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Lawsuit number 17 filed by Las Vegas attorney against Scientology’s rehab network

We just got our hands on a legal complaint that was filed back on June 30. It’s yet another fraud lawsuit filed by Las Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton against Scientology’s drug rehab network, Narconon.

In this case, Hamilton represents a California family that searched the Internet in January for a rehab center. Barbara Knoflick wanted to []

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The Dallas Morning News asks a question about Scientology, and we want your response

Hey, kids, welcome to summer camp! This is supposed to be a time when things slow down, but we’re more slammed than ever — and we have big stories coming, we promise.

But today, we thought we’d latch on to the seasonal fun over at the Dallas Morning News, where the editorial board decided that []

Sunday Funnies: Scientology lets slip the reason it still produces L. Ron Hubbard’s bad fiction

We have a lot of fun looking through Scientology’s wacky fundraising mailers each Sunday. They give us a snapshot of just how hard the church works to convince its members to fork over more and more money in leader David Miscavige’s unquenchable thirst for more cash.

But on occasion, these internal church fliers also let slip []

Scientology accused of financial sleight of hand to avoid paying in human slavery lawsuit

In April, we told you the story of how Scientology had found itself tangled up in one of the most remarkable human slavery lawsuits ever adjudicated in the United States.

In 2008, three Cuban men won an $80 million judgment against the Curaçao Drydock Company after they escaped years of what they said were harrowing conditions []

Ken Dandar could use a cool million in his fight against Scientology

The last time we spoke with Florida attorney Ken Dandar, he had put on a brave face about what appeared to be another setback in court. Federal Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington had refused, again, to intervene with a state court that had saddled Dandar with a $1 million judgment, payable to the Church of []

Scientology begins hitting back at Ryan Hamilton and his lawsuits

Ryan Hamilton gets some blowback!

We have some legal updates, and they involve several different filings from attorneys for Scientology’s drug rehab network, Narconon, as it begins to hit back at the 16 federal lawsuits filed by Las Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton.

Hamilton’s strategy has been consistent and simple: His lawsuits allege that Narconon’s business []

Jon Atack: The abandoned ideas that L. Ron Hubbard turned into Dianetics

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than a year on Saturdays he helped us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that []

Ryan Hamilton files lawsuit 16 against Scientology’s drug rehab network

He’s like a machine. Since late January, Las Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton has filed sixteen federal fraud lawsuits against Scientology’s drug rehab network. The latest was filed this weekend, and we have the details.

In February of this year, Jerry Courson went looking for a suitable rehab program for his wife, Christy, and found himself talking []

Scientology tries to psych out Florida — and Chill EB is back!

Even as more people leave and Scientology continues inexorably to dwindle, the church never gives up trying to spread its message, sometimes in subtle ways.

The latest example is a campaign we learned about before Scientology has even been able to launch it. It’s the newest ad from the Florida chapter of its anti-psychiatry front group, []

Sunday Funnies: Scientology finally starts making its members superheroes!

We hope you’re enjoying your holiday weekend as we turn to our Sunday tradition of sharing with you some of the Scientology fliers and mailers our excellent tipsters have forwarded to us.

If you’ve been with us for a while, you know that most of these church communications are focused on fundraising. And if anything, the []