TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week we looked at allegations against notorious Scientology doctor David Minkoff in a wrongful-death lawsuit and a physician’s expert opinion. But this is a case about mental health, so today we have the full opinion from the lawsuit’s psychiatrist expert. It’s eye-opening. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“We maybe ought to have a contest as to who can come up with the most comical actual instances of falsifying meter reads. One ‘auditor’ ‘solved it’ by just calling F/Ns whenever she got tired of the pc regardless of TA position. After a year or more of this she saw the light and put herself
in Ethics. The funny part is that her co-auditor had been doing the same thing on her! HONEST TA IS THE BEST POLICY.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1972
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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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“Unfortunately, Black Dianetics is inherent in Dianetics. In 1945, this was all the Dianetics there was: how to drive people crazy, how to foul up political systems, how to restimulate individuals just by talking to them, without planting engrams. And in addition to this, how to interrupt life force in an individual. We haven’t gone into that very much. It is a wonderfully smooth way of committing murder.” — L. Ron Hubbard, September 17, 1951
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“No one is to play the piano in A Deck Lounge without the written permission of Lt. Cmdr. Diana Hubbard.” — Lt. Nikki Freedman, Sun Deck I/C, September 17, 1971
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“Book one? Nobody cares about Book One. That faded away seven decades ago. You need to be less politically correct. What you need is celebrities who actually speak their mind. Not Tom Cruise. OTs, almost by definition, do not organize Book One events. One can’t be an actual OT and involve oneself with that, because it is a waste of time. Napoleon got things done. And he had R6. You are not an OT, and no one should treat you as such. You can’t get things done and refuse to support people who do. You are as causative as a mentally disabled person in a wheelchair. Scientology OTs, putting the tech aside, are probably some of the least effective beings on this planet. I haven’t seen good results. And that’s because of lower grades.”
1996: Dave Touretzky posted a letter to Roger Milgrim, attorney for Scientology. Dave responded to Milgram’s letter threatening legal action over the NOTS Scholar’s page, which does not contain the NOTS materials. “I appreciate your assurance that RTC does not desire to engage in litigation with me over this web site or impinge on my legitimate First Amendment rights. In return, let me assure you that I have no desire to become involved in litigation either, or to violate RTC’s legal rights to its intellectual property. From its inception, my web site has been devoted to the scholarly analysis and criticism of the NOTs documents to the extent permitted by law, but no further. I have always tried to obey the law as it pertains to these documents, and I find it significant that your letter does not allege any illegalities in either the present version of The NOTs Scholars Home Page or any previous version. Your concern, as expressed in the concluding paragraph of your letter, appears to be about illegal actions your clients imagine might occur at some time in the future. Let me begin by affirming that I understand the NOTs documents to be copyrighted works, and I have no desire to violate the rights of the copyright holder. Furthermore, my web site has always included the warning that while anyone may submit commentaries on the NOTs documents, ‘materials that clearly violate US copyright law will not be accepted.’ Third, you write that my web page ‘appears’ to contain a solicitation to receive the NOTs documents themselves. I do not believe that solicitation of access to someone’s legally-obtained NOTs pack for purposes of scholarly research would violate Pennsylvania law, but in any case, my web page contains no such request. The ‘Call for Contributions’ section asks for ‘information, commentary, and criticism of any aspect of NOTs.’ I never intended this to be construed as a solicitation of the documents themselves, and I don’t believe most readers would make this mistake. Neil Woods placed the page on America Online. I took it upon myself to put David Touretzky’s ‘NOTs Scholar’s Home Page’ in the ‘Other Religions’ library on AOL. Along with this was added the ‘NOTs Thumbnail Sketch’ by Anonymous, David J. Carter’s ‘Essay on Scientology’ and Karin Spaink’s ‘OT III Summary.’ After uploading this material September 7th, the files showed up in the library 4 or 5 days later. They remained there for about two days before being removed. I made an inquiry with the AOL librarian, who told me that…Well, yes, a Scieno had objected to the presence of that material in that library. The AOL staffer also told me that the subject of copyright and other legal considerations were raised by the Scienos. Just today I was notified that the files have been replaced in the library. At this point I am going to finish uploading all other sections and links as practical to the library to give the information as wide an audience as possible on AOL.”
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“I’ve always wanted a goat. A small place in the country with a goat, a couple of pigs, some chickens, a duck or two and of course the usual cats and dogs…oh, and a semi-tamed crow or raven.”
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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] A Julian Swartz production: The Scientology day-care from hell
[TWO years ago] PODCAST: Jesse Prince is here to shake up your understanding of Scientology
[THREE years ago] Scientology makes another attempt to defeat its terrible image, this time with Millennial OTs!
[FOUR years ago] Scientology chiro Dennis Nobbe drops dead after being informed he’s going to jail
[FIVE years ago] Why isn’t Scientology’s ship the Freewinds hauling emergency supplies to the Bahamas?
[SIX years ago] Visit to London Ideal Org shows that the Scientology bubble is still firmly in place
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology leader David Miscavige has empty buildings all over the world — here’s a rundown
[EIGHT years ago] With Jason Lee out, what does it mean for Scientology’s tightest celebrity clique?
[NINE years ago] Surreal encounter at Scientology’s secretive Int Base shows up in Danish documentary
[TEN years ago] New leaked videos from the super beings at Scientology!
[ELEVEN years ago] Jenna Miscavige Hill Talks to Us As Her Book Comes Out in Paperback
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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 3,026 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,521 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,036 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,586 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,576 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 4,962 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,457 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,761 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,632 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,184 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,525 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,092 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,011 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,179 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,761 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,021 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,057 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,773 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,337 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,652 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,827 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 7,378 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,509 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,847 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,700 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,821 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,177 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 7,480 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,586 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 3,984 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,860 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,425 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,938 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,192 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,300 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 17, 2024 at 07:00
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