The latest in the Millers / Gentle Wind Project's lawsuits against
us has now been scheduled for trial in October or November 2006 in
York County (Maine State) Superior Court, Alfred, ME. This state
lawsuit follows upon the Millers / GWP's January 6, 2006 dismissal
from Maine District Federal Court where they filed their first
lawsuit in May 2004.

The new lawsuit will be heard by Maine Superior Court Justice G.
Arthur Brennan and by a Maine jury. According to the Court
schedule, the Millers (Plaintiffs) have one opportunity for a
settlement offer prior to trial. After that, they'll "have their
day in court" on what they initiated two years ago against us and
other defendants.

Gentle Wind Project leaders filing the lawsuit are the Plaintiffs,
John–AKA "Tubby" Miller; Moe–AKA Mo, Olivia, Claudia Panuthos,
Mary Elizabeth Carreiro (Panuthos/Silver/Carreiro/Miller); Carol-
AKA Max, Mapes Miller; Shelly–AKA Dianne, Mugsie, Shelbourne
(Boyce/Koster/Miller); Pam–AKA Colleen Ranheim; Joan Carreiro;
and Gentle Wind Project.

Rather than filing Motions for Dismissal, or Summary Judgment, it is
important for us to go to trial since there are contested facts.

A few of the contested facts are:

The Millers et al contend that we defamed them by reporting – in our
personal stories about our 17 years as followers of the Millers /
GWP – that there was group sexual activity (called "energy work")
among the leaders and followers and that followers were told that
this "energy work" would bring the designs for new GWP "healing
instruments" from the "spirit world" to the GWP leader, John "Tubby"
Miller. The Millers et al have each denied, under oath during
depositions, that group sexual activity of any kind took place among
GWP members / followers.

The Millers et al also deny that Gentle Wind Project is a cult, and
they claim in their promotional material that they have "clinical
research" on the effectiveness of their "healing instruments" and
that this "research" meets scientific standards. Based on our years
of association with GWP, as followers and board members, we disagree
with their cult denials, and have shown how the GWP so-called
research is anecdotal and/or conducted by GWP believers. This is
all described in our personal reports at:
http://www.windofchanges.org/InsidersStories.html and at:
http://www.windofchanges.org/HusbandsPerspective.html

A copy of the Millers' et al latest lawsuit is at the bottom of the
page at our public interest website, Wind of Changes, for anyone
interested in GWP: http://www.windofchanges.org. Their remaining
pleadings against us are state claims such as defamation. We have
filed Counterclaims against the Millers et al, which can be read at:
http://www.windofchanges.org/counterclaims.html

The Alfred, Maine courthouse isn't large by big city standards, but
seating is open to the public should anyone want to get a close-up
view of the Gentle Wind Project and the Millers' offense/defense.

We are being represented by skilled attorneys of Drummond, Woodsum &
MacMahon, Portland, ME: http://www.dwmlaw.com – Jerrol Crouter,
Esq., Managing Director of the firm, and Brian Willing, Esq.

We have also received excellent pro bono legal assistance from,
among others, The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
Law School: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?
wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=893 . Together, our attorneys won a
Motion for Summary Judgment against GWP/the Millers when Senior
District (Federal) Court Judge Gene Carter dismissed GWP's RICO
(racketeering) Federal claim against us in January.

The Millers' second attempt at a Federal claim – the Lanham Act –
was dismissed early in their Federal lawsuit by Judge Carter. In
fact, the Magistrate Judge dismissed their entire lawsuit initially,
and then the Millers filed an Amended Claim and squeaked by on a
technicality for the RICO claim, which required an additional year
of motions, depositions, etc, before it was summarily dismissed this
year.

The Millers et al are represented by Portland law firm Verrill &
Dana (James Goggin, Esq., Dan Rosenthal, Esq., Suzannah Pogue, Esq.)
to file their "convoluted" (in the words of Senior District Judge
Gene Carter) lawsuits against us and originally against Rick Ross of
Rick Ross Institute, Steve Gamble of Equilibra, Ian Mander of New
Zealand Cult List, Ivan Fraser of The Truth Campaign, and Steve
Hassan of Freedom of Mind – all who have public service websites
where our original stories or links were posted, or other opinions
on the cult-like aspects of GWP.

Ian Mander was also sued again by the Millers, and has not
responded; repeating his seemingly complete disregard for their
continuous lawsuits from his vantage point in New Zealand – where
the legal system apparently discourages lawsuits by sanctioning
litigious Plaintiffs who are shown to be misusing the law.