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More new Scientology harassment detail in the lawsuit from Danny Masterson’s victims

[During the trials]

Last week we described how Scientology is trying to strike portions of the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s victims, and they are fighting back by posting more details of the harassment they’ve been going through since they came forward to the LAPD in 2016.

That day, we showed you the stunning allegations by Jane Doe 1, and today, we have the declaration of Jane Doe 2.

Again, we ask you to imagine if this information were to be presented to a jury.

 
DECLARATION OF JANE DOE #2

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I, Jane Doe #2, declaring under a pseudonym, declare as follows:

1. I am over the age of eighteen (18). I have personal knowledge of the facts stated below and, if called upon to do so, could and would competently testify thereto.

2. I am a Plaintiff in the case of Bixler, et al. v. Church of Scientology International, Inc., et al. proceeding under a pseudonym.

3. I submit this Declaration in Support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Special Motion to Strike Certain Allegations and Corresponding Causes of Action from the First Amended Complaint of Plaintiff Jane Doe #2 (“Motion”).

4. I was a practicing Scientologist when I was a child and, through my affiliation with the church, became familiar with members of Scientology, and organizations affiliated with Scientology, including The Church of Scientology International, Religious Technology Center, and Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International, David Miscavige and Daniel Masterson (“Defendants”).

5. Previously, I had reported a rape by a Scientologist to Scientology and was directed to not report the rape to governmental authorities. When I reported the rape, I was shown Scientology policies prohibiting me from contacting the authorities. I was also shown policies prohibiting me from accusing a fellow Scientologist of rape, even if the accusation was reported only to Scientology. I understood that if I did report the assault to Scientology, it would not result in any action being taken except to publicly shun, shame, and harass me.

6. In 2017, I disclosed Defendant Masterson’s assault to the LAPD. From the time I disclosed Defendant Masterson’s assault to the authorities through the present, I have been stalked, harassed, and intimidated by Defendants and their agents in retaliation for reporting my abuse and in an attempt to silence me.

7. In or around May 2023, Defendant Masterson was convicted of raping me, and on or around September 2023, Defendant Masterson was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 30 years to life.

Instances of Physical Surveillance and Harassment

8. Shortly after reporting that Defendant Masterson raped and sexually assaulted me to the LAPD, I observed two people, one of whom I know to be a Scientologist, surveilling my home.

9. Within a week of reporting my rape and sexual assault to the LAPD, a Sea Org member came to my house seeking to speak with me. The Sea Org member initially refused to leave when I told him that I did not want to speak with him.

10. Shortly after contacting the LAPD, I was retrieving something from my vehicle parked in front of my home when an individual, who I know to be a Scientologist, slowly pulled into a nearby driveway and stared at me until I went back inside my home.

11. Starting shortly after I contacted the LAPD, my car started being vandalized. On multiple occasions, when my car was parked on the street near other cars, my car suffered damage (for example, the driver-side rear-view mirror was removed and my entire front windshield was broken and needed to be replaced) while the surrounding cars were untouched.

12. In one instance, in or around the end of 2017 or the beginning of 2018, I was in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California with a friend when we noticed that an unknown man was watching us from a bench and photographing us. When my friend and I walked away, the man followed us for approximately an hour and continued to photograph us.

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13. In or around late 2017 or early 2018, I was followed around a grocery store by a Sea Org member known to me as Maverick.

14. In or around February 2018, I was at a grocery store when [Ilaria] Urbinati, who had since become a business partner of Defendant Masterson’s, approached me and told me that Leah Remini was putting me “up to this,” and asked why I and Plaintiff Bixler were “doing this to Danny?” Urbinati went on to interrogate me and to attempt to get me to admit I was lying about being raped and assaulted by Defendant Masterson. She also told me that Bixler was “insane” and that Masterson had not raped me. Urbinati persisted despite me repeatedly asking Urbinati to leave me alone.

15. In or around 2020, a man claiming to be from the U.S. Census Bureau knocked insistently on my door. When I told him to leave, he refused and instead began peering through my window and took notes for ten minutes. This man did not go to any of my neighbors’ homes, and when I called the Census Bureau, they were unable to confirm the man was associated with the Census Bureau.

