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    STATE

    or

    NtVA~A

    ) u.s

    County of Douglas)

    x.

    ;ROKUl) EJ:I!iCAIU)

    HUbbar~, ~r., ~eing

    1.

    I have

    publish a

    ~ook

    duly sworn, bereby depole

    ~een in!on:e~

    is to

    inten~s

    ~.

    L. Ron

    .n~

    that Lyle Stuart

    I have been further

    entitled h. Een

    to publish the

    ~oek

    H~=b!rd,

    with myself

    an~

    state:
    to

    inten~s

    concerning the late L. Ron Hubbara

    Church of Scientology.
    ~ook

    .s

    DEWOL!', fon:erly known

    an~

    the
    that the

    in!on:e~

    that Hr. Stuart

    an~

    Bent

    Cory~on liste~

    as co-authors.
    2.

    I have not seen the manuscript for the

    ~ook,

    an~

    have

    not given Hr. stuart or anyone elle pen:ilsion to use my name


    in connection with the book.
    attache~

    hereto, I have specifically

    Hr. Stuart or to
    3.

    In fact, as shown by the letter

    Cory~on

    refule~

    to

    len~

    my name to

    for this book.

    Since it now appears that, despite my refusal, Mr

    Stuart and Corydon intend to proceed with publication of the


    book, I wish to make the following facts perfectly clear:
    a.

    To the

    exten~

    that any portion of the

    my previous manuscripts,

    entitle~

    11 and The Telling of He, the

    ~ook

    ~ook

    at various times
    i. complete

    an~

    is

    ~ase~

    1/10th

    on

    of

    utter .

    fantasy without the slightest figment of truth,


    ~.

    ~c

    the extent that any'pcrtion of the

    my previous manuscripts, referred to

    ~ookis ~as.d

    i~ediately

    on

    hereinabove,

    the use of that material is in violation of copyrights.

    hop

    aOif/~?

    c.
    :y

    To the extant that any portion of tho-book is

    co~unications

    tha book is inaccurate

    an~

    Cory~on,

    vith !ent

    Eecause L.

    an~

    travelle~

    ~on ~ubbar~'.

    a qreat

    Hubbar~

    prior to the

    In fact, the only

    .n~

    of time at all vith Hr.

    ~eal,

    of

    perio~

    litestyle, first as a vriter


    ~urini ~orl~ ~ar ~I,

    then, however, he

    continue~

    ~on Hubbar~ an~

    S.

    :y personal

    ~orl~ ~ar

    Hubbar~

    me~~er

    ~~at

    vhether written or-cral,

    vas such
    of Hr.

    knowle~ie

    II vas ireatly limited.

    in vhich I spent an appreciable amount

    vhen I vas also'a


    separated.

    on

    fal.e.

    then later aB a Naval officer

    that he

    bale~

    personal

    vas between 1951

    an~

    1959;
    ~ven

    of the Church of Scientology.


    to travel and Ve vere

    knowle~ge

    ~o

    of~.n

    have concerning L.

    the Church of Scientology ended in late 1959.

    The statements I made in the manuscripts referred to

    hereinabove,

    an~

    in :y

    cor.~unications

    ethers, were sb,ply no more than


    based en :y
    state~ents

    o.~

    unlimited

    as "truth,"

    an~

    wil~

    to !ent corydon

    an~

    flights of fantasy

    i~aiination.

    'to steal the

    To now represent those


    har~ earne~

    value ef

    the nalne tiL. Ron Hubbard" by using :y fomer name as the


    co-author ef a book I have neither written nor
    unethical act ef the highest

    reviewe~,

    is an

    :agnitu~e.

    A,~tP'~~/
    ROHALO

    DE'IIOLF

    Sworn and subscribe~ to betore me


    this
    20th ~ay of Hay, 19B7 at
    Carson City, Neva~a.
    Notar3 Public for the State of
    Nevada
    (./

    .--.- --'"-----,.- -"

    PCOVEY, SACHS, HIANC~ , CAltNACCI


    A Professional Corporation
    One Cate~ay Center
    N~~ark, New ~ersey
    07102
    (2\)1) 622-4702

    - anI! -

    1.UBtLL AND U7BtLL

    220 fifth Avenue


    New York, Nev York 10001
    (212) 683-5000
    At~orneys

    for Plaintiff

    trnl!t'O STATtS DISnUC'l' COl.l'Rl'


    DIS!~IC'l' or NtW JtRSty
    __________________________x
    ~CNALO

    t. DeWOLF,

    Plaintiff,
    -against1.YU: S:rW.Rl',

    Civil Action No. 17-233S (HLS)

    ~rr!p~V!T

    or

    EO~ALO

    t. otwCLl

    INC.,

    .'

    De!en~ant.

    __________________________x
    STATt or

    cOtrnTY

    NtVJ..DA

    or

    C~ON

    ~ONALO

    1.

    )
    155.:

    Z; DtWOLF, being

    ~uly

    sworn,

    ~eposes

    I am the plaintiff in this action.

    and says:

    I make this

    affjdavit in support of =y application for expedited

    ~iscovery

    anI! a tn.porary restraining order anI! in opposition to


    ~efendant"

    2.
    cory~on

    motion to

    ~is=1a

    It vas never my

    ~nderstand1ng

    vith Sent Corydon that

    vould do the actual vrit1ng of the book and that my role

    es co-author vas to supply information and insight.


    vas

    my.~nderstand1ni

    that

    ~ather,

    it

    waa to be Corydon', co-author in


    I

    every lense of the


    an~ I'woul~

    book

    ~or~1

    :ake

    ~oul~ ~rit.

    e~itorial

    certain sections of the

    changes

    .n~ a~~

    :'Uerial to the nctions of the book that


    3.

    In fact, :y

    un~erstan~ing

    af!i~avit

    attached to his

    Cory~on ~oul~ ~dta~

    of bow it

    supported by zy April 28, 1985 letter to


    as ~xhibit C.

    Corydon to lend :e his draft so that I

    zy cwn written

    woul~

    work is

    Cory~on ~hich

    Corydon

    In this letter, I .sked


    woul~

    :ake :y

    own'~ritten

    contributions to it.
    Bring
    sa~e,

    an~/or

    Very focused.

    har~.

    can add :ine out of

    your book stuff and I'll


    to you

    fast

    and

    ~y
    a~~

    ~ork

    very

    So send :e all your stuff so

    head [para) So,

    do~~load

    to :e all

    :y stuff cut of :y head and upload

    into the hands of your agent friend (Corydon

    clI.

    ';xh.

    4.
    ~ritten

    In addition, it

    [yJou

    always :y intention to make :y own

    ~as

    contributions and editorial changes to the first two


    As I wrote. in :y April 28, 1985 letter,

    sa:ple chapters.
    prob~bly

    chapters.
    eff

    I'll do the

    but my book is in :y head and so is cur book.

    fast and very


    I

    send a print-out and/or disks.

    I'll add to it and really blow the publisher's sockl

    (Cory~on

    However,
    during the

    have enough for the requested first two

    Ixh. C).
    ~hen

    s~er

    I finally received the chapters from Corydon

    cf 1985 I was physically incapable of :akin;

    :y own written contributions and cf editing

    eory~on's

    During the spring and sumcer

    gall bladder attacks.

    On

    ~f

    ~uly

    1985, I had

    bee~

    drafta.

    luffering from

    5, 1985, I underwent ;all

    l / References to the ~une 23, 1087 affidavit cf Bent G.


    Corydon will be cited as "Corydon Para.
    . .-

    bla~~er

    surgery.

    I am a diabetic

    heal and recover from surgery.


    clot., wal

    pla~ed

    until

    15, 1985.

    ~uly

    5.

    an~

    am therefore very alow to

    In addition, I developed bloc4

    in intensive care and hospitali:ed from

    ~uly

    I never agreed with Bent Corydon or with' Lyle Stuart,

    Inc. that I would !:le Hentified as the co-.author of the


    purported biography of my !a~er L. ~on Hubbard even if Imade
    no written contributions to the !:look.

    Corydon and I understood

    that I was going to do some of the writin; of the book and would
    add to and edit other portions of the book written by Corydon.
    This understanding was. shared with Lyle Stuart, .Inc.
    .5. Corydon is simply wrong when he states that
    our conversations on March

    2B

    ~e

    taped

    and 29, 1985 so that we CQuld

    begin our collaboration on a book about my father

    (~

    Corydon

    para 5-6).' We did not tape those conversations for a book.


    'rhose conversatio::s \oIere taped so that Corydo%l' could pay them
    for classes at his Mission in ltiverside, Cali!crnia.
    7.

    Contrary to Corydon'" a i:cplication

    (~.

    para 5-8,

    Exhs. A,!), the reference in my April 2, 1985 letter to


    "sit[tingl downa and talk[ingJ some real hardcore,
    straightforvard, nuts and bolts business" had nothing to do with
    writing a book together about my father.
    referring to coming down to Corydon's
    some classe..

    Instead I was

    ~iversid.

    Mission to teach

    In that same letter I atated that I would ba

    tea.ching "major Special Training Courses" overuu and in the


    United states to reinforce my willingness to participate in the
    business of teaching classes at Corydon' a
    -3-

    ~!.yerside

    Mission.

    d~scribing

    Corydon i. also inaccurate in

    conversation

    ~here

    I informed him that I

    the book projlct and that I

    ~idn't ~ant

    the

    ~a. ~ithdrawing

    any ef the

    fr=:

    ~anulcript.

    had written to bl used and that.I didn't ~ant my na:e te be Used


    er associated ~ith the book project in any ~ay (~
    para 11).

    Corydon

    conversation, While

    ~id

    not :ention the

    ~orydon

    pay:e~t

    14.

    ilsue in this

    had :ade several previous pro:iles

    to cend :e =y share ef the money, he

    ~id

    not cpeak ef money in

    thil conversation (and he never sent :e the money).


    say, however, that he

    ~al

    (pres1.l.l!\ably, be ASsociated

    going to torce me to
    ~ith

    ~o

    Corydon did

    it

    the book) ",hether I liked it er.

    not.
    Corydon is vrong about the

    t.

    had about my tather

    (~~.

    nu~er

    Para 12).

    of conversations

    ~e

    We did not talk at

    least once a ",eek during the period fro: mid-3une, lSB! to Hay,
    At

    IS26.

    10.

    ~ost

    "'. talked twelve times during that period.

    Corydon's :isstatements include his

    so-called contributions to the book


    the things Corydon claimed to

    .
    be

    (~.

    para 16).

    ~hich ~as

    ~uly,

    ef my

    Hanyef

    hearing from me tor the

    ti:e tor this book vere publicly known fro: my


    penthouse interview

    discu~sion

    f~rst

    lSB3

    veIl-known to Corydon: i. the

    falce charge about my father and drugsl the speculation about my


    brother Quentin's deathl the stories I had ",eaved about =y
    Ch~ldhoOdl

    cf .ethan.
    vri~en

    and =y father's so-called harass:ent and manipUlation


    In addition, I told Corydon that my' father har!

    the Church ef Scientology's "standard tech" cr

    "Brainwashing Hanual" enly to dispute the claim that Corydon had

    ..

    -----------_ ..--_.-

    .
    .

    told me vas being

    ma~e

    ha~

    by others that my father

    not written

    the tech.
    11.

    I viii never be able to recover -- either

    professionally or personally -- .fro: baving


    with thil
    write.

    purporte~

    biography of

    =y~ather

    Lyle stuart, Inc. is continuing to

    co-author because, a. L.

    ~on

    ~y

    na:e associated

    which I

    ~id

    i~entify

    not

    me a. the

    Hubbard'. son, zy name adds

    instance credibility to the book'. charges an!!, in addition,


    leads the reader to believs that be i. getting inside
    infor=ation available only to intimate family

    me~ers.

    result of this false representation about =y contributions to


    the book I will be held responsible by the book-buying public
    for a scurrilous attack on my father

    whic~

    I did not writ.,

    which I do not endorse and which I publ1"cly disavov.

    I will be

    . subjected to crit1c.1sl:! for so=ething I did not do and over which


    I had no control whatsoever.

    Not only did I not write any part

    of this book, I al:! not even being per=itted to read the


    manuscript bearing my name prior to publicationl

    In the past, I

    have said and written things about my father which I deeply


    regret and which caused him and =e great pain.
    interview i. an example.

    ~he

    penhopse

    But penthouse by its nature bas a

    limited circulation and a dubious reputation.

    Lyle stuart,

    Inc., in contrast, 'is a reputable publisher and i. obviously


    marketing this book to a nationwide audience. My national
    reputation then
    wri~

    1.

    forever dependent upon a book'which I did not

    and which will prevent =e from ever making =y peace with

    my deceased father, our family and bi. Church.

    If thi. book i.

    released with my.name on it even though I made no written

    contribution to the book, I will never be able to stop:y public


    ~ilplay

    of filial

    ~illoyalty

    and

    ~ut

    it all behind ze.

    Sworn to before :e thil


    1st .~ay of July, 1587

    -s-

    - -_.

    --

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