For his so-called “expose” on the Church of Scientology,
Alex Gibney wanted to find someone who could play the role of angry victim.
And so, meet Jason Beghe.
Expelled from the Church for a pattern of violence.
A man filled with rage and volatility,
with a hair-trigger temper
that has landed him in trouble with the law.
Just one example: the day two process servers
went to his house in performance of their duties.
My name is Kim Teager. I work for a nationwide legal support,
we’re a legal support company who
pretty much just serves legal documents for attorneys that hire us.
On this particular day we were hired to serve
Jason Beghe subpoena papers.
I served a document to Mr. Beghe and he became infuriated
and he handed the document back to me.
I started to walk towards my car after leaving the document on his car,
and that’s when he came outside, angry,
asking me where I had left the document.
He asked me who I worked for,
and I just continued to walk towards my car.
And I saw Beghe walking next to him, yelling in his ear
and then he started smacking the back of his head.
So when I saw that I yelled to leave him- leave him alone.
And Jason Beghe violently hit me in the back of my head repeatedly with,
with his fist.
Then he started punching me in my abdomen.
When I turned around I noticed that there was
six dogs chasing me and Jason Beghe was also chasing me
screaming at me to get off his f…ing property.
And I thought he was crazy.
I didn’t know how bad he was going to hurt Javier,
if he was going to try and hurt me.
As soon as I got to my car, and I said
“Kim, let’s get out of here”
and that’s when I noticed that she wasn’t reversing
because the six dogs were surrounding the car
and then Jason Beghe approached the driver’s side window
and he was pounding on the top of the car
and then he started to try and break the window with his elbow.
I thought that he was actually trying to break the window to get to us.
I was afraid that he was going hurt us if he did, so
I was out of there.
I think I’ve been doing this for maybe
6 - 7 years before this incident,
I’ve never heard of anyone actually getting punched
or actually assaulted after serving a paper.
Even after he hit me on the back of my head
I said, "That's assault!" and he said, "I don't give a shit".
Jason Beghe was convicted of willful battery on an officer of the court
and was ordered to pay $19,000 in restitution.
That's Jason Beghe—hair-trigger hothead.
An angry man with a grudge
selected by Alex Gibney to continue his pattern of profanity-laced tirades
and violence against anyone who dares to cross him.
But Alex Gibney isn't revealing who Jason Beghe really is.
And for obvious reasons.
I think we got the story that we wanted.
It’s not the truth. It’s Alex Gibney. On HBO.