16. After a 2020 meeting with Plaintiff Bixler and an attorney, Plaintiff Bixler and I were in Bixler’s parked car when a vehicle began to circle us. The occupants were waving and smiling in a disconcerting manner and mimicking the taking of pictures.

17. On two separate occasions in or around 2021, I noticed unknown men parked outside of my home for long periods of time. On the first occasion, the vehicle’s occupant appeared to be observing me and taking notes. On the second occasion, I saw what appeared to be electronic equipment in the passenger seat and center console. When I confronted the occupant, the man told me to fellate him. A neighbor of mine has also reported seeing individuals sitting in their vehicles outside of my home on several occasions.

18. On another occasion in or around 2021, I was walking to my vehicle parked on the street outside of my house when I noticed a man parked in a car near my vehicle. As I approached my vehicle, the man drove his car directly behind my vehicle and stayed there, blocking a driveway. Once there, he stared at me and took notes until I drove away.

19. In or around 2022, my mailbox was broken into and my mail was stolen.

20. In or around 2022, one of my grocery deliveries was tampered with and unsealed jars containing strange liquid were delivered to me.

21. In or around 2022, a man contacted me and told me that he was going through the same sort of harassment that I was experiencing and told me that he could help me. He pressured me to call him where he lived in New York (a one-party consent state for recording calls). I later determined that the man is connected to friends of Defendant Masterson.

22. During Defendant Masterson’s criminal trials, on several occasions I noticed that unidentified men were following me while I was in downtown Los Angeles. For example, during the first trial while awaiting the jury verdict, unidentified men followed me on-foot inside and around the hotel.

23. In or around early 2023, shortly before I was scheduled to testify in Masterson’s retrial, new tenants moved into the property whose backyard is a few feet from my entire apartment, including my bedroom and living room. Now, whenever I go to sit outside, those tenants also go into their backyard and begin making a racket. For example, during one six-day period, the tenants mowed their lawn every day, despite it being a very small lawn, would use power tools for hours often and for days on end, and would peer into my windows. The tenants also engage in behavior that appears to target me, including, the night before Defendant Masterson’s criminal trial was set to begin, loudly playing an obscure song that I had posted on Twitter the prior day.

24. In or around early 2023, a car with tinted windows parked directly next to me as I parked in a grocery store parking lot. Despite the tinted windows, I could see a man sitting in the car working on a laptop. I stared at the car as I entered the grocery store and the car drove away. After returning from the grocery store, I saw the same car had reparked next to my car and when I started to confront the man, he began to leave again. I confronted the man and asked him if he was Scientology, he made a joke and drove away.

Instances of Electronic and Online Harassment

25. Shortly after reporting that Defendant Masterson raped and sexually assaulted me to the LAPD, I also began to receive copious amounts of mail, phone calls, and text messages from numbers associated with the Sea Org. I frequently received voicemails from Defendants and/or their agents urging me to call them to return to Scientology to help me cope with the death of my father by suicide (despite my father not being a Scientologist and having died 12 years prior).

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26. I have received numerous phone calls from individuals who either do not speak or make sexual noises.

27. Defendants and their agents have created numerous fake social media accounts purporting to be created by me, which they have used to try to discredit me.

28. I have been consistently harassed via social media by Defendants and their agents, including being accused of serious criminal offenses, being accused of being a Satanist, and being accused of being a part of “Pizzagate” and being a pedophile.

29. In or around September and October 2018, Defendants’ agent Kathy Gold started publicly threatening me and the other Plaintiffs, and their relatives. Gold accused me and the other Plaintiffs of being religious bigots and liars and threatened to commit serious and violent crimes against us, including murder. A true and correct copy of one of Gold’s threats against me and the other Plaintiffs is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

30. In or around June 2023, shortly after Defendant Masterson was convicted, a known agent of Scientology tweeted about me and the other Plaintiffs:

Because those 3 women implied drug use by Masterson, every Scientologist in LA now knows they were lying. Scientologists just don’t use drugs. Every Scientologist who recognizes these women will spit on them, for the rest of their lives. I sure wouldn’t want to be them.

A true and correct copy of this tweet is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

31. Later that day, the same known agent of Scientology tweeted:

Since these women live in LA and there are thousands of Scientologists in every walk of life in LA, the three women who lied in the Danny Masterson case will get spit on a lot. I don’t think they will take it out on the jury or judge since these were just fooled and manipulated by a false “expert witness”. But the 4 women will live in hell, now and for the rest of their lives.

