We’ve been telling you for several weeks that a new amended complaint was expected in the Bixler v. Scientology lawsuit, and that it might dramatically change the case.
That’s the lawsuit that was filed by Danny Masterson’s victims in 2019, even before he was charged criminally in June 2020. And the lawsuit initially wasn’t about the sexual assault allegations, it was about the harassment that the women said they were experiencing since they had come forward to the LAPD in late 2016.
The lawsuit suffered a setback when it was forced into Scientology “religious arbitration,” but then an appeals court overturned that decision. Then the lawsuit was put on hold while Masterson’s criminal trials were happening. In the meantime, the Jane Does suing Scientology replaced their lawyers. And now that Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison, the lawsuit is active again, and attorneys for both sides said they expected to see this new complaint (technically the “second amended complaint” in the case).
Yesterday, the plaintiffs filed a proposed copy of their new complaint with the court, and it contains some surprises.
First, a sixth plaintiff, actress Tricia Vessey, is joining the case to sue Scientology. She testified in Masterson’s first criminal trial, alleging that he had raped her in 1996 after a wrap party in his Hollywood home. (The other five plaintiffs are Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2, and Chrissie Carnell-Bixler from the criminal trials; Chrissie’s husband Cedric Bixler-Zavala; and Bobette Riales, another woman who alleges that Masterson attacked her, but who was not a part of the two trials.)
Second, the plaintiffs have added civil RICO charges to the lawsuit, accusing Scientology of racketeering and of being a criminal enterprise.
Also, the lawsuit is now very much about the sexual assaults and not just the harassment, with multiple plaintiffs suing Masterson for attacking them and Scientology for covering it up.
Wow, there’s a lot of new stuff here and some surprising revelations. But we mostly wanted to show you the change in language, with attorneys for the Jane Does referring to Scientology as a “criminal enterprise” throughout.
This is a lengthy document, but we want to show you the actual language from its introduction, to give you a sense of how it has changed the approach of this case.
Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Jane Doe #1, Bobette Riales, Jane Doe #2, and Tricia Vessey hereby allege against The Church of Scientology International, Religious Technology Center, and Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International (collectively, the “Corporate Defendants”); and David Miscavige, Daniel Masterson, and DOES 1–25 (collectively, the “Individual Defendants”) as follows:
INTRODUCTION
1. The Defendants are members of a criminal enterprise within Scientology. That criminal enterprise includes many individuals, including the Individual Defendants, and a number of corporate entities, including the Corporate Defendants.
2. Defendant David Miscavige is the undisputed and unquestioned leader of this criminal enterprise and derives significant financial benefit from Scientology’s criminal and unlawful activity.
3. Scientology was devised by L. Ron Hubbard, a science-fiction author who was dissatisfied with the income that vocation provided him. As his wife explained, Hubbard believed that “‘[t]he only way to make any real money was to have religion.’ That’s essentially what he [Hubbard] was trying to do . . . Get a religion where he could have an income and the government wouldn’t take it away from him in the form of taxes.” A science-fiction associate of Hubbard’s similarly recounted that Hubbard believed “the only way to make a million dollars was to form your own religion.”
4. Scientology’s self-described governing philosophy is “MAKE MONEY. MAKE MORE MONEY. MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MORE MONEY.”
5. Many of Scientology’s criminal enterprise’s money-making schemes are criminal in nature; it routinely and systematically engages in fraud, human trafficking, identify theft, and money laundering to fill its coffers and enrich its leadership.
6. Scientology’s criminal enterprise also makes money by selling pseudo-scientific “auditing sessions.” Scientology’s criminal enterprise claims these sessions “bring people from a condition of spiritual blindness to spiritual existence” and that they cure arthritis, dermatitis, asthma, coronary difficulties, eye trouble, bursitis, ulcers, sinusitis, cancer, and any number of other physical ailments. As befits such lofty (purported) results, customers who purchase the entire course of auditing sessions spend upwards of $500,000.
