Hello all of you Narconon victims. I am new to this web site.
Here is a letter i just sent to the laywer for Narconon Trois rivivers. Please read it and post your thoughts. I left out my real name and the laywers firm and real name to protect myself in the future.
Dear ------------ June 5th, 2007
RE: Narconon / -------------
Att: Mr. --------------
Perhaps your client should have thought about “governing themselves accordingly” and neither of us would be exchanging letters here today sir. Don’t think for a minute that because your client “ denies any wrong doing” I will accept and move on. Do you and your client actually think subjecting me to thinly veiled threats disguised as cleverly worded sentences will intimidated me enough to walk away and not seek retribution?
The financial compensations your client made to my father, rightfully so I would add, have indeed insured he will let this matter go, however, as my terms or releasing your client from further action were non negotiable and not met in there entirety, they have not insured I will do the same. Since your client has decided to keep the original file and not meet all my very reasonable conditions, it has only allowed for more time to consider all facts in regards to Saturday March 17th / 07. I now realize just how forgiving my conditions were and question why the file is of so much importance to your client, especially since they have already returned deposits. I question what they intend to do with it, who they intend to show it to..etc. . I also question why your client did not return the $55.00 charge to drive to Montreal? Your clients actions gave me no reason to trust their motives / intentions then, why would you possibly assume I trust their intentions with my file now?
Mr. ----------, under the circumstances, my offer was extremely forgiving and very reasonable. Your client a had an opportunity to walk away virtually un-scathed, without being held accountable whatsoever for their actions, especially for their malicious actions on Saturday March 17th / 07, but by not meeting my terms in there entirety, they choose not to do so.
Let me explain something to you sir, your client’s behavior that Saturday was so underhanded and deceitful its pathetic. Allow me to go over Saturday’s events again, after which, you decide if its in your clients best interest to continue, or sever ALL ties once and for all. Unfortunately for your client now, deciding not to accept all my very forgiving terms at the time when they were offered was a bad choice indeed, now simply sending the file will no longer be sufficient.
-Saturday March 17th / 07, your client, looking for any excuse to secure my departure, completely fabricated a story of suspension, then phoned my sponsor (my father & mother) informing them I was being “suspended”. Naturally, informing my family of this suspension made them quite upset and hostile towards me. This in turn, allowed your client to easily and successfully convince them to abandon me in Montreal. Then, completely disregarding my fathers instructions to release ALL funds from my personal account, they released only $20. Your client then, knowing full well I was still experiencing physical withdraw symptoms, proceeded to drop me off in a well known drug infested area of Montreal.
-No suspension ever took place Mr. ----------. As no suspension ever occurred, I only see one possible motive, only one predesignated goal that could possibly explain the malicious actions of your client that Saturday. Your client, anticipating I would feel physically ill enough, I would feel depressed enough from family abandoning me, I would have enough money and I would be in the right area of an unfamiliar city, I would seek out that hit of heroin. Because it had been quite some time since I last used, and normally this the way heroin addicts over-dose and die, your client was almost guaranteed that one hit, would be my last. Thereby releasing your client of both, financial obligations, to be sure that the percentage is passed along to the “Church of Scientology”, and explanation to my family. Is this your clients “standard procedure” sir?
Of course, this only my and everyone else I have spoken to about this matter, most plausible realistic explanation for your clients actions that day, but please, if you or you client can come up with another reasonable explanation for this totally malicious behavior, I’d would sure like to hear it. But neither you nor your client can, because no other even comes close to fitting. After spending hours searching, I was finally able to locate a hotel with a room available, I then spent another few hours trying to convince them, unsuccessfully, to accept my fathers credit card over the phone to pay for the room. Had your client released funds as they were instructed to I would not have had to spent the night on the street. I never before spent a night on the streets of a familiar city, let alone, an unfamiliar one. With no roof over my head, feeling depressed, alone and petrified of being robbed or killed, I can honestly say that night was truly the worst night of my life. Your client intentionally put me there, why? To amuse your client? To give me a life skills learning course?
Despite my own personal desire to proceed forward, family and friends have once again convinced me to offer your client one last chance to end this quietly. As I am sure you have noticed, I have been tight lipped and not proceeded forward, and as my family wishes to me to exhaust all avenues before going through the courts..ECT, I will remain this way until July 16th, 2007, as my attorney will be proceeding from then unless my terms listed on the next page are met. And sir, a “smear campaign”, as you worded it, involves spreading unfounded information and out right lies, I will only be passing along my own personal experiences with your client. I want nothing more than to sever all ties and put this horrible experience behind me once and for all, but your client seems unwilling to do the same. Perhaps you can relay to your client just how horrible fabricating suspensions, lying to sponsors and lying to students really is, maybe it will avoid lawsuits in the future. They are playing with people’s lives here sir and no family deserves to deal with an outfit who takes steps like this to assure financial gain. Typically legitimate businesses abide by their policies; your client should adopt a policy that will have every new recruit be accompanied by an open ended return transportation ticket and a $200 disbursement to be released upon departure
Here are my terms for releasing your client. They are NON-NEGOTIABLE and have an expiry date.
1st - My entire ORIGINAL FILE sent forth-with, and assurances from your client no other copies have been made.
2nd - The $55.00 charge for the drive to Montreal returned
3rd - I now want your client to financially compensate me for all the vindictive behavior that Saturday March 17th / 07, as well as for the misleading deception before and throughout my stay.
- I am leaving the amount of compensation up to your client, however, allow me to insure your client that if its not a number I am agreeable to, I am sure my attorney will not be as forgiving as I am.
Mr. -----------, as of July 15th , 2007, if an agreement is cannot be reached, your client will no longer have the courtesy of dealing directly with me as my attorney will be proceeding from then. The if and when, this matter goes before the courts, is completely up to your client right now sir. My attorney has already assured me, your clients actions will insure a judgement in my favor and damages will be awarded.
I am offering your client a way out, a way to save face, before it goes to the courts and before words end up being spoken. It will come to that, if we cannot reach an agreement. Mr. -----------, any reasonable offer will not be refused, but as reasonable as I am, no matter what is offered, if it is not accompanied by my original file, then I will not be secure that all ties have been severed, and I will have no choice but to instruct my attorney to proceed. I do not trust your client, do not trust my personal information in their hands.
This letter is not a form of “blackmail” as you insinuated in your last letter, nor is this any type of shake down. The financial compensation can either be paid now by your client, or awarded later by a judge, it makes no difference to me. It will have no bearing on how I relate my personal experiences with your client to others, it will only dictate if I relate my personal experiences with others. We both know, your client dug the hole they are in. We both know I will be awarded damages in a courtroom. I do this because your client will not get away with what they did sir. Maybe your client will think twice next time or maybe they will actually train their employee’s on ethics, either way, what is done is done, and now its time to be held accountable.
Mr. -----------, my terms are very reasonable and extremely forgiving considering what your client did to me. I am more than willing to let go and move on, I am also more than willing to push forward, it is completely up to your client which way I proceed.
Good day Mr.-----------
I wish you the best. It seems that you have very good reasons to seek damages, keep pressing on because money issues will likely be the only way this victimizing organization will be shut down. I am glad you survived this experience.