A true and correct copy of this tweet is attached hereto as Exhibit C.

Invasion of Personal Devices and Accounts

32. An investigator with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office confirmed in late August 2021 that my phone and computer had been compromised.

33. I have experienced substantial issues with my cell phone and computer that suggest my phone and computer have been hacked or otherwise compromised. During my phone calls, I have heard an irregular clicking noise, interference, and my calls sometimes abruptly drop. Frequently, my calls connect to the other party, but neither party can hear each other talk. There were also occasions that I heard voices during telephone conversations other than the person to whom I was speaking. My phones and computers sometimes scroll or take screenshots by themselves, the settings on my phones have changed without my changing them, and my phones have frequently indicated that they are located in cities they are not in. Text messages on my phone between myself and other Plaintiffs have also disappeared, despite my not deleting the messages. And numerous other files on my phone have been deleted, despite me not deleting them.

34. I have experienced continual interference with my internet and WiFi and my service provider has determined the interference is not due to any faulty equipment.

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35. On multiple occasions, with both doctors and attorneys, I called the number associated with the service provider and provided personal confidential information. I would later make a follow up call and be told that the service provider had no record of my initial call.

36. Many of my social media accounts have been hacked, including my Twitter and Instagram accounts. Shortly after publishing a post on Instagram indicating that I was not afraid of Scientology, my Instagram account was deleted without my knowledge or approval. Defendants and their agents have caused my business social media accounts to be deindexed by Google or to appear unnaturally far down in Google search results.

37. My accounts with several service and utility providers have been hacked and I have had my passwords changed on those accounts without my authorization.

38. In or around late 2017 or early 2018, Defendants and their agents uploaded unflattering pictures of me to IMDB and associated those pictures with my entry in that database.

39. In or around March 2019, I made a post to social media in which I called on the FBI to investigate Scientology. In the days immediately following, Defendants and their agents, without my authorization, charged approximately $4,000.00 of merchandise from Victoria Secret and vitamin suppliers to my bank account, and had those items delivered to my house.

40. In or around late 2020 or early 2021, I searched myself on Google Images. The results returned several images of women that bore a resemblance to a younger version of me, with my name appearing under the pictures. The pictures directed the user to pornographic web sites. Within minutes of reporting this to the authorities, the pictures were removed.

41. Despite not having shared my Pandora account information with any third parties, my Pandora account sometimes notifies me that “Someone else is listening to your Pandora right now. You are sharing this with another listener.”

Emotional Distress Resulting from Defendants’ Conduct

42. As a result of the harassment I have suffered, I have rarely left my home in the years since reporting Defendant Masterson’s sexual assault to the authorities. I have struggled with Fibromyalgia, insomnia, migraines, nausea and vertigo, extreme fatigue, sciatica, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia, and depression.

43. As a result of the foregoing, I continue to live in fear for my life and the safety of my family.

44. On multiple occasions, I told the individuals that were harassing me to cease their actions and have gone to law enforcement about the harassment. I also believe my responses, reactions, and actions, including the filing of this Complaint in or around August 2019, made it clear to the Defendants that I wanted them to stop harassing me. In any event, I believe that my safety and the safety of my family would be in jeopardy if I made additional attempts to directly confront Defendants’ agents regarding their harassing conduct.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on this 8th day of January, 2024, at Los Angeles, California.

JANE DOE #2

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Technology Cocktail

“A case that betters and worsens (a Roller Coaster) is always connected to a suppressive person and will not get steady gain until the Suppressive is found on the case or the basic suppressive person earlier…Find the Suppressive, make the pc handle or disconnect. Then audit the pc up to Problems Release by getting rid of the hidden standard and the basic suppressive.” — 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.

