ef...here are the basics of the Jason Scott fiasco.  Jason Scott's mother,
Kathy Tonkin, got involved with a pentecostal church that turned out to be more
of a cult.  She had 3 or 4 kids  and her oldest, then about 17, is Jason Scott.
She also got them in this cult  and at some point realized that she was in a
destructive group and she got out..  The 'minister' and others in this cult
convinced her children that their. mother was possessed by Satan and that they
should leave her home.  Apparently, other members of this church took these
kids in.  

At some point in here Kathy contacted shirley Landa  who was a CAN affiliate.
CAN had a loose network of people around the country who were local affiliates.
These were local people who were involved in educating the public about
destructive cults.  Most of them had been abused by some cult.  Kathy was
desparately seeking help in getting her kids back home where they belonged.
Kathy contacted Rick Ross who is a well known and respected cult counselor.
She engaged him to come and work with her kids   He was able to convince the
younger kids that  their mother was not possessed by Satan and that they should
be with their mother.  Kathy engaged 3-4 local guys that she knew to be with
Jason  while Rick Ross talked and worked with him.  I believe that they went
out to dinner or a movie and Jason ran off to the police and claimed that he
had been kidnapped.  Ross and the guys that Kathy had engaged were, I believe,
picked by the police but soon released.  Jason , I believe, stayed with the
pentecostal group and Ross went home.  

Here is where this scenario gets weird.  A phoney minister and scientology
lackey named George Robertson tipped  off scientologist, in-house lawyer,
Kendrick Moxon about this affair.  Moxon  was an unindicted co-conspirator in
the case  which sent Mary Sue Hubbard and 11 other scientolgists to prison.
Since then Moxon has risen in the ranks and has successfully used scientology's
tax-exempt money to harass former memberss and critics all over this country.
He was pretty much in charge of the conspiracy to destroy CAN and set up the
barrage of harassing lawsuits against CAN.  Moxon  saw this Jason Scott affair
as a way to possibly tie up and disable CAN  with litigation. Moxon contacted
Jason Scott  and dangled a million dollars in front of him and persuaded him to
sue CAN and Rick Ross.  The lawsuits would be handled by Moxon and financed
with scientology's tax-exempt money.

The lawsuits went to a jury trial in Seattle.  CAN got caught with low finances
and  a misguided belief that this would all be thrown out.  A local attorney
was engaged and Moxon very neatly got the court to deny the jury the
information that scientology was behind this and was financing Jason Scott.
Moxon brought out a parade of cult apologists to testify...paid for by
scientology and you know the rest...awards of several million dollars against
both CAN and Rick Ross.  

CAN all along had inept legal advice and help and most of it pro-bono.  Bad
advice told CAN  to file for bankrupcy to forestall collection and allow time
to prepare an appeal.  CAN ended up in the US Bankruptcy Court.  Moxon
successfully got the original appointed Trustee
dismissed and his own choice was appointed.  This Trustee, Philip Martino, was
hostile  to CAN right from the start.  For example, he told me that he was
throwing CAN mail in the garbage ( he had taken over CAN mail).  Was Martino on
Moxon's dirty payroll...we don't know but every action indicated that these two
were in cahoots..   Martino ordered CAN to close and the CAN assets put up for
sale to satisfy Jason Scott's award.   The CAN staff was given an hours notice
to close up.  

CAN's assets  were estimated at about $20,000, so where was Moxon going to get
the million dollars that he had promised Jason Scott?  Jason Scott  finally
realized  that he had been conned,  and  used by Moxon and the Church of
Scientology.  Jason  fired Moxon  as his attorney  and settled  with Rich Ross
for $5,000 and counseling.  Jason has since been  getting personal counseling
from Ross.  Jason         tried to nullify the CAN award  but the judge told
him that he couldn't.  So, Jason Scott sold his 2 million dollar award to
scientologist Gerald Beeny for $20,000.  

The CAN Files were to be included in the sale  of CAN's assets which were
purchased by another scientologist.  Nobody in CAN        could match the
auction offer.  Some of the public found out about the CAN Files situation and
protested to the Court who put the CAN Files under Court Seal and in a
warehouse.  

There is a good deal more to this than I can go into here but repeated efforts
by scientology have been made to get  the CAN Files which among other things
contain many names and addresses of people  who had  contacted CAN.
Scientologist, Gerald Beeny successfully convinced the Court to turn over the
Files to him to satisfy the judgement of the award that he purchased from Jason
Scott.  CAN's legal help had long since evaporated and Ed Lottick, the CAN
Board president paid for a 40 page legal Brief to show the court  why this
confidential information should not be turned over to Beeny,  who was acting
as an agent  for the Church of Scientology.  Judge Quinn refused to read the
Brief and refused communications from persons concerned  about their personal
information within the Files.  Ed lotttick realized that  if CAN didn't release
 the Files,  Beeny  and Moxon   would come after his and other CAN Board
member's personal assets to satisfy their purchased 'Award'.  

And so, sadly,  the CAN Files were turned over to Beeny on May 3.   Kendrick
Moxon flew  to Chicago to be present for this triumph and was seen taking
pictures at the warehouse and besides himself with glee.  

I would like to say that quite number of people tried hard to prevent  this
travesty but lacked  the resources to be effective.  

Jim Beebe