LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Church of Scientology attorneys filed court papers Tuesday stating that they plan to bring an anti-SLAAP suit as part of the faith's defense of the majority of claims in actress Leah Remini's amended complaint, in which the former church member alleges that harassment of her picked up after she first sued the church this summer.

Scientology attorneys will ask Judge Randolph Hammock on Wednesday to allow them to file a brief of a maximum of 30 pages in support of their motion. The state's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law is intended to prevent people from using courts, and potential threats of a lawsuit, to intimidate those who are exercising their First Amendment rights.

Church lawyers state in their court papers that they determined that the vast majority of the allegations in the 68-page revised suit implicates the church's constitutionally protected speech or activity.

"Religious speech is of course protected, and speech about the Church of Scientology in particular has been recognized as speech on a matter of public interest," the church attorneys argue.

In a two-page response to the church's motion that also was filed Tuesday, Remini's attorneys state that 30 pages is "excessive and poses an unnecessary burden on the court's resources," but said they will defer to Hammock's judgment.

The church attorneys state in their court papers that during the past decade, Remini has "made a lucrative career spewing hate and inspiring violence against the Church of Scientology, its parishioners and the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion."

Remini has pursued her goals through her autobiography, a cable television show, podcasts and appearances on broadcast television and radio, according to the Scientology lawyers' court papers, which further state that lawyers will provide "multiple examples of persons who committed acts of violence against the church while expressly claiming (Remini) as their inspiration."

Remini's original suit was brought Aug. 2 and included allegations of civil harassment, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation. Scientology leader David Miscavige is also a defendant in both the first suit and the updated complaint.

"In the short period of time since Ms. Remini's complaint was filed, Ms. Remini and others have been subject to continued, aggressive harassment," according to the amended suit, which cites as an example a Scientology statement maintaining that the actress' remarks had "generated threats of and actual violence against the church and its members" and suggesting that she consider moving to Russia.

In addition, since the lawsuit was filed, there has been evidence of potential fraud flagged on several of Remini's credit cards and recently the business of Remini's tutor was hacked, causing a $15,000 loss to his business account, according to the revised complaint. Before the lawsuit was brought, the tutor received Scientology promotions at his home, signaling the faith's awareness when individuals are associated with the actress, the amended suit states.

In her updated complaint filed Aug. 29, the 53-year-old "The King of Queens" star seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, and she repeats her allegation that Scientologists "have undertaken a campaign to ruin and destroy the life and livelihood of Leah Remini, a former Scientologist of nearly 40 years, a two-time Emmy-award winning producer, actress and New York Times best-selling author, after she was deemed a suppressive person and declared fair game by Scientology in 2013, when she publicly departed Scientology." 

For the past decade, Remini has been stalked, surveilled, harassed, threatened, intimidated and "been the victim of intentional malicious and fraudulent rumors via hundreds of Scientology-controlled and coordinated social media accounts that exist solely to intimidate and spread misinformation," the updated suit alleges.

The organization also has "incessantly harassed, threatened, intimidated and embarrassed Ms. Remini's family members, friends, colleagues and business associates, causing her to lose personal relationships, business contracts and other business opportunities," the amended suit again alleges.

"With this lawsuit, I hope to protect my rights as afforded by the constitution of the United States to speak the truth and report the facts about Scientology," Remini said in a previous statement. "I feel strongly that the banner of religious freedom does not give anyone license to intimidate, harass and abuse those who exercise their First Amendment rights."

Remini released the book "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology" in 2015, and hosted the A&E documentary series "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" from 2016-19.