 
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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

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[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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Source Code

“Authorship of the universe is something which has been in question for many years. People have been arguing about this for a long time. Even in ancient times the Christian argument with the conservative, status quo religion of Rome involved the creation of the universe. Who created the universe? In the early days of Greece, you found the various factions fighting over this fact of the actual creator of the universe. People have a tendency to run it backwards and try to find an earlier creator or a master creator, or this and that. What are they looking for? They’re looking for you! You’re hunted! To that degree, you’re hunted. Fascinating.” — L. Ron Hubbard, January 22, 1957

 
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Avast, Ye Mateys

“SMERSH: We have heard directly from the head of Smersh ‘Ban the Bomb Carstairs’ whose contempt for anyone else’s intelligence leads him to state he knows nothing about any attacks on Scientology. Ding, ding, ding, here comes the wagon! Plans for Ship Operation. I haven’t got any. Have you? Nice warm sun.” — The Commodore, January 22, 1970

 
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Overheard in the FreeZone

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“Ron was taken out of the game in 1972 and later just ‘mocked up’ to explain all the alter-is of the tech in the next 14 years till his alleged death. In this wise the global enslavers took not only control over the church, but they destroyed the workable technology, the Bridge and made sure, that no one can go Clear and OT any more. Neither in the Church nor in the Freezone. As long as the people believe in all the revisions by the new management since about 1973, especially since 1978.”

 
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Past is Prologue

1996: David Mayo posted this week to clarify a point of authorship: who created Body Thetans? “I did not invent/create/come up with the idea of body thetans or the OT III materials or the story contained therein. I did not write the OT levels that I think of and used to be known as I – VII (the ‘old ones’). Incidentally, I think considerable confusion has existed and probably still exists as to what these levels are, as some of those have changed a few times over the years, e.g., I knew of four different versions of ‘OT I’ and that doesn’t include a _possible_ new, different (5th) version of it after I left. As for NOTs and Solo NOTs the question of who authored that material has been the subject of extensive litigation (from 1985) and there are related appeals pending before the 9th Circuit (hearing held on November 14, 1995, awaiting decision). The statement that I consider the most accurate on authorship of these materials was made by Special Master Kolts in his opinion and order of April 17, 1992: (This opinion and order was endorsed and adopted by the judge, Hon. James Ideman.) ‘Pursuant to the sanctions order, plaintiffs are prohibited from denying that defendant Mayo substantially participated in the drafting of NOTs.’ Some have advised me that it would be better for me public relations wise to not litigate on this matter and to allow the Scientology plaintiffs’ assertions that L. Ron Hubbard was the sole author, to stand. I have not done that and have held to my position that I co-authored it because that is how it was. Furthermore, I think that as an author there are certain rights that I should be able to exercise. The final ‘frequently asked question’ for now is whether I deliver all or any of the materials referred to above. The simple, short answer is ‘No.’ A longer answer, ‘ … and I haven’t for many years.'”

 
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Random Howdy

“Scientology doesn’t have to murder people. It just drives them crazy and they end up murdering others or they kill themselves. Scientology may have murdered someone in the past, but there’s no conclusive proof — and critics talking like it’s a fact just makes them look kinda obsessed and a little bit nuts to outsiders.”

 
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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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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] Grant Cardone selling superhuman med beds to the wealthy sounds very Scientological
[TWO years ago] Scientology is begging members to download the new Freewinds app, and we’re green with envy
[THREE years ago] As Kevin Trudeau’s prison stint nears end, his pitch sounds more like Scientology than ever
[FOUR years ago] Cedric Bixler-Zavala blames Scientology for poisoned dog he had to put down yesterday
[FIVE years ago] Tonight, Leah Remini takes us into the incredible story of Scientology’s Clearwater takeover
[SIX years ago] Scientology relies heavily on Russian immigrants — and ‘disconnection’ doesn’t spare them
[SEVEN years ago] National civil rights museum knows it’s harboring Scientology front group, shrugs it off
[EIGHT years ago] Here’s your chance to meet the Sea Org at Scientology’s open house next week
[NINE years ago] Las Vegas attorney files 27th suit against Scientology rehab, Michigan attorney files 2nd
[TEN years ago] Monique Rathbun seeks sanctions, Scientology tries to kill Miscavige deposition in court today
[ELEVEN years ago] Scientology Scrambling to Deal with Bad Publicity

 
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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 2,787 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,282 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 3,797 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,347 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,337 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,218 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,522 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,393 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 4,945 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,287 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 12,853 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 8,772 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 4,940 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,521 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 4,782 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 3,818 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,534 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,098 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,413 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,588 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 7,139 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,270 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,608 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,463 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,582 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 2,938 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 7,241 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,347 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 3,745 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,621 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,186 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,699 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 3,953 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,062 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on January 22, 2024 at 07:00

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