Leah Remini is an American actress with a net worth 2023 of $25m. In August 2023, Remini announced a stunning lawsuit against the church of Scientology.
The actress is known for roles on CBS sitcoms The King of Queens and Kevin Can Wait.
In August 2023, she sued her former church. This comes just a day or so after rapper Lizzo was also sued by former dancers.
According to her, after years of harassment and intimidation, she’s ready to stand up to the church now.
In this article, we discuss Leah Remini net worth 2023, her suing Scientology, history and biography, Twitter and Instagram accounts and other pertinent facts.
Let’s dive right in!
Who is Leah Remini?
Leah Remini is an American actress known for playing Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait (2017–2018). She acted in both movies alongside Kevin James.
Actress Leah Remini net worth in 2023 is estimated at around $25m.
Early Life
Leah Marie Remini was born on June 15, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Vicki Marshall and George Remini, who owned an asbestos removal company.
Her mother is of Austrian Jewish descent, while her father has Italian ancestry from the isle of Sicily. Remini grew up in Bensonhurst, a residential neighbourhood in the southwest section of the New York borough of Brooklyn.
Leah Remini was baptized into the Catholic Church as a child but her lifelong association with Scientology begun when she was 8 years old and her mother decided to join the Church of Scientology.
At 13 years old, Remini and sister Nicole were taken to join Scientology’s Paramilitary organization called the Sea Organization, where they were forced to sign billion-year contracts and work for their room and board.
According to reports: “Sea Org children do not live with their parents, are treated as adults, and work around the clock.”
After just about a year, Remini’s mother decided to take her children out of the Sea Org and return to civilian Scientology life. However, her decision to join the Sea Org would affect her and her daughters for years afterward as they had to work to pay off their ‘debts’ to the Church of Scientology.
Apparently, the church has a form of debt known as a Freeloader Debt or Freeloader Bill, which is a retroactive billing for any auditing received or any Scientology training received while in the Sea Org. It reportedly can run into tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Career
At the age of 14, Leah Remini dropped out of school to focus on acting.
Leah Remini got her start on Who’s the Boss? as Charlie Briscoe. A spin-off was developed called Living Dolls, where she starred alongside Halle Berry. The show premiered in ’89 and had a short run of just twelve episodes.
In 1991, Leah Remini appeared on ABC’s sitcom The Man in the Family as Tina Bovasso. She kept popping up in various shows like Saved by the Bell and Evening Shade before trying her luck in a couple of short-lived series, First Time Out and Fired Up. Leah even made appearances on Cheers as Serafina, Carla and Nick Tortelli’s daughter.
Fun fact: she auditioned for the role of Monica Geller on Friends but Courteney Cox ended up getting the iconic role.
Remini’s big break came in 1998 when she secured the role of Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, with the show running for a good nine seasons until 2007.
She also recorded her own reality show called Inside Out: Leah Remini, which aired on VH1 and covered her wedding and the birth of her daughter Sofia Bella.
Leah joined the cast of The Exes and created her own reality series called Leah Remini: It’s All Relative. She also starred in some cool comedy films like Mad Families, The Clapper, Handsome, and Second Act. In 2020, she got a production deal for her company, No, Seriously Productions. In 2022, she became a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, taking over from Matthew Morrison. And since 2022, she’s been hosting the Game Show Network’s original series, People Puzzler.
Leah Remini was a co-host in the first season of the CBS daytime talk show, The Talk, which premiered October 18, 2010. The other co-hosts were Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Holly Robinson Peete, and Sharon Osbourne. The show, similar to The View, sought to address motherhood and contemporary issues.
Personal Life
Leah Remini is married to actor Angelo Pagán, who she met at a Cuban restaurant in 1996. Pagán has three sons from previous relationships.
He and Remini were married in Las Vegas by a Scientologist minister on July 19, 2003.
Leah Remini and her husband welcomed their daughter Sofia born on June 16, 2004. In September 2015, when Sofia was eleven years old, her parents celebrated her baptism into the Catholic Church.
After dropping out of school as a child to work to pay off her Scientology debts, Leah Remini was accepted into an associate degree program in liberal arts at New York University in May 2021 and she’s still currently working towards her degree.
Leah Remini Net Worth 2023
The net worth of Leah Remini in 2023 in $25m. She’s made a fortune in her career earnings from acting as well as running her own production company, writing a best-selling book and other endorsements and sponsorships.
Leah Remini lawsuit
As previously mentioned, Leah Remini was a member of the Church of Scientology from the age of nine when her mother joined the church.
In July 2013, Remini left Scientology, owing to policies that forbid members from questioning the management of Church leader David Miscavige, which she believed was corrupt; the reported abuse of members of its Sea Org religious order; its policy of “disconnection”; and its practice of branding those who have left the Church of their own accord as “suppressive persons” and the fair gaming tactics that Scientology has used for decades.
In August 2023, Leah Remini announced a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology. The expansive lawsuit accuses the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, of harassment, defamation, surveillance and other unlawful behavior resulting in “psychological torture”.
“After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I am filing a lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige,” Remini wrote in a post on Twitter.
“While advocating for victims of Scientology has significantly impacted my life and career, Scientology’s final objective of silencing me has not been achieved. While this lawsuit is about what Scientology has done to me, I am one of thousands of targets of Scientology over the past seven decades. People who share what they’ve experienced in Scientology, and those who tell their stories and advocate for them, should be free to do so without fearing retaliation from a cult with tax exemption and billions in assets,” she continued.
In a press release on her substack, Leah Remini stated: “the lawsuit seeks to require Scientology, and any entity it controls and funds, to cease and desist its alleged practice of harassment, defamation, and other unlawful conduct against anyone who Scientology has labeled as an “enemy.” It also requests compensatory and punitive damages to compensate Remini for the harm she alleges Scientology has inflicted on her and her career.”
