Why is Scientologist felon David Gentile, who was convicted of five US Federal felonies on August 1, 2024, so terrified of the numbers 43 and 97? We explain:

The Number 43: The highest number a person can receive in the US Federal sentencing guidelines is 43. The presentencing Probation report assigned David Gentile the maximum offense level number 43:

David Gentile objects to the offense level computation of 43: 

The presentencing Probation report determined that correct sentencing for David Gentile should be 1,020 months. Gentile objected: 

The number 97: The presentencing Probation report determined that David Gentile should pay his victims $97 million in restitution.

David Gentile objects to being ordered to pay his 15,000 victims $97 million in restitution:

The numbers 43 and 97 are very bad for David Gentile. 

Exhibit H contains David Gentile’s numerous, often repetitive, and sometimes petty objections to the presentencing Probation report: