VIDEO: Jon Atack talks to Mike Rinder about his first months aboard Scientology’s ‘Apollo’

[Mike Rinder at 18, in Madeira]

I’ve spoken with more than a thousand Scientologists over the years, but Mike Rinder’s interview is the most vivid and appalling account of daily life aboard the ship run directly by Hubbard.

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Judge to Valerie Haney: You need to get this Scientology ‘arbitration’ underway

[Valerie Haney and Judge Burdge]

On Tuesday, a hearing took place at Los Angeles Superior Court in Judge Richard Burdge’s courtroom that had been scheduled a year earlier, when the judge first derailed Valerie Haney’s lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and told her to take her complaints to Scientology’s internal “religious arbitration.”

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Scientologist David Gentile charged by feds in $1.8 billion Ponzi-like fraud scheme

[Charges against David Gentile were announced by New York AG Letitia James today.]

For months Jeffrey Augustine has been telling us about wealthy Scientologist David Gentile, a money manager who had lost his investors a lot of money at GBP Capital.

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Ted the tour guide called ‘bigoted hate group’ by Scientologist city board member

[Ted Reinhard and Downtown Development Board chair Paris Morfopoulos]

Well that didn’t take long. On Tuesday we told you about Ted Reinhard, the Clearwater, Florida tour guide who has decided to start offering guided walking tours of the city’s creepy downtown, which is dominated by the Church of Scientology and it’s “spiritual mecca,” the Flag Land Base.

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Is ‘Balance of Nature’ actually Scientology? Well, they have a Hubbard College in their HQ.

For a few weeks now we’ve been hearing from eagle-eyed former Scientologists who noticed something odd about those ubiquitous ads you run into for the dietary supplements company “Balance of Nature.”

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Ever wanted to tour Scientology’s creepy ‘spiritual mecca’? Meet your guide, Ted

You may remember that after Mark Bunker got himself elected to city council in Clearwater, Florida, he came up with what we could only describe as a modest proposal:

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Did Tom Mesereau just reveal his strategy for Danny Masterson’s crucial prelim?

On January 20 Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson entered a not guilty plea to three counts of forcible rape, charges that have him facing 45 years to life in prison. He wasn’t actually in the courtroom that day, his plea was entered by his high-profile defense attorney, Tom Mesereau.

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Scientology social media: Body thetans just don’t stand a chance as this planet is cleared!

Our source is back with another dive into Scientology social media, and hey, let’s get caught up on the latest wins and gains!

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Scientology in Russia, a series by historian Chris Owen, part 3: The current crackdown

[Ivan Matsitsky in custody]

For some time now we’ve been nudging historian Chris Owen to help us understand what is going on with Scientology in Russia. We’ve seen news reports about numerous police raids of orgs there, and we’ve read about a prosecution involving some real estate fraud, but what are we to think about it?

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Scientology anti-masker Leigh Dundas absconds to Mexico, Jan 6 video of her turns up

Last year we first told you about Scientology’s rising anti-vaxx anti-mask star, “human rights attorney” Leigh Dundas, and we showed you some of her fiery speeches as she terrorized Orange County officials who were trying to get people to wear masks during a global pandemic.

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