7. As with many criminal enterprises, Scientology’s takes steps to protect itself and its co-conspirators from governmental authorities. Scientology’s criminal enterprise takes a two-faced approach to protecting its criminal activities: it simultaneously presents an innocuous front to the public while terrorizing any who speak out about its unlawful activity in order to intimidate them and dissuade them from seeking protection from law enforcement or from cooperating with governmental authorities.
Advertisement8. In order to provide itself with a patina of legitimacy, Scientology’s criminal enterprise recruits celebrities to serve as its public ambassadors. Defendant Daniel Masterson is one such celebrity. During Masterson’s long association with Scientology, Scientology’s criminal enterprise used its resources to assist Masterson with his burgeoning acting career and provided him preferential treatment within Scientology. In exchange, Masterson publicly supported Scientology and its criminal enterprise (by, for example, claiming Scientology cures depression).
9. While presenting itself outwardly as a respectable organization, Scientology’s criminal enterprise has implemented a policy of terrorizing victims (and witnesses) of its crimes — whether or not those victims (or witnesses) are Scientologists — into keeping Scientology’s crimes secret. This begins by inculcating its members to distrust outsiders, and particularly to distrust governmental enforcement. Scientology’s criminal enterprise has a strict policy against reporting crimes to the authorities, and if a member does find the courage to go to the authorities, Scientology’s criminal enterprise and its agents engage in a coordinated effort to wreak havoc on the victim’s life through a targeted harassment campaign. These harassment campaigns extend to non-members as well, who are frequently targeted for harassment if Scientology’s criminal enterprise sees them as a threat.
10. Scientology’s criminal enterprise’s harassment campaigns are carried out by Scientologists within that enterprise. But Scientology’s criminal enterprise also uses its significant resources — including the proceeds of its criminal endeavors — to hire outside agents (i.e., non-Scientologists) to implement and carry out its harassment campaigns.
11. Prior to the events alleged herein, Scientology had known for years that Defendant Masterson had raped and sexually assaulted multiple women. In order to protect Defendant Masterson, and to protect itself, Scientology’s criminal enterprise chose to bury knowledge of Defendant Masterson’s crimes.
12. While Scientology knew that Defendant Masterson was a rapist, due to Scientology’s criminal enterprise’s concealment of that fact, Plaintiffs Bixler, Riales, Vessey, and Jane Does 1 and 2 did not. Over the course of the late 1990s and early 2000s, each of them associated with Defendant Masterson in different capacities, and Defendant Masterson assaulted and raped each of them. For years, Plaintiffs Bixler, Riales, Vessey, and Jane Does 1 and 2 believed themselves to be Defendant Masterson’s only victims and, due to fear of reprisal from Scientology and its criminal enterprise, did not report Defendant Masterson’s rapes and sexual assaults to the authorities.
13. Beginning in 2016, Plaintiffs Bixler, Riales, Vessey, and Jane Does 1 and 2 began to contact each other and came to understand that Defendant Masterson was a serial rapist. In the hopes of preventing him from continuing to prey on women, they went to the authorities to report his sexual assaults.
14. As soon as Plaintiffs went to the authorities, Defendants began a concerted, targeted campaign of harassment and intimidation aimed at preventing Plaintiffs from cooperating with the authorities.
15. On June 16, 2020, Defendant Masterson was charged with forcibly raping Jane Does 1 and 2 and Plaintiff Bixler.
16. Defendants redoubled their efforts and began to harass both potential witnesses to Defendants’ illicit acts and at least one of the prosecutors assigned to Defendant Masterson’s criminal trial.
17. Defendants’ efforts failed again to stop Defendant Masterson’s prosecution. On May 31, 2023, a jury convicted Defendant Masterson of forcibly raping Jane Does 1 and 2 and hung on the count of forcibly raping Plaintiff Bixler, with eight of twelve jurors voting to convict. On September 7, 2023, Defendant Masterson was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 30 years to life.
