What is Arnie Lerma?
[[File:Arnie Lerma.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Lerma in 2008]] '''Arnaldo Pagliarini Lerma''' (November 18, 1950 – March 16, 2018) was an American writer and [[activist]]. He was a former Scientologist, and critic of [[Scientology]]. He appeared in television, media and radio interviews. Lerma was the first person to post the court document known as the [[Fishman Affidavit]], including the [[Xenu]] story, to the internet via the [[Usenet]] newsgroup [[alt.religion.scientology]]. He was a strong critic of [[L. Ron Hubbard]].<ref>{{cite speech | first=Arnaldo|last=Lerma | title=How I Got Fooled | location=Washington, DC | date=2008-03-15 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGBepC3StII|accessdate=2008-05-18}}</ref> He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Lerma committed suicide by shooting himself on March 16, 2018 in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] after shooting his wife in the face with a 9 mm handgun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tonyortega.org/2018/03/18/noted-scientology-critic-arnie-lerma-shoots-and-injures-wife-then-kills-himself/|title=Noted Scientology critic Arnie Lerma shoots and injures wife, then kills himself « The Underground Bunker|website=tonyortega.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> He was 67 years old. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.lermanet.com/ Lermanet.com: Exposing the con] (Arnie Lerma's Website) Media, Documentation and Pictures of 1995 Raid *[http://www.cnn.com/US/9508/scientology/ ''Church of Scientology protects secrets on the Internet''] CNN, Washington, August 26, 1995 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051118133954/http://www.scientology-kills.org/affidavits_docs/lerma.htm Affidavit by Arnie Lerma] dated September 6, 1995. *[https://www.eff.org/legal/cases/Scientology_cases/brinkema_rtc_washpost_112895.opinion ''Brinkema, Leonie M. Civil Action No. 95-1107-A: Memorandum Opinion''] Alexandria: US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia-Alexandria Division, November 28, 1995 *[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.12/alt.scientology.