Kendrick Moxon: Scientology’s Legal Pitbull Has Lost His Bite

Once feared for his lawfare, Moxon is now just making noise. We’re not afraid, and we’re not backing down.

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The Moxon File

Once upon a time…

…Kendrick Moxon was a legal pitbull for Scientology. He was the guy you called when your IRS approved “cult” needed to look “religious” but act ruthless. He would weaponize the courts, or bury critics in paperwork, whether it be government agencies, journalists, private or charitable organizations. Moxon came for anyone or any entity deemed a critic or enemy. In fact, he didn’t just come for them. He came hard. With subpoenas, surveillance, and strategies that made even seasoned attorneys wince. He turned Scientology into perceived perpetual victims with him as their defender savior.

Kendrick Moxon has been involved with the Church of Scientology for decades. So involved, in fact, that his law firm, Moxon & Kobrin, doesn’t even pretend to have clients other than Scientology. He had an office at Big Blue. He was their guy. In the 1970s, he served in the Guardian’s Office (Scientology’s intelligence agency before it was disbanded for being too brazen even for Scientology, replaced by Office of Special Affairs aka OSA). This is where he “allegedly” helped execute Operation Snow White, the largest infiltration of the U.S. government in history. Yes, really. The FBI raided Scientology offices and uncovered evidence of his role in submitting falsified handwriting samples to cover up church crimes. He denied “knowingly” doing anything wrong, of course. He escaped charges and prison time unlike his clients, including the wife of L. Ron Hubbard. Not surprisingly, Hubbard escaped what his wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, had to endure as well. Prison.

A Career of Intimidation

Moxon wasn’t just a courtroom guy. He helped engineer Scientology’s strategy of legal harassment against anyone they deemed a “Suppressive Person.” He also” viciously “ sued the Cult Awareness Network (CAN) in the 1990s, and won a $5 million verdict which bankrupted them. Who ended up with CAN’s name and phone line after bankruptcy? Scientology. Moxon later bragged about that, calling it his proudest achievement. Seriously.

He’s also tried to shut down protestors through bogus restraining orders, run interference on the Lisa McPherson wrongful death case, and even paid private investigators to stalk David Miscavige’s own father. SMH. That’s just a glimpse of how horrible he’s been.

The Stacy Moxon Tragedy

Not all of Moxon’s story is courtroom drama. There’s also heartbreak.

In 2000, his 20 year old daughter, Stacy Moxon (later known as Stacy Grove Meyer), died while working at Scientology’s Golden Era Productions compound near Hemet. She fell into an underground electrical vault and was electrocuted by a 7,200 volt power line. It was horrifying.

She had been working in landscaping. Witnesses say she removed a 230 pound manhole cover and tried to descend a ladder into the vault. Her contact with the live wire killed her instantly. OSHA later cited the facility for electrical code violations, though not directly tied to her death, but still fined the Church. The facility was reportedly using improper wiring and exposed electrical lines all over the place. It was the kind of workplace safety nightmare that should have triggered a reckoning. But Scientology is adept at avoiding those.

I don’t wish that loss on any parent. I never want to lose sight of anyone’s humanity.

Moxon rarely speaks publicly about his daughter’s death. But behind the scenes, he doubled down. He didn’t leave Scientology. He dug in deeper. Why? How?

And what makes Stacy’s death even more chilling is that the electrical negligence doesn’t appear to be a thing of the past. I’ve personally witnessed multiple unsafe electrical setups at Scientology’s Big Blue in East Hollywood. During the holidays, I saw numerous extension cords running between buildings, lying directly on the ground. Another time, cords were left uncovered and stretched across open walkways, without properly weighted covering. This was for a bouncy house setup, a tripping hazard by any standard. But the worst was when I saw a cord junction box right up against soaking wet ground with a running sprinkler. Children were playing in the water on soaked ground just inches from the connection box. I didn’t see any real supervision to ensure their safety. I raised the alarm, but instead of thanking me for looking out for the children, their security guard named Ted, got upset with me for pointing it out. This is the same culture that let Stacy die. And the city recently cited them for the electric cord violation. The pattern isn’t theoretical, it’s still happening.

EXHIBIT A: Fear Tactics, Failures, and Floundering

Now, Moxon is reduced to whining to the City Attorney about protestors and activists. Spoiler alert: He and his one and only client (Scientology) are losing.

In recent months, Moxon has resorted to bizarre tactics, like firing off petty complaints to the City Attorney’s Office and name dropping activists in emails with veiled implications. One of those activists? Me.

Email from Kendrick Moxon to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.

Date: March 14, 2025

“This is the kind of pathetic legal maneuver we’ve come to expect from Moxon lately, just enough innuendo to waste government time, not enough substance to make anyone care.”

For decades, Moxon was the Church’s go to attack dog. If you criticized Scientology, you could expect one of two things: a creepy PI parked across from your house or a letter from Kendrick Moxon. Maybe both. He filed lawsuits, restraining orders, cease and desists, you name it.

But fast forward to now, and the veneer is cracking.

He’s trying to pull the same old tricks: paint the protest movement as a criminal mob, frame critics as a hate group, imply people are part of some vast conspiracy. It’s weak. Worse, it’s boring. If anything, it just makes him look desperate. He’s become the legal version of a guy screaming “Get off my lawn!” while protestors hold up public records and cite the ADA and other laws. We’re learning the law, regulations and our rights.

Although in a last ditch effort to attempt a win…

Moxon seems to be kicking things up a notch, possibly playing a role in pushing the District Attorney’s Office to file absolutely ridiculous felony hate crime charges against Scott Hochstetter aka D.O.A. We’re talking about things like removing a wreath the city itself ordered taken down and damaging planters that were already cited by the city for being illegally placed and ADA noncompliant.

Let’s get one thing straight: under California law, misdemeanors that happen inside the City of Los Angeles are supposed to be handled by the Los Angeles City Attorney, not the District Attorney. That’s spelled out in Government Code 41803.5 and reaffirmed in the L.A. City Charter 271(c). But here’s the kicker: cops can’t even make a misdemeanor arrest unless they personally witness the crime (see Penal Code 836(a)(1)), or unless a private person makes the arrest or a warrant is issued.

So what do they do when they want to make an arrest but don’t have the legal basis? They inflate it. They take a minor, nonviolent misdemeanor and try to “wobbler” it up into a felony so they can hand it off to the DA, who shouldn’t even be involved in basic local infractions. This trick is made possible by Penal Code 17(b), which allows some crimes to be filed as either a misdemeanor or a felony (Wobblers). But using that legal loophole as a weapon, especially to target activists or critics, is exactly the kind of prosecutorial misconduct that deserves public scrutiny and redress.

Charging someone with a felony hate crime for removing a city ordered removed wreath or damaging ADA violating planters the City itself cited? That’s not justice. That’s theater. And worse, it’s a dangerous abuse of authority designed to intimidate and silence dissent, and frankly, it reeks of manipulative interference and desperation. Moxon’s.

The Movement Has Evolved. Moxon Hasn’t.

Here’s the thing: the world has changed. Moxon’s power came from secrecy, from operating in the shadows while Scientology steamrolled through communities with safeponting and actual legal intimidation. Fair gaming.

But now? People have phones. People have YouTube channels. People know their rights. The First Amendment auditor and copwatcher movements have empowered a new generation of activists who don’t scare easy. We have footage, facts, and fire. And we’re everywhere. We don’t back down. We hit record. We upload.

The anti Scientology movement today is a decentralized, people driven, multimedia force. It’s not just old skool pickets (though those still rock). It’s flyering, livestreaming, open records requests, city council and commission meetings, social media videos and posts, even street art. It’s legal, it’s strategic, and it’s growing.

We’re informed. We bring receipts. And while Scientology is trying to boost its image with glossy billboards and cringe reality style programming, we’re showing the raw, unfiltered truth in real time. And people love it. People trust it. We are the reality show, and the world is tuning in.

We bring truth, humor, personality, knowledge, and most importantly community. And that community is growing.

Livestreams, hashtags, videos, threads, this movement is everywhere, and Scientology can’t shut it off.

Scientology’s Losing Grip and Moxon Knows It

Let’s be real. Kendrick Moxon is no longer feared. Not by activists. Not by government watchdogs. Probably not even by city staffers who are tired of his shenanigans.

The truth is, he’s become that guy. The guy who files complaint letters that go nowhere. The guy who tries to intimidate with the same rusty toolbox he’s had for decades. The guy courts now look at with side eye when he does anything in an attempt to silence protected speech.

Even his CPRA requests mention a need to correct the official record. How 1970’s Operation Snow White sounding. No criticism or any narrative other than their own allowed.

What’s Next?

And what Scientology needs to hear, if anyone’s still capable of self-awareness in that Organization, is this: You’re not coming back from this by playing the same old game. Moxon isn’t saving you. He’s part of the reason you’re collapsing. If you had a shred of strategic vision left, you’d replace him. But even that won’t fix the core problem: everyone sees you now.

We see the abuse. We see the harassment. We see the slave labor in the name of religious practice. We see the security guards and illegal planters blocking ADA access, the safepointing of city officials, the phony street closures, the lawfare and manipulating the legal system. We are all too familiar with the endless lies, chicanery and shenanigans.

We Are the Giant Now

They woke up the giant. We’re not turning a blind eye anymore, to child abuse, senior abuse, financial exploitation, human trafficking, victim intimidation, lawfare, ADA violations, or abuse of city resources and services The list goes on.

“Every safepointed official is being unsafepointed.”

The grip Scientology once had on Los Angeles is slipping. The backroom deals, the fake permit games, the fake friendly community outreach. We see through it all. If Scientology doesn’t remove Moxon from its tool box, they’ve got no shot at survival in the next phase of their existence….

“Scientology relying on him is like showing up to a Zoom call with a fax machine.”

“Keeping him around is like bringing a flip phone to a tech startup pitch, outdated, irrelevant, and embarrassing.”

“Relying on him is like walking into court with a typewriter and carbon paper, technically allowed, but everyone’s laughing.”

“They treat him like a litigator, but he’s more like a courtroom reenactment actor who missed rehearsal.”

“They treat him like he’s Johnny Cochran, but he’s more like Tom Cruise jumping on a couch and dancing in his underwear, unhinged at best.”

“Bringing him to court is like booting up DOS at a Zoom deposition.”

“He’s the legal equivalent of a pager, obsolete, and only still used by people stuck in the Sea Org.”

“He’s trying to litigate in a TikTok world with a Lite Brite and Magna Doodle.”

“His courtroom strategy is like MadLibs, random, incoherent, and always ending in being laughed at.”

“He builds a case like someone assembling IKEA furniture with no tools and half the instructions, wobbly, confusing, and guaranteed to collapse.”

“He thinks he’s playing 4D chess, but he’s losing at Tik-Tac-Toe to a squirrel.”

I better stop before he reports me to the authorities for using witty one-liners.

My point is, the walls are closing in, Scientology’s legal team is left with fewer tools, and fewer believers.

But let’s be honest, even if they try to change course, it won’t be what it was. Their days of inflicting fear and silencing critics are over. Victims are stepping up, journalists are listening, attorneys are getting involved, and the lawsuits are coming.

We’re done tolerating organizations that bully their way to tax exemption and silence through intimidation. Survivors are speaking up, and society is finally ready to hear them.

“This movement is no longer a handful of brave whistleblowers. It’s hundreds, soon thousands, of people from all walks of life who see through the facade and are speaking out.”

Protesters show up in person and online to confront Scientology’s abuses at public commission meetings. The movement is informed, organized, and growing.

Final Thought

Moxon was once a formidable foe. He had real power. But not anymore. His playbook is worn out. The activists have adapted. The victims are speaking. And society, finally, is listening.

From Diddy to Epstein to NXIVM to Scientology, the tide is turning. We are done with human trafficking of any kind, forced labor, tax exempt systemic abuse disguised as religion,

And we’re not going anywhere.

Even city officials and agencies are waking up. The message to Scientology’s top enforcers is clear: It’s over.

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