slanderous and deceptive remarks’ that you refer to in ...

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John B. Patton
7xxx St Boulevard
Southxxxx, MS 38xx

Friday 14th November 2003

Dear Mr. Patton,

I am in receipt of your letter dated November 11th it arrived in this mornings post. At the
time of replying I had not received a copy of your letter by email as indicated at the top
of your letter.

I detect the hand of your daughter behind your letter so in the interests of acquainting you
with the truth I will reply briefly before passing your letter to my lawyer.

As far as I am aware the only reference I have ever made to our brief meeting on the
plane from Denver was in an email sent by me to Devra on 31st July 2003, I attach a copy
for your information. You will see that the email is quite courteous and was an attempt
by me to reach out to your daughter and give her one last chance to settle our differences
before going to court. I received no response.

As you will see from the email I never said that I was sitting next to you. The only other
comment that I take issue with is your assertion that my wife and I were eaves dropping.
You were sat behind me, your voice was quite loud and it was difficult not to hear you.
What I did hear was not new and quite frankly if Devra actually gets around to doing a
fraction of what she has promised to do for charity – no one will be more pleased than
me. That is why I wished her luck at the end of the email.

Since sending that email I have not met with Devra or any of her staff nor do I recollect
talking to anyone further about our encounter. Consequently I have no idea where these
‘slanderous and deceptive remarks’ that you refer to in your letter could have originated
from? If you know their source perhaps you would kindly let my lawyer know I will give
you her address at the end of this letter.

Of course it could be that your daughter, realizing what lies ahead, has pushed your
buttons and got you all fired up in a vain attempt at trying to scare me off. It cannot be a
coincidence that your letter arrived a few days after the latest pile of evidence was
disclosed to your daughter. There is more to come! As I hope you can now see it is not I
who has involved you in this matter; it was your daughter. Since you are now involved
let me now notify you of a few things.

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What started out as a simple matter of breach of contract has now developed into an
argument about who is telling the truth – me or your daughter? I do not blame you for
taking her side, families should stick together, but if I were you I would look at some of
the evidence before you go making blind accusations about my conduct.

The Millennia Mind Business/Shareholder Agreement drawn up by myself and your
daughter in her lawyer’s office, the very same agreement that your daughter said did not
exist, has turned up. It was delivered to me by her personal secretary shortly after she
resigned. The agreement along with all the other evidence I have leaves me in no doubt
that the court will decide in my favor over the matter of breach of contract.

Some months after I left DU/Millennia Mind your daughter wrote a libelous letter to one
of her ex-housekeepers. That person gave the letter to me it formed the basis of my writ
for libel.

During the past few weeks there has been a flood of documentation arriving at my door
from people I have never met. These ex-employees have brought this information to me
not because I have asked them to do so but because they want your daughter to be called
to account. Why? Many are aggrieved at the mental abuse they allegedly received at the
hands of your daughter. Some were fired without due cause others left because they
could not endure the stress of working for her any longer. Several people have witnessed
your daughter physically abusing students. Is this God’s work too?

Some of the documentation that they have given includes more letters that libel me; these
too have been added to the writ. The matter of libel is also an open and shut case.

From your behavior you clearly believe that your daughter to be an angel – I can assure
you that she is not! Not only do I have a wealth of ‘documentary’ evidence to support
my case I have statements from at least ten of your daughter’s ex-employees five of
which have left in the past 3 or 4 months. Additionally there are statements from other
staff members and students that go back several years. All have come forward willingly
and all tell much the same story. Do you really think that all of these people are wrong?

But we do not have to debate this - like you I have every confidence in the law courts. At
some time in the near future a judge will weigh up the mountain of evidence against your
daughter and make his or her own decision about these matters. Your beliefs and
opinions about me and my conduct in this matter are irrelevant!

As for your daughter in my opinion she would not recognize the truth if it hit her squarely
between the eyes and clearly she is not telling you the truth. If she were you would not
be writing to me in this vein. If the Patton family is going to throw its weight and
finances behind this case surely it will want to see what it is up against? Get her to share
the evidence with you – all of it. See if she will allow you or the other family members
to talk to her lawyer. I bet she will not allow either.

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However you do not have to remain in the dark, subject to my lawyer’s approval I’ll
gladly release a mountain of evidence to you and the other Patton family members. This
will include lengthy audio statements made recently by ex-employees many of whom are
lining up at the Labor Board to make their own complaints! Are you going to try and
stop them all?

Let us be sensible, if you really want to help your daughter get out of the mess that she
has put herself into, then I suggest that you review the evidence and get her to make a
choice between the following two options. There are no others!

1. Settle out of court.

2. Go to court and fight the case.

If this matter goes to court in addition to having to settle with me there may well be
additional civil and criminal charges brought against your daughter and some of her
employees arising out of the way the charity has been run. In addition the ensuing
publicity (you will see what I mean if you ever get to read and listen to the evidence) will
make it impossible for her to practice her particular brand of ‘spirituality’ here or indeed
anywhere else.

In conclusion I believe I have a watertight case and I intend to prosecute it and nothing
you or anyone else can say or do will stop this case proceeding. Your daughter is not
above the law and it will be the courts that decide on the outcome of this case not you or
your family.

Yours sincerely

John W.

PO Box, Victor,
Montana, 59875