Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]
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VIDEO: Sure you don’t want to join Scientology staff? These people seem pretty stoked.

 [NOTE: Please see last night’s breaking story.]

The Orlando “Ideal Org” continues to pump out the recruitment hoopla, including a new video, and we thought we’d help them get the word []

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Danny Masterson accuser Jane Doe 1 hires lawyer who helped topple Jeffrey Epstein

[Attorney Bradley Edwards]

We have learned that just weeks after a major court victory restored a lawsuit filed against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology, one of the plaintiffs, who goes by “Jane Doe 1,” dropped the vaunted Philadelphia-based legal team representing her and hired Bradley Edwards, a nationally known trial attorney who represented some []

Joe Rogan apologizes for past racial slurs, and Q patriots are disappointed

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Joe Rogan apologizes for past racial slurs, and Q patriots seem let []

Ford Greene to appeals court: Formally publish the ruling against Scientology arbitration!

[Ford Greene on “Scientology and the Aftermath”]

Last month’s stunning appeals court ruling in Bixler v. Church of Scientology International that reversed a win for Scientology’s ‘religious arbitration’ continues to have []

Scientology intervenes at Danny Masterson hearing, judge refuses to dismiss rape charges

[Scientology attorney William Forman and Danny Masterson]

Today’s event in the criminal prosecution of Danny Masterson was scheduled to be a short hearing on a defense motion to dismiss, but it started out with a surprising appearance by attorneys for the Church of []

Q-Ron and Jake from State Pen: Finally, the connection that was meant to happen

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Ron ‘Q’ Watkins, running for office in Arizona, will seek out that great Arizonan, the Q Shaman, a/k/a Jake []

Danny Masterson’s ‘Dream Team’ lawyer angers ‘Aftermath’ producers with repeat subpoenas

[Attorney Shawn Holley and her client, Danny Masterson]

[UPDATE: Judge Coen denied the defense’s motion and refused to dismiss Danny Masterson’s rape charges. Judge Olmedo quashed the subpoenas discussed in this story. See update below.]

In January we told you that we’d heard from one of Danny Masterson’s accusers and a witness in the case that a []

Oh, Canaduh: Q fever is turning our northern neighbor stupid

 Some links to Q-related items today…

As the Jan 6 committee focuses on the bizarre White House attempt to undo the 2020 election, more attention is being paid to Phil Waldron’s Powerpoint presentation, and its reliance on bogus but scientific-sounding claims made by Jovan Pulitzer, formerly Jeffry Jovan Philyaw, inventor of the CueCat barcode disaster of []

Scientology will be central in tomorrow’s Danny Masterson rape case hearing

[Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and Danny Masterson]

We’re stuck in chilly New York, so we won’t get a chance to attend the next important hearing in Danny Masterson’s criminal prosecution in Los Angeles like we did at his preliminary hearing last []

Trump responds to Pence’s criticism, and Q patriots know which side they’re on

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Trump responds to Pence’s criticism, and Q patriots know which side they’re []