Jane Doe 3: Scientology required a victim to get her attacker’s car washed

Even more Scientology content came in yesterday as direct examination of Jane Doe 3 was completed at the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, and there was one moment in particular we wanted to highlight before what we expect is going to be a full day of cross-examination of Jane Doe 3 today.

Again, the level of detail about Scientology is much more granular than it was in the first trial. We learned yesterday, for example, that one of the things Jane Doe 3 was required to do after she reported her December 2001 rape to ethics officer Miranda Scoggins and her husband, chaplain Chris Scoggins, was to make “amends” to Masterson. This included, she said, getting his car washed.

We meant to point this out in yesterday’s wrap-up video, but then forgot to mention it. So we want to point it out here: Scientology not only told a rape victim not to characterize her rape as “rape,” not only convinced her that she was at fault for her own victimization, but also indoctrinated her about this point of view by making her get her rapist’s car washed.

This is the kind of thing that Scientology works very hard and spends huge piles of money keeping out of court testimony in civil lawsuits, and the church also attempted, comically, to keep Scientology out of this criminal trial.

That attempt failed, however, and Judge Olmedo has ruled that Scientology is going to be even more a part of the retrial than the first trial, and the church is powerless to stop it. As a result, we’re getting some incredible insights about this organization, like a rape victim forced to wash her rapist’s car.

But is anyone listening? After a full courtroom on Monday, press row has been pretty empty for the last two days of testimony, and the reporters we were used to seeing at the first trial — from the national television networks, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, Deadline, Court TV, Law and Crime, and others — have stopped coming. We suspect they’ll all be back if a verdict is reached in several weeks, but for now these folks are missing some real gems about Scientology coming out in this retrial.

Scientology must be breathing a sigh of relief about that.

Well, we’ll be there, as usual, and you’ll be getting our reports at the breaks. Watch your inboxes!

 
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Technology Cocktail

“What happens to Man when he dies? Basically all that happens is that a separation occurs between the thetan and the body. However, he takes old facsimiles, energy phenomena and bric-a-brac that he feels he cannot do without, with him, and attaches this to the next body he picks up. He does not build a body in this lazy time of manufactured items and Frigidaires and so on. He picks one up off the genetic line, and the genetic line is a series of mocked-up automaticities which produce according to a certain blueprint from the earliest times of life on this planet through until now.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1958

 
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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?

[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

— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond

[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney

 
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Source Code

“A Clear apparently is the — oh, not apparently, it’s true — he’s the original electric eel, and so on, and apparently affects physical objects without half trying in that state. That is to say, you can warm something up or something. This isn’t phenomena that you would consider even very good phenomena; I mean, it isn’t very advanced, don’t you see? Now, you can see very easily that throwing a lightning bolt couldn’t be very much of a trick. It merely depends on practice in holding your position. If you could hold your position very accurately, why, you could throw a lightning bolt that would probably char the Empire State Building. But that’s beside the point. That’s just theoretical. What you’ve got here in actual fact is that by staring at things you can make them warm, and things like this, you know. You pick up a, here’s a glass with some ice in it, you know? You stare at it for a few minutes and you haven’t got a glass with ice in it. It’s the warmest Coca-Cola you have ever had anything to do with, don’t you see? This is very, very low-scale phenomena. It’s just monkey business.” — L. Ron Hubbard, April 27, 1965

 
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Avast, Ye Mateys

“I’ve just written an HCO Pol Ltr on ‘Death Wishes’ of interest to the ship.” — The Commodore, April 27, 1969

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Overheard in the FreeZone

“There is a taped lecture called ‘On Rhodesia’ and in it LRH describes the setting up of Scientology in South Africa in case Scientology was taken down in the USA and the establishing of the Sea Org as a means to put ethics in in case of a Scientology takedown in America. But the SO being associated with the Galactic Confederacy’s ‘Galactic Patrol’ it put its authority outside of this planet, and that makes LRH’s intention stick in this case. Namely that the planet might fall prey of international chaos, but the off-planet authorities will be able to put ethics in.”

 
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Past is Prologue

1998: Gerry Armstrong posted portions of a declaration by Mike Rinder, head of Scientology’s Office of Special Affairs, in which he denies that the Church of Scientology International has any operations in Nevada. This, despite the operation of orgs in Las Vegas. Gerry is suing Scientology in Nevada. “I am a director of defendant Church of Scientology International. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth below and, if called upon to testify on such matters, would and could do so competently. CSI is a California corporation with its principal place of business in California. CSI has no offices or subsidiaries in Nevada. It is not qualified to conduct business in Nevada and it does not conduct business in Nevada. CSI does not own real or personal property in Nevada, does not own bank accounts in Nevada, does not have employees in Nevada and has no dbas in Nevada. I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States and of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.”

 
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Random Howdy

“The big difference between Scientology and the mafia is the mafia actually go to church on Sunday.”

 
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Mistrial declared November 30. Retrial scheduled, jury selection begins March 29. Next pretrial hearing: Feb 16.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing Feb 13.
— Rizza Islam, Medi-Cal fraud: Trial scheduled for March 1 in Los Angeles
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud: Next status conference Feb 13.

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: March 15, 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.
— 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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SCIENTOLOGY: FAIR GAME

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] Scientology royalty: Why it makes sense for Tom Cruise to host the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
[TWO years ago] Clearwater city manager unhappy about landing on our ‘Top 25 Enabling Scientology’ list
[THREE years ago] Have Jane Doe’s attorneys figured out how to serve Scientology leader David Miscavige?
[FOUR years ago] Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard on family and sex: As enlightened as you’d imagine
[FIVE years ago] Strange days for a woman accusing Danny Masterson of rape — and for her rocker husband
[SIX years ago] Scientology submits names of 500 members to federal court as ordered, but there’s a catch
[SEVEN years ago] LIVE IN L.A.: Hearing in Laura DeCrescenzo’s Scientology forced-abortion lawsuit
[EIGHT years ago] Should Louis Theroux be worried? What a Scientology ‘documentary’ actually looks like
[NINE years ago] Scientology Sunday Funnies: More scenes from the End of Days
[TEN years ago] Scientology’s Notorious R2-45 Policy: Is There a Smoking Gun?

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on April 27, 2023 at 07:00

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