Shout out to Leah Remini for calling out Les Moonves, LAPD and Scientology (again)

Carol Durant
3 min readNov 12, 2022

If you have watched the late 90’s to early 2000’s television show, The King of Queens you definitely know who Leah Remini is. She was the sassy and brassy Carrie Heffernan, wife of comedian Kevin James’ character, Doug Heffernan. Carrie’s character was focused, conscientious and outspoken, characteristics that Leah exhibits in real life.

Leah is also a former practitioner of Scientology. Her family has been a part of the Church of Scientology since Leah was nine years old. Leah was subsequently blackballed from the organization after she dared to challenge the leaders regarding internal policies and procedures in 2013. Leah wrote a book of her harrowing experience called Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology. She details her life under the influence of the Church and the subsequent harassment by them and their minions. Leah tome also led to a lauded television show, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath; where she invited other denounced former members to share their experiences.

Leah has a warrior spirit. She fights for those who have been wronged, has experienced pain and suffering at the hands of powerful individuals, in this case, men in Hollywood. Leah has been the only celebrity that has called for an investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department…

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Carol Durant

author, poet, playwright, recording artist, actor, founder and host of Outliers Poetry Brunch