TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Although our @thedailybeast piece about Scientology’s litigation war on the psychiatric profession was lengthy, there was even more we couldn’t fit in. And we figured Bunker readers would be interested, because it involves the church’s notorious in-house lawyer, Kendrick Moxon. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“One of the ways of convincing people of beingness and of being there is to exercise control — positive, undeniable Tone 40 exercise of control. Start to control the situation with high enough ARC, enough presence and factuality — there won’t be anybody present that won’t step back and let you control the situation. You are entitled to it in the first place because of senior ‘know-how.’ The control of body attention or thought
comprises the majority of your knowledge. The majority in Scientology simply points in this direction.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1971
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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 [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 [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones
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“Public must like to be fooled. They’re always paying con men of some kind or another. There must be some real value in having hope shot up to the moon in the stock market because those birds are very often paid off heavily. You could reevaluate the society on the basis of what I’ve given you. Yes, you could say, ‘Well, the society makes mistakes in this direction. Yes, the society is lied to.’ Well, I don’t think the society makes mistakes in this direction. That’s a new thought, isn’t it?” — L. Ron Hubbard, August 13, 1964
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“SHERIFF SPENCE: Mitch Spence came back with a wanted poster published by 100 Substantial Citizens of Las Vegas, Mar 24, 1881. If you were there then, run it out fast!” — The Commodore, August 13, 1970
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“We get it — there’s no need to repeat your opinion over and over again about ‘Skype auditing is squirrel’ — we have noted your opinion, everyone else has as well, you can seriously stop being critical now and just do your best at whatever it is you do. No need to put others down repeatedly.”
1996: Grady Ward posted news this week of Scientology’s investigation into his computer files, and the (poor) state of negotiations towards a settlement. “The Special Master has informed me that Madame Kobrin has asked her to retain a PC expert to attempt to ‘crack’ a series of pgp-encrypted multi-megabyte files that were seized along with more than a compressed gigabyte of other material from my safety deposit box. Ironically, they phoned to ask for assistance in supplying them with a prototype ‘crack’ program that they could use in iterating and permuting possibilities. I did supply them a good core pgpcrack source that can search several tens of thousands of possible key phrases a seconds; I also suggested that they should at least be using a P6-200 workstation or better to make the search more efficient.” This morning, I received e-mail from Thomas R. Hogan, chief counsel for RTC in the RTC v Ward litigation before Judge Whyte of San Jose, California soundly rejecting my final offer for settlement. The cult and I have had two settlement meetings so far in which no agreement was reached and in fact I felt that they were interpreting my willingness to talk as capitulation rather than a good faith effort to promote some kind of win-win situation. So now I am in it for the long haul.”
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“I shook Jim Jones’ hand in the free eats line at Glide Memorial (he was serving) and I also met a man named Fred Lewis who was a friend of my dad’s. Fred lost 28 family members at Jonestown.”
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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 May 31, 2024.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud.
Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Leah seeking to amend her complaint.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: motion to file new complaint, hearing on May 29.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, on hold until appeal over new judge heard.
— 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] Leah Remini’s new judge looks like an improvement — now watch Scientology squawk
[TWO years ago] PODCAST: She did Scientology’s dirty work, and then made historic amends for it
[THREE years ago] Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 11: Levitating an ashtray
[FOUR years ago] The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 23: The apologist academics
[FIVE years ago] Powerful testimonies about child abuse in Scientology keep coming to light
[SIX years ago] Scientology is very worried about 75-year-old Efrem Logreira and his allegations
[SEVEN years ago] The island nation that is proving to be a refuge for the Church of Scientology
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology’s fiery ‘Guardian’ before she hooked up with Ron, and other gems from our readers
[NINE years ago] With a trial looming in 6-year forced-abortion lawsuit, Scientology cries ‘but we’re a religion!’
[TEN years ago] Denise Brennan, 1952-2014: A former insider who exposed Scientology’s corporate shell game
[ELEVEN years ago] In Scientology, When the Prices Kick Up, What Do You Get for the Money?
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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 2,991 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,486 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,001 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,551 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,541 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,422 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,726 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,597 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,149 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,490 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,057 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 8,976 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,144 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,726 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 4,986 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,022 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,738 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,302 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,617 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,792 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 7,343 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,474 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,812 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,665 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,786 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,142 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 7,445 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,551 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 3,949 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,825 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,390 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,903 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,157 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,265 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on August 13, 2024 at 07:00
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Our new book with Paulette Cooper, Battlefield Scientology: Exposing L. Ron Hubbard’s dangerous ‘religion’ is now on sale at Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. Our book about Paulette, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, is on sale at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. We’ve posted photographs of Paulette and scenes from her life at a separate location. Reader Sookie put together a complete index. More information can also be found at the book’s dedicated page.
The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), 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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