The lawsuit then dives into the background about how Scientology operates, and how it targets its perceived enemies with its “Fair Game” retaliation methods.
As for Masterson, there’s a new allegation now listed in the lawsuit:
“In 1994, Defendant Masterson raped and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl (‘V1’). V1 was a Scientologist and immediately reported the rape to Defendants’ agents. Defendants did not go to the authorities and instead concealed the rape to protect Scientology and Defendant Masterson.”
(In 1994, Masterson turned 18 years old.)
“In 1996, Defendant Masterson raped and sexually assaulted a Scientologist (‘V2’). V2 also reported the rape to Defendants’ agents. Once again, Defendants did not go
to the authorities and instead concealed the rape to protect Scientology and Defendant Masterson.”
That second victim could not have been Tricia Vessey, who also reported being raped in 1996, because Vessey was never a Scientologist. So that’s three alleged rapes by 1996 that the plaintiffs are accusing Scientology of covering up and preventing the victims from knowing about each other.
The lawsuit then goes into minute detail about the allegations of stalking, hacking, intimidation and harassment by the individual plaintiffs, some of which is repeated from earlier versions of the case.
For Carnell-Bixler and Bixler-Zavala, for example, there was the horrific poisoning of their dog by someone who had tossed rat poison placed inside raw hamburger into their yard, clearly an intentional act.
Riales, who lives in Indiana, alleges that anonymous callers claimed she was abusing her children to the state department of child services. “These allegations were false, but nonetheless resulted in a lengthy investigation of Riales. After numerous court hearings, no adverse action was taken against Riales.” (Longtime readers will remember that both the Headleys and Jason Beghe were subjected to this same harassing tactic.)
Bobette’s dog was also poisoned, but survived, and she was in her home one day when she found that the outside of it had been set on fire, and the local fire department said it had been intentionally set.
The women allege that their phones and home security systems have been repeatedly tampered with, their emails erased, even their prescriptions interfered with. All of it, they believe, was carried out by the defendants.
And now, the list of charges has grown quite a bit:
Charges 1-3. Racketeering. 4. Violation under a new California law giving victims a year to revive claims of sexual assault. 5. Sexual battery committed by Masterson. 6. Domestic violence by Masterson. 7. Negligence. 8. Negligent supervision. 9. Intentional infliction of emotional distress. 10. Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights. 11. Wiretapping. 12. Computer data access. 13-17. Invasion of privacy. 18. Trespass (NY, for Vessey). 19-20. Stalking. 21. Conspiracy. 22. Loss of consortium.
What a huge change this is from the previous complaint, and no doubt we’ll be hearing a howl of protest from Scientology’s attorneys very soon.
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Continuing our year in review: The stories of August 2023
We started off the month with some personal news: We’d be going under the knife in August, which would prevent us from going to Los Angeles for Danny Masterson’s sentencing. But that all turned out fine and we’re cancer-free and hoping it stays that way.
The next day, Leah Remini filed her lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige over the “Fair Game” retaliation she has been enduring for years. Her specific allegations about the way Scientology’s harassment has harmed her business projects seems to make this a particularly troublesome suit for the church.
Judge Charlaine Olmedo ruled that all three Jane Doe victims would be allowed to give statements at Masterson’s sentencing, even though he was convicted on only two of the counts.
Sinéad O’Connor’s death elicited a fascinating remembrance from one of our readers about how the Irish singer had dated a Scientologist but managed to keep away from the organization itself, something O’Connor herself confirmed in her writings.
An odd twist in the Leah Remini lawsuit: Leah asked for a new judge, but then the next one chosen had to recuse herself because her attorney husband has done work for the church. Small world.
Sands Hall updated us on her latest adventures at our podcast.
We just had to thumb our nose at the Daily Mail and its speculation about Tom Cruise leaving Scientology after it was picked up by the rest of the tabloid horde as gospel.
