Tony Ortega | The Underground Bunker

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]

Lloyd Evans talks to ex-JW author whose publisher was sued for his apostasy

Lloyd’s description: “Watchtower’s typical response to apostate writers and activists is to pretend they don’t exist. But when Misha Verollet published his German-language book ‘Goodbye Jehova!’ about his experiences as a Jehovah’s Witness, they sued his publisher. I caught up with Misha in Vienna to find out more about his […]

Tom Cruise and the Ukraine president: Hit us with your best conspiracy theory

Tom Cruise picked a hell of a week to meet with the president of Ukraine, Vanity Fair points […]

Scientologist removed from L.A. court again after screaming at judge in fraud hearing

[Hanan Islam, circa 2014]

It was another strange day at Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday as a long-delayed preliminary hearing went into its second