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Anti-OTO Australians freed from jail
The couple who were jailed for nine months for contempt of court for refusing to withdraw claims that O.T.O. was a pedophile ring were freed yesterday after spending only seven weeks in jail.
Vivienne Legg and Dyson Devine were jailed after ignoring a July VCAT order to remove their comments about the Order. Their lawyer Simon Moglia told the tribunal yesterday that the couple had been financially ruined.
Apparently they were released early after promising to be good and not do it again.
O.T.O. Australia say:
While the Court acknowledged that “the damage has been done” and that the site and the allegations have been copied and spread over the Internet, O.T.O. is satisfied with the outcome, which has sent a clear and highly publicized message to the Australian community that the O.T.O. is a lawful and reputable organization which will defend itself, Thelema, and the rights and beliefs of its membership. We’ll have to see how things go from here; we thank our counsel who went above and beyond the call of duty; we thank the international community who got behind our actions and gave us support and encouragement; and we thank our members - many of whom as a result of the impact of the vilifying materials on their personal and professional lives, have had to demonstrate true courage in the face of real adversity.
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