Recent defector Mitch Brisker told us about what he witnessed on an overnight flight to England with David Miscavige and what the Scientology leader had got up with his female “communicator.”
And Leah Remini, not waiting for a response from Scientology, added to her lawsuit with new allegations of the church’s PIs stalking Mike Rinder.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2022: Valeska Paris files an amended complaint in her labor trafficking lawsuit. Shawn Holley wanted a delay in Danny Masterson’s case, it turned out because she was involved with secret proceedings regarding former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer. We kicked off a special podcast series on a Scientology TV series that never aired, and started it off by interviewing Phil Jones. Bruce Hines on visiting the super-secret Scientology compound where, years later, Shelly Miscavige would be stashed away. Valerie Haney nominated Tom Cruise and, if he was busy, Shelly Miscavige. Andreas Heldal-Lund learned that he has an aggressive cancer.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2021: We count down Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers. Our attorneys got a subpoena quashed that had tried to haul us into Danny Masterson’s case. Laura Prepon told People she’d been out of Scientology for five years. The apologist journal CESNUR slimes Gerry Armstrong.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2020: We started a new list, Top 25 People Enabling Scientology. Judge Burdge denied Valerie Haney’s motion for reconsideration. New Clearwater city councilman Mark Bunker suggested making Scientology a tourist attraction. And episode one or Bryan Seymour’s spiked ‘Black Ops’ series leaks here at the Bunker.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2019: Chris Owen detailed Scientology’s 1970s attempt to take over the UK’s National Association of Mental Health. Rod Keller looked at Scientology attempts to make inroads with the Trump administration. Victoria Locke describes her abuse in Scientology. Danny Masterson’s accusers sue him and the Church of Scientology. Leah Remini and Mike Rinder finished their A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath’ with a powerful final episode.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2018: David Miscavige’s “transparency medal” blew up into a major press story in Colombia as senators there call for an investigation. R.M. Seibert delivered again with a government document showing the US was fully aware of Scientology’s essential scam 50 years ago. Scientology scrambled to throw money at Efrem Logreira after realizing how much trouble it was in. The mid-year Maiden Voyage whales surfaced. Sea Org was now expected to salute donors. Scientology had to remove a kiosk from an LAPD station.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2017: Carol Nyburg told us about her part in an unaired TV series. Leah’s second season started off with a bombshell about child molestation. Michael Peña’s wife Brie Shaffer backed her former employer, Danny Masterson. Pastor Willy Rice got the Scientology smear treatment. We made the full 2009-2010 FBI file about Scientology trafficking public (and on the same day we took in the solar eclipse with Jefferson Hawkins). We attended a San Antonio court hearing about Marty Rathbun.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2016: Scientology didn’t make us feel very welcome at its Harlem grand opening. Life in retirement looks pretty good for Scientology’s notorious dirty trickster, Eugene Ingram. In the presidential campaign, a lot of comparisons between Donald Trump and L. Ron Hubbard were being made, but we pointed out that it was the Clinton White House that had serious Scientology baggage.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2015: Steve Fishman, of the famous Fishman Papers, is doing serious time for a bizarre crime. Tom Cruise gave a speech in Spanish, and turned up at a Scientology org in Colombia. And Paulette Cooper had an amazing encounter in Europe.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2014: We remembered Denise Brennan on the occasion of her passing. Mary Sue Hubbard’s house finally went up for sale, as we had predicted. And Kim Poff and Michael DeLong filed lawsuits over the troubling behavior of Oklahoma state officials who were too afraid to take on Scientology.
A LOOK BACK AT AUGUST 2013: Leah Remini filed a missing-person report on Shelly Miscavige, PZ Myers read A History of Man with us, Gerry Armstrong helped us tell his tale, and Monique Rathbun filed her harassment lawsuit.
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Technology Cocktail
“In all the years I have been engaged in research I have kept my comm lines wide open for research data. I once had the idea that a group could evolve truth. A third of a century has thoroughly disabused me of that idea. Willing as I was to accept suggestions and data, only a handful of suggestions (less than twenty) had long-run value and none were major or basic.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1965
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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.
