- No invite from Cruise/paramount pictures photo
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Don’t expect to see Brian Thomas Mettenbrink at the next red carpet event for Scientologists Tom Cruise or John Travolta.
Menttenbrink, 20, of Grand Island, Nebraska, pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles federal court to participating in a ploy to shut down the Church of Scientology websites in January 2008, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Under his plea agreement, he will serve a one year prison sentence.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, “Mettenbrink participated in the attack on the Scientology websites that was orchestrated by a group that labeled itself ‘Anonymous.’”
Authorities said the group led protests against the Church of Scientology at various locations across the country, and in January 2008 announced a new offensive against Scientology.
Mettenbrink admitted downloading computer software from an “Anonymous” message board to bombard Scientology websites with an inordinate amount of traffic to shut them down, authorities said.
Dmitriy Guzner, of Verona, N.J. was sentenced last year to one year and one day in federal prison for her role in the attacks.
