spokesman at the time. he grabbed mike around the neck, swings around, and is choking him. he s holding his neck. and mike is grabbing the side of his chair and struggling like not knowing what was going on. and his face is turning red, and the veins are popping in his neck. and i m going, what in the hell is going on. reporter: steve hall was a writer for the church who left in 2004. he says he saw miscavige attack mike render again in november of 2003. he grabs mike, mike s head, with both his hands. throws mike off his feet because he s strong and he put his whole body into this. he smashed mike s head against this cherry wood wall. reporter: church of scientology spokesman tommy davis insisting all these former scientologists are liars, bitter former sea organization members who were demoted from their
not knowing what was going on. and his face is turning red, and the veins are poping out of his neck, and i m going, what in the hell is going on? reporter: steve hall was a writer for the church who left in 2004. he says he saw miscavige attack mike rinder again in november of 2003. he grabs mike. mike s head with both his hands. throws mike off his feet, because he s strong, and he put his whole body into this. he smashed mike s head against this cherrywood wall. reporter: church of scientology spokesman tommy davis insists that all these former scientologists are liars, bitter former sea organization members, who were demoted from their positions by david miscavige. he says mike rinder was asked about rumors of abuse two years ago by the bbc when he was still spokesman for the church. he had been asked about these same allegations and one of his