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 [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman
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“The term thetan, of course, is one which is derived as a mathematical symbol, derived from that symbol, and is an effort to have a precise word, which will describe a precise thing: The unit of beingness, which is the individual. Theta is a Greek letter and you know mathematicians they can’t talk English, so they use Greek symbols and mathematicians long since have picked on theta as a symbol, which they commonly use and the Greeks used it to symbolize thought. And so we have theta, thought, mathematical symbol and then we just put ‘thetan’ on it, and we have something which could describe at once, but doesn’t describe really: the human soul, a ghost, a spirit, a saint, a god, an individual, a being. It’s one of these nice big ‘group’ words. Why? Because it is the word which describes the energy-space production unit which is the individual himself.” — L. Ron Hubbard, December 28, 1953
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“TO ANCHOR: We’re going out to anchor so don’t walk off the gangway if there’s no boat under it! (Joke).” — The Commodore, December 28, 1970
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“You don’t need OT power to get sex, the body has more X-rated stuff in it than 50 universes put together over trillions of years of accumulation. Once the Black V starts to clear up, your dreams will be so XXX-rated it will make you blink.”
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1998: Mark Dallara posted a summary of the recent Clearwater edition of Scientology’s Freedom magazine. “More than a year after Lisa McPherson’s death, and flanking the St. Petersburg Times’ inflammatory coverage, Tampa personal injury attorney Kennan Dandar ‘approached the family,’ soliciting them to sue the Church of Scientology, according to McPherson’s aunt Dell Liebreich – undoubtedly promising mutual financial gain. Those few who came for ‘protests’ in Clearwater were a collection of wife beaters and child molesters whose real intention was to instigate violence and create incidents which could then be capitalized upon by Chief Klein and the Times.”
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“I’m guessing Dan Sherman has a ‘Word of the Day’ thing he sends out on the telex doohickey.”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7.
— ‘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 January 29, 2024.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud.
Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Complaint filed August 2, motion to strike/anti-SLAPP motions by Scientology to be heard January 9, 2024.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration. Plaintiffs allowed interlocutory appeal to Eleventh Circuit.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: Discovery phase.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration.
— Chiropractors Steve Peyroux and Brent Detelich, stem cell fraud: Ordered to mediation.
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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] TRAGIC: Clearwater OT 8 Scientologist, 40, set fire to herself before shooting herself dead
[TWO years ago] Scientology is trying hard to make 2022 the year America goes ‘Ideal’!
[THREE years ago] Scientology social media is like space age Christmas, praise Xenu!
[FOUR years ago] Danny Masterson asks for more time to answer lawsuit — while he’s skiing in Park City
[FIVE years ago] Best Scientology shoops in the Bunker this year, and let’s see your faves too
[SIX years ago] Joy Villa on the prospect of Trump going after Scientology’s tax-exempt status: ‘Nope’
[SEVEN years ago] After Steve Cannane’s big year writing about Scientology, we hit him up for a look back
[EIGHT years ago] Confirmed: Narconon’s entire Northern California network splits with Scientology
[NINE years ago] Scientology’s 2014 in review: New lawsuits and a house for sale in August!
[TEN years ago] Scientology’s 2013 in review: July fireworks, courtesy of an actress from Brooklyn
[ELEVEN years ago] Scientology’s 2012 in Review: The Master Goeth Before a Fall
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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 3,257 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 3,772 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,322 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,312 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,193 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,497 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,368 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 4,920 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,262 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 12,828 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 8,747 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 4,915 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,496 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 4,757 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 3,793 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,509 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,073 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,388 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,563 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 7,114 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,245 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,583 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,438 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,557 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 2,913 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 7,216 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,322 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 3,720 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,596 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,161 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,674 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 3,928 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,037 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on December 28, 2023 at 07:00
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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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