Detailing supposed harassment she’s faced, she fingered the Church’s OSA (Office of Special Affairs (OSA), formerly known as the Guardians Office) for using operatives under [Scientology founder] L Ron. Hubbard’s OSA Network Orders; meant to “totally restrain and muzzle,” “obliterate,” and “ruin utterly” her; and demonstrate a pattern and practice of harassment, defamation, and abuse.
The lawsuit lays out the myriad of ways in which Scientology leaders and agents, beginning in 2006, seven years before Remini left Scientology, allegedly financed and ordered coordinated campaigns against Remini, her family, friends, businesses partners, associates, advertisers, proposed future advertisers, future employers and support office staff who have never even met her.
“With this lawsuit, I hope to protect my rights as afforded by the Constitution of the United States to speak the truth and report the facts about Scientology. I feel strongly that the banner of religious freedom does not give anyone license to intimidate, harass, and abuse those who exercise their First Amendment rights,” Leah Remini added.
The full Leah Remini Scientology lawsuit can be read below…
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
In Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the actress investigates the Church of Scientology through via her own experiences and that of other former members.
After acrimoniously leaving the church in 2013, Leah became an outspoken critic of Scientology and published a bestselling memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, in 2015.
The first season of Leah Remini: Scientology and the aftermath was aired by A&E in seven regular and three special episodes commencing November 29, 2016. The show received positive reviews from critics, recorded A&E’s best premiere ratings since 2014 and maintained a consistently high viewership for subsequent episodes. The first season garnered two Emmy nominations, scoring one win.
The Church of Scientology was extremely critical of Remini and the show and established several websites attacking the show, its presenters and many of the interviewees. On August 26, 2019, the series ended with a two-hour special.
In each 43-minute episode, Leah Remini and co-host Mike Rinder investigate what A&E calls “shocking stories of abuse, heartbreak and harassment experienced by those who have left the church and spoken publicly about their experiences”. She interviews former members of the church who describe their experiences with Scientology and how they have continued to be affected by it even after leaving. She also speaks with a number of former high-ranking church officials who explain the background to the church’s policies and organization, and how this relates to the experiences of ex-members.
In a statement, Leah Remini stated her goal for the show Scientology and the Aftermath: “For too long, this multi-billion-dollar organization bullied victims and journalists to prevent the truth from being told. It is my hope that we shed light on information that makes the world aware of what is really going on and encourages others to speak up so the abuses can be ended forever.”
Throughout its run, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, scored multiple award wins including two Emmys, Reality Television Awards 2017 for hosting, 2018 NATPE Unscripted Breakthrough Awards for Best Innovation, 2019 Truth to Power Award, CHILD USA 2019 Barbara Blaine Trailblazer Award, and two Gracie Awards presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (for On-Air Talent – Lifestyle and Entertainment and for Non-Fiction Entertainment).
Leah Remini Instagram
Leah Remini is on Instagram @leahremini where she has over 4 million followers.
Describing herself as a “Mother, Wife, Actress, Author, Producer, Advocate, and Intolerant of Bullies, Bull**** & Injustice – Leah Remini Twitter account can be found here.@LeahRemini
David Miscavige
David Miscavige is the second and current leader of the Church of Scientology. His official title within the organization is Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center (RTC), a corporation that controls the trademarks and copyrights of Dianetics and Scientology. He is also referred to within the Scientology organization as “DM”, “C.O.B.” or “Captain of the Sea Org”.
Miscavige was born in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, on April 30, 1960. His parents, Ronald and Loretta Miscavige, were Catholics of Polish-Italian heritage. Miscavige and his twin sister, Denise, were raised primarily in Willingboro Township, New Jersey.
He joined the Sea Org, a management group for the Scientology organization, as a teenager and rose to a leadership position by the early 1980s.
David Miscavige has been accused of various crimes and abuses, such as human trafficking, child abuse, slavery, forced separation of family members, coercive fundraising practices, harassment of journalists and Scientology critics, and emotional and physical abuse of subordinates. He has also been investigated by the FBI and named as a defendant in numerous lawsuits involving his role in the organization.
He has denied most of these allegations and attacked the credibility of those who bring them1. He has also been elusive and difficult to serve with legal documents.
According to a U.S. magistrate judge, he was “actively concealing his whereabouts or evading service” in a federal trafficking lawsuit filed by former Scientologists who allege they were trafficked into Scientology as children and forced to work for little or no pay as adults. Process servers tried to deliver court documents to him 27 times between May and August 2022 at 10 church properties in Clearwater and Los Angeles and were turned away by security. He was officially served in the case in February 2023 after his attorneys declined to accept service for him.
Leah Remini’s issues with the Church of Scientology are believed to be tied to her decision to ask about the whereabouts of Miscavige’s wife Shelly Miscavige at the 2006 wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
In reaction to this seemingly harmless question, Remini was told by then-spokesman Tommy Davis that she did not “have the f*cking rank” to do so.
Remini then filed a “knowledge report” in which she asserted that Miscavige, Cruise, and other senior Scientology members engaged in behavior that was inconsistent with Church rules. She was subsequently “subjected to years of ‘interrogations’ and ‘thought modification'” that led to her being blackballed within Scientology.
In August 2013, it was disclosed that Remini had filed a missing person report with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) concerning David Miscavige’s wife Shelly.
Shelly, back in 2013 – had not been seen in public since 2007.
After the report was filed, the LAPD looked into the matter, met and spoke with Shelly Miscavige before closing the investigation, and stated Remini’s report was “unfounded”. Scientology said in a statement that the whole affair was simply harassment and a publicity stunt for Remini.
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