panel made up of members of the Church of Scientology—the very institution she alleges has abused her.
