The Church of Scientology is celebrating a slight victory regarding Leah Remini’s harassment lawsuit after a Los Angeles judge deemed some of the comments in question as protected speech.
In Superior Court Judge Randolph Hammock’s split March 12 ruling, obtained by TheWrap, the judge both granted in part and denied in part the Church’s motion to strike her first amended complaint.
Specifically, the stricken allegations “include that Plaintiff was a ‘bigot,’ ‘racist,’ ‘abusive,’ ‘pro-rape’ and ‘promoted hate speech,’ among others,” since Remini did not meet her burden of proof. The court even characterized doctored photographs as “highly offensive and inappropriate” parody.
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