This has never happened before. After reading the tentative ruling from Judge Hammock that eviscerated Miscavige for playing games with the system, his lawyers agreed to accept service on his behalf, thus making the scheduled hearing moot and preventing the judge from entering a final order. Had Judge Hammock stuck with his tentative ruling and signed it, his order would have been catastrophic in other cases. Even without his final order, the fact that Miscavige was adjudicated to have been served in the Baxter/Paris case and has now accepted service in Leah’s case is going to make it very d … [Read more...]