Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Jun. 8, 2023
Actor’s lawyers gave discovery to Scientology, judge says
Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo imposed the sanctions “for violating court orders regarding the sharing of criminal discovery with a party to the related civil action.”
A Los Angeles judge concluded Wednesday that celebrity lawyers Thomas A. Mesereau and Sharon B. Appelbaum improperly disclosed protected case discovery to the Church of Scientology after representing TV actor Danny Masterson’s in his first rape trial.
Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo imposed the sanctions “for violating court orders regarding the sharing of criminal discovery with a party to the related civil action, the Church of Scientology Inte...
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