TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Grant Cardone’s loyalty to Donald Trump and his huge social media following has landed him on the program tonight at Madison Square Garden. But so close to the election, it’s startling that a candidate in a tight race would be seen on stage with any Scientology figure. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“If one has a preclear shove enough havingness into his body he will exteriorize in most cases. If one remedies enough havingness while the thetan is chasing around the universe, as in the Grand Tour, the thetan will discover and as-is a great many communication lines which otherwise might be very detrimental. However, it is not true that havingness is the entire key to the human mind. Havingness is the ‘gimmick’ or ‘weenie’ for which the game is played, and having something is very much like winning.” — 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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“Now, the MEST universe is all very well but it’s all illusion. Well, one doesn’t want an illusion, so he can’t have an illusion. And when he was very young, why, Christ was all right, he was very friendly, as a matter of fact, and so on. But that’s mostly — people, you know, they have to believe in that sort of thing. And they did once, but it requires nothing but faith and, of course, they can’t have any faith anymore and they did have hopes on that once in a while, but actually religion doesn’t lead anybody anyplace in the final analysis because you never get your wish anyway so, of course, one can’t survive on the basis of spirits and religion, and so forth.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 27, 1951
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“Deutchland Uber Alles was Germany’s WWI slogan and song — Germany over the Allies. An East German (Commie) ship not only dropped their anchor over ours and fouled it but also had its lines over ours when we went to move the ship. The anchor was unfouled by Karl Rosenkranz our master diver and the operation was competently supervised by Captain Robertson. Condition I is congratulated on a smooth move. As it is shallow here, we can only leave at high tide to avoid ticking a propeller on the bottom.” — The Commodore, October 27, 1970
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“One of our greatest tools has always been the truth so very soon we are going to be researching and collecting data on individuals in the Freezone. We are then going to do a video series on each and release them to the public so they can see all of the lies and out-tech for themselves. Let us see them lie and tell half-truths with their faces, addresses, and businesses blasted all over the internet for all to see exactly what they are up to. We can just let the truth be the truth and then get on with the job of actually doing the tech as we are now. Much like those who hold public office these individuals have violated the trust of those they swore to serve and made the mistake of thinking Esperianism could not thrive without them. I wonder how that is working for them lately?”
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2001: A report from the International Association of Scientologists meeting in October was posted to a.r.s this week. “David was wearing the standard tux, nicely tailored and a bow tie. The ‘message’ or ‘gimmick’ as they call it in Scientology was to join staff and/or become very active in the VM program He told us that part of the problem is that the world has become too consumed with MEST and specifically mentioned computers, rather than operating spiritually. I got the distinct impression he was saying that MEST, especially computers, nice houses etc. are BAD, and that you don’t need to spend your money on STUFF, instead you should be giving your hard earned money to the C of S. He then said that there is no way people do what these terrorists did on September 11 without there being both psych and drug involvement. Davy said that in the present day, it’s the same situation with the terrorists only worse. They not only are given drugs but they have an evil PSYCH as the right hand man of Osama Bin Laden. Next up was head of OSA, Mr. Mike Rinder without any post title. Rinder started going on and on and on and on about the evil psychs He also talked about how the C of S brought and won 5 lawsuits against the Russian government for falsifying criminal charges against the C of S and the Russian prosecutor had to pay the court fees. He then said that the study tech courses are now offered in all Russian Universities. Rinder then introduced the first Freedom Medal Winner. It was the ED Narconon Italy, Felicie Cantu. The did a presentation of the opening of the Jenna Elfman mission in San Francisco. They had interviews with each of the Celebs there including Tom Cruise, Juliette Lewis, JT, Jenna, Kristi Alley and a few others. This was a ‘special:’ message from each Celeb. The message from each kept with the ‘theme’ of the event which was to become active either by joining staff, opening a mission or doing VM work and of course, getting yourself up the bridge. Jenna was particularly gung ho. Karen Hollander was there to do the ABLE spew and showed a video of the grand opening of Narconon Arrowhead with interviews of government officials. Each government official spoke glowingly of Narconon being the solution to the worlds drug problem. Karen also told of an IAS grant to the Country of Gambia to get Study tech into the schools there. It appears Gambia has a 70 percent illiteracy rate and is too poor to purchase the study tech books and pay ASI to deliver. So the IAS made a grant and now every teacher (all 5,500 of them) is trained and uses study tech in Gambia. Karen then introduced the next Freedom metal winner and that was Dr. Oliver Hseung from Taiwan, who quit being an MD to open up 6 or 7 Missions in Taiwan. The 3 Freedom Medal are John Carmichael, GO/OSA PR NY, Bunny Dubin and Sharyn Runyon. The VM video shows VM’s in action in NYC and the video also had about 10 interviews with fireman, policeman and officials from Rescue organizations all extolling the wonderfulness of the C of S.”
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“Maybe you mocked up another version of yourself in a blackout and forgot about it. Ask Marty, it probably has something to do with Quantum Buddhism(c).”
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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:
— 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] Scientology amps up attack on ‘Bixler’ lawsuit, adds anti-SLAPP to motion to strike
[TWO years ago] Canada gained 3.5 million people between 2011 and 2021 — and lost 365 Scientologists
[THREE years ago] Scientology holds its ‘Writers of the Future’ awards out of season, but same lavish display
[FOUR years ago] Masterson accusers cite Marsy’s Law to head off ‘arbitration,’ and Scientology pounces
[FIVE years ago] A Scientology front group that duped celebrities for Narconon: It’s baaaack!
[SIX years ago] Russell Miller’s 1987 biography of Scientology’s founder is still astonishingly good
[SEVEN years ago] KID CORPS: Scientology wanted to turn children into little machines of Sea Org efficiency
[EIGHT years ago] Surprised Tom Cruise called Scientology a ‘beautiful religion’? You shouldn’t be.
[NINE years ago] THE LEAH REMINI FILES: AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE ‘KRs’ THAT INFORM HER MEMOIR
[TEN years ago] Gay Ribisi, our friend Mark Ebner has your Scientology plaques — want ’em back?
[ELEVEN years ago] Sunday Funnies: Scientology Is In Your Capital, Working Your Jenna Elfman
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,065 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,560 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,075 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,625 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,615 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,001 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,496 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,800 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,671 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,223 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,564 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,131 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,050 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,218 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,800 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,060 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,096 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,812 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,376 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,691 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,866 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,548 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,886 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,739 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,854 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,216 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 7,519 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,625 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,023 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,899 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,464 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,976 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,231 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,339 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 27, 2024 at 07:00
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