Author Gary L. Bostwick

Date October 22nd, 1984¹

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22/PRN – A $5 million malicious prosecution complaint was filed

today on behalf of Mary Sue Hubbard, wife of Scientology founder and author L. Ron

Hubbard, in Los Angeles Superior Court, the Church of Scientology reported today.

The complaint accuses a Boxford, Mass., lawyer, Michael Flynn, and his client, Ronald

DeWolf, of being “the perpetrators of a massive fraud,” in connection with an

unsuccessful probate bid in 1982, according to Los Angeles attorney Gary L. Bostwick.

Bostwick, who represents Mary Sue Hubbard, charged that Flynn and DeWolf, the

estranged son of Mr. Hubbard, “attempted a massive hoax” in bringing the probate action

and that they were “guilty of oppression, fraud and malice” in their actions.

These actions, Bostwick said, included intentionally misrepresenting facts in the original

probate filing and during subsequent actions in the probate case; illegally concealing

other material facts with the intent to cause injury; abusing the legal process by using the

probate action as a means to get information that would help Flynn’s client in other

litigation; acting with ulterior purpose to obtain advantages in other lawsuits against

Mary Sue Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard or various churches of Scientology.

“The filing of false information in litigation is a crime and cannot be tolerated by the

American judicial system, and those who do so have to be called to account for it,”

Bostwick said.

Contact – Gary L. Bostwick or Richard Towne at 213-395-5372 for the Church of Scientology.

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