We’re continuing our conversation today with Jane Doe 4, the actress Tricia Vessey, who testified as a “past bad acts witness” at the Danny Masterson trial on November 9 and 10
And today, we get into a discussion with her about why Masterson is not facing charges based on her allegations. Looking at her testimony, doesn’t one or both of her incidents satisfy the requirements for “forcible rape” under California law?
We can’t help wondering, if there’s a retrial of Masterson in the spring, should he this time face four counts of forcible rape?
Also, Tricia talks about the moment she brought up Masterson’s DJ name, DJ Donkey Punch, during cross-examination, which we know you want to hear about!
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Technology Cocktail
“We have now university backing of magnitude in Europe and also university arrangements in the U.S. And I think the amount of trouble I can expect is slight, although I am informed that some fellow in the Middle West urged in Denver a ‘police force to keep auditors from using Hubbard’s techniques.’ I have booby-trapped the line on this guy. He will, of course, as he has in any series of lectures I have given, launch some petty suit at me to annoy me. This lets me sue back in the East. I think he will be very unhappy, I hope. I’m not looking for trouble but today I have the funds, the science and the time to get real nasty on these squirrels.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1953
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THE PROSECUTION OF DANNY MASTERSON
We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.
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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?
— The Underground Bunker Podcast
[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH
— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see
[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf
— SPECIAL: Your Proprietor’s updates on the Danny Masterson trial
[1] Sep 21 [2] Sep 28 [3] Oct 4 [4] Oct 10 [5] Oct 11: Day One [6] Oct 12: Day Two [7] Oct 13: Day Three [8] Oct 17: Day Four [9] Oct 18: Day Five [10] Oct 19: Day Six [11] Special interview with Chris Shelton, Oct 19 [12] Oct 20: Day Seven [13] Oct 21: Day Eight [14] First week in review, with Jeffrey Augustine [15] Oct 24: Day Nine [16] Oct 25: Day Ten [17] Oct 27: Day Eleven [18] Oct 28: Day Twelve [19] Second week in review, with Jeffrey Augustine [20] Halloween special [21] Nov 2: Day Thirteen [22] Nov 3: Day Fourteen [23] Nov 4: Day Fifteen [24] Third week in review [25] Nov 5, Saturday special [26] Nov 6, Sunday special [27] Nov 7, Day Sixteen [28] Lisa Marie Presley breaking news [29] Nov 8, Day Seventeen [30] Nov 9, Day Eighteen [31] Nov 10, Day Nineteen
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“Recently I contacted some very interesting facsimiles of Captain Frank de Wolfe of the United States Army, who was wounded at Fort Donelson in 1862. You may think I am talking about a past death; I am not. I am talking about a sympathy facsimile picked up when I was about a year and a half old, evidently, on the death of my great-grandfather. I almost killed myself. I started running out a lot of emotional curves and life began to look more and more interesting, and then when I went to get up out of the chair I couldn’t get up. I wondered what this was all about so I began to run some more emotional curves, and then I suddenly recalled that my great-grandfather had a black cane with a solid gold dog’s head. It was a great little gimmick, this solid gold dog’s head. The facsimile which I had just finished running out was the facsimile of the death of my dog when I was 14, which tied in to the cane with the dog’s head, which was the death of my great-grandfather that occurred while I was still sick with pneumonia when about a year and a half old. Evidently my legs from the waist down had been out of valence most of my life.” — L. Ron Hubbard, December 10, 1951
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“So evidently there’s a grade of ‘animal’ according to the very best professors. Looking it over, modern ‘education’ and all, we then have the job of moving people up on this course action with which there would be wide agreement due to teachings in universities. Animal + Technique Zed = Human Being + Dianetics to Grade IV = Homo Novis + Power, R6EW and CC = Clear + OT grades to OT VII = Operating Thetan + what research I’m now doing equals ( ). There are a lot of in betweens and a lot of tech but those are the major points.” — The Commodore, December 10, 1970
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“Every person he owed money to, including me and except Mary who took hers to Court (hers was different, not an advance payment but a specific loan) we worked out a handle so the person wasn’t harmed. He then received L10 and L12 from me. So how then is he in a condition of Enemy? The treason/enemy conditions were always wrong indications, the condition was danger that never never were fully handled and so repeated.”
