Perhaps the most important feature of the judgment is what the court did not do: it made no direct ruling that would restrict the activities of either the Celebrity Centre or the SEL bookshop.<\/p>\n
But the following individuals and organisations were convicted of organised fraud against some, but not all the alleged victims (of which more below):<\/p>\n
The Association Spirituelle de l\u2019Eglise de Scientologie CC (ASES), the Celebrity Centre, was convicted of organised fraud against the plaintiffs Aude-Claire Malton and Eric Aubry.<\/p>\n
It was fined 400,000 euros and ordered to pay for the details of the conviction to be published in the major French and English-language news outlets including Le Monde, Le Figaro, Lib\u00e9ration, the Herald Tribune and Time Magazine \u2013 and their websites.<\/p>\n
Scientology\u2019s network of bookshops Scientologie Espace Libert\u00e9 (SEL) was also convicted of organised fraud against the Malton and Aubry. It was fined 200,000 euros and ordered to pay for the publication of the conviction in the same newspapers and their websites.<\/p>\n
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