Stacy Brooks (born April 8, 1952) was a
Scientologist for over 20 years, working in the
Sea Org
The Sea Organization or Sea Org is the senior-most status of staff within the Church of Scientology network of corporations, but is not itself incorporated. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Sea Org was started as L. Ron Hubbard's private navy, and ...
in Los Angeles for almost fifteen.
In 1985, Stacy Brooks was the managing editor of ''
Freedom
Freedom is the power or right to speak, act, and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving oneself one's own laws".
In one definition, something is "free" i ...
'' magazine.
Previously married to
Vaughn Young, in 1997 Stacy described being assigned to be a guard for a woman in 1988 who was being run through the
Introspection Rundown. The woman "thought she was a butterfly and a dog", and she was being "kept for two months in a shack with a bare mattress and dirt floors in a Scientology compound east of Los Angeles."
Critic of Scientology
Some time after leaving Scientology in 1989, Brooks joined the
Lisa McPherson Trust where she was president.
Brooks served as an expert witness in many high-profile Scientology lawsuits, and has made many television appearances criticizing
Scientology
Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement. It is variously defined as a scam, a Scientology as a business, business, a cult, or a religion. Hubbard initially develo ...
, on programs including ''
Dateline'', ''
20/20'' and ''
60 Minutes
''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who distinguished it from other news programs by using a unique style o ...
''.
See also
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Bob Minton
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Lisa McPherson Trust
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Death of Lisa McPherson
References
Further reading
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External links
Media Vault of Dateline and 20/20 shows*
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Critics of Scientology
Living people
1952 births
American former Scientologists
Former Scientology officials