UPDATE: 12/3/14, 5:30 p.m. EST. Behar, who in a letter to the editor had some issues with our 1992 story and the decision to republish it, notes that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously upheld a federal district court’s dismissal of the libel suit filed against Time Warner by the Church of Scientology. A decade of litigation could be one reason why Time Warner is rolling out its legal team early this time around.
Time Warner-owned cable network Home Box Office unveiled in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter this week that it has 160 lawyers vetting a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney about the Church of Scientology.
