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Some of Scientology’s orgs around the country are boarded up. What gives, Dave?

 Hey, Dave, what gives? []

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Twenty-five years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life

 We want to warn you the story we’re reprinting today is very disturbing and contains graphic descriptions that some may find difficult to deal with. Five years ago we marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Lisa McPherson by recording, in real time, the final weeks of her life. Today marks the 25th anniversary []

WHOA! Scientology to Judge Kleifield: Wrecking human lives IS our ‘commerce’

[David Miscavige: “Bite down on this, judge.”]

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield shocked us last month when he vacated a hearing in the lawsuit between Danny Masterson’s rape accusers and the That ’70s Show actor and the Church of Scientology. Kleifield wiped out the hearing and then asked Scientology’s attorneys to submit a []

More Scientology orgs and missions got Covid bailouts than we knew: The detailed breakdown

[Scientology worked the pandemic to its advantage in various ways]

This summer when the Trump Administration first released limited information about which businesses had received Covid bailout loans, we reported that among them were three Scientology churches — the New York and DC ‘Ideal Orgs,’ and the Belleair, Florida mission — as well as two Narconon []

The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 8: The ghost private eyes

 One of the hallmarks of Scientology harassment is the “noisy” nature of it. Usually, when you’re the target of a Scientology “Fair Game” campaign (and your proprietor can confirm this from personal experience) you know very well that it’s happening. Scientology wants you to know that your friends and family are being called and visited []

If the feds are sniffing around, they might look at Danny Masterson’s besties

[Danny Masterson stalwarts: Ben Shulman and Brie Shaffer]

In October we reported on a new development in the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s rape accusers against the That ’70s Show actor and the Church of []