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Former Ingleside by the Bay Resident Suing Church of Scientology

Posted: Sep 9, 2013 4:58 PM by Janine Reyes
Updated: Sep 9, 2013 11:25 PM

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INGLESIDE ON THE BAY -- You may have heard of the Church of Scientology. Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and Lisa Marie Presley are just a few famous names tied into the church. Now, a lawsuit underway against the church filed in Comal County has some strong ties to Ingleside on the Bay.

The court granted a temporary restraining order to the woman suing the church. She claims for 199 days Scientology operatives harassed her at her home in the Coastal Bend.

Part of that alleged harassment is caught on this video, posted onYouTube. "What do you have to say about that Marty, how about that," asks a man with a camera strapped to his head. "I don't have anything to say to an unidentified punk who comes with 4 people to my door," Rathbun responds.

The Rathbuns say the video, shot in April 2011, was the first of many visits involving people who claim to be associated with the Church of Scientology. Some incidents are referenced in a lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology, it's leader David Miscavige, Steven Gregory Sloat and Monty Drake in Comal County.

Marty Rathbun used to be a top leader for the church.

He says leaving led to the harassment caught in the YouTube video and worse. In that video, the men at his front door are wearing shirts that say "Squirrelbusters" and Marty's face is pasted on a squirrel body.

"Come on Marty, got anything to say," they ask him, "you can't even defend yourself on this can you," one man says.

But the lawsuit filed in Comal County claims Marty is not the only one those people harassed. Mrs. Rathbun says in her affidavit that Scientologists and people associated with them would try and aggressively interrogate her in front of her Ingleside on the Bay home. The San Patricio County Sheriff's Department does confirm filing at least ten reports and responding to numerous other calls.

It got so bad, the Rathbuns moved last December. They claim Scientologists followed them to their new home in Comal County.

The lawsuit is centered around Mrs. Rathbun, who has never been a Scientologist.

Last month, the court granted a temporary restraining order, agreeing that "threatened injury to the plaintiff outweighs any possible harm to the defendants."

The suit claims she became a target by association and that Scientologists who moved across the street from their Ingleside on the Bay home "publicly admitted" their "full time job was to make their lives a living hell."

It details allegations that Rathbun is "not even a woman, but a man who has had a secret sex-change operation" and tells of the Church of Scientology "trying to embarrass her" by "sending a sex toy to her workplace."

The Rathbuns claim David Miscavige, who leads the church, is behind all the harassment. They're asking he testify in court.

"They're trying to silence me," Rathbun told our cameras late last year as he and his wife packed up a moving truck to get away.

Until they do silence him, Rathbun worries those scenes will continue to play out wherever he lives.

We did make several calls to the Church of Scientology today. They called back to ask why we're running the story before issuing a short statement via email, "There is no merit to the allegations and we are looking forward to prevailing in court."

On Thursday, a jury will consider granting a Temporary Injunction against the Church of Scientology. Mrs. Rathbun is suing for damages but no amount has been mentioned.

Why Did Leah Remini Leave Scientology? Actress ‘Lost Friends’ Since Leaving Her Church 

Leah Remini on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." ABC

Leah Remini revealed Monday that she has lost friends since she left the Church of Scientology, she told Ellen DeGeneres on the comedian’s talk show. The actress is just one of many Hollywood figures to join the much-hated "religion," but she’s one of only a very few to speak out about her former faith since quitting.

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"We lost friends who can no longer talk to us who are still in the organization," Remini said on Monday's show. She confirmed that once someone leaves Scientology, they can no longer talk to people who are still in the church, or vice versa.

"But we have other friends, who are not in the church, who have stood by us and that's all we can ask for," Remini added. That’s when DeGeneres stepped in and said she was her friend and supported her. But the loss of friends isn’t the only thing that’s hurting Remini.

Remini will appear on Season 17 of “Dancing With The Stars,” which she started a week before the taped interview with DeGeneres. She has been partnered with professional dancer Tony Dovolani, and joked that she might have broken his wrists from clinging to him so tightly. If Dovolani is in pain, Remini matches him. She said she was hurting “everywhere,” including "places I didn't know could hurt. ... It's so much harder than I thought, and most people do say that, but it's true."

Why did Remini decide to suddenly leave Scientology? She explained that she had always been around the group, but as she got older she and her family didn’t think it was right for them anymore. "My mother got involved when we were very young, so it's all we really knew,” she said. “But over time, my eyes got opened and I could just no longer be affiliated with the organization, and my family felt the same, so we left."

Check out Remini on “DWTS” every Monday night starting Sept. 16 on ABC at 8/7c.