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1999: “Xenubat” reported a protest in San Diego. “Me, Barb and Conner decided to pay a visit to the San Diego org today to do a picket in memory of Lisa McPherson. I had on my ‘Who Is Xemu?’ picketing T-shirt, and, this being a typical San Diego day with wonderful weather, I didn’t even need to wear my sweater which I had brought with me. I had my ‘Lisa’ picket sign with me: The first side had two pictures of Lisa McPherson and said, ‘YOUNG. PRETTY. DEAD.’. The other side said, ‘DID 100% STANDARD TECH KILL LISA McPHERSON?’ Barb’s sign said, ‘SCIENTOLOGY KILLED LISA–1959-1995’; the other side ‘RON IS GONE BUT THE CON LIVES ON’. Conner’s sign said, ‘SCIENTOLOGY INDICTED IN DEATH OF LISA McPHERSON, DECEMBER 5, 1995’ and ‘$CIENTOLOGY–$ECRETIVE RELIGIOUS $CAM’. I don’t think we had been there two minutes when the driver of a car going down Ash that was waiting at the stoplight honked his approval and yelled out, ‘Thank you so much!’ He actually thanked us twice, said he was glad somebody was out there doing this (picketing) and as the light turned green and he went by, he yelled, ‘L. Ron Hubbard was a psycho lunatic!’ A short while later, a woman driving another car going down Ash yelled out, ‘Why don’t you guys go home and knit?'”
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“Miscavige is a crime boss. If you’re a crime boss or a loan shark you can’t let somebody disrespect you or not pay back a loan, you have to make an example out of them to keep the rest of the underlings in line. This is more important than public perception.”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Plea deadline scheduled for December 16.
— Jay and Jeff Spina, Medicare fraud: Jay sentenced to 9 years in prison. Jeff scheduled to time served with three years supervised release, restitution of $9.7 million.
— Rizza Islam, Medi-Cal fraud: Trial scheduled for March 1 in Los Angeles
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud: Next pretrial hearing December 9.
— Yanti Mike Greene, Scientology private eye accused of contempt of court: Found guilty of criminal and civil contempt.
Civil litigation:
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Complaint filed April 28 in Tampa federal court, Scientology moving to compel arbitration. Plaintiffs filed amended complaint on August 2. Hearing November 17 to argue the arbitration motions, awaiting ruling.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ Selection of arbitrators underway. Next court hearing: February 2, 2023.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: Appellate court removes requirement of arbitration on January 19, case remanded back to Superior Court. Stay in place at least through February 7.
— Brian Statler Sr v. City of Inglewood: Case settled ahead of scheduled Dec 6 trial.
— Author Steve Cannane defamation trial: New trial ordered after appeals court overturned prior ruling.
— Chiropractors Steve Peyroux and Brent Detelich, stem cell fraud: Lawsuit filed by the FTC and state of Georgia in August, now in discovery phase.
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After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.
LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH
An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.
SCIENTOLOGY’S CELEBRITIES, from A to Z
Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!
Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?
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THE WHOLE TRACK
[ONE year ago] Who will cry for ‘fallen artists’ like Elvis and Hemingway if not Scientology?
[TWO years ago] Danny Masterson accusers: Scientology’s illegal behavior shouldn’t count as ‘commerce’
[THREE years ago] George Gascón goes there: Elect him Los Angeles D.A., and Danny Masterson gets a fresh look
[FOUR years ago] Scientology school sinks to new low, but the federal dollars keep pouring in
[FIVE years ago] A close up look at how human rights abuser Scientology is touting human rights as a front
[SIX years ago] The way to break free from Scientology’s mind trap: Admit to yourself that you’re gullible
[SEVEN years ago] DOX: Woman sues Pasadena company for forcing Scientology on her
[EIGHT years ago] Marc Headley responds to sliming Scientology gave him at the ‘International Business Times’
[NINE years ago] The big reveal: What you actually learn on Scientology’s Operating Thetan Level Three
[TEN years ago] Nazanin Boniadi Speaks! Or Rather, Raps, About Scientology’s ‘Blind Alley’
[ELEVEN years ago] Scientology Subluxation: Commenters of the Week!
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 2,874 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 3,379 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 2,929 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 1,919 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 1,810 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,115 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 2,985 days.
Doug Kramer has not seen his parents Linda and Norm in 2,090 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 4,563 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 3,879 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 12,445 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 8,364 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 4,532 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,112 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 4,374 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 3,410 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,125 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 2,690 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,005 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,180 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 6,731 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 3,862 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,200 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,055 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,174 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 2,530 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 6,833 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 2,939 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 3,337 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,213 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 2,796 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,291 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 3,545 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 14,654 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on December 10, 2022 at 07:00
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The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2021 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2021), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)
Other links: BLOGGING DIANETICS: Reading Scientology’s founding text cover to cover | UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists | GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice | SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts | Shelly Miscavige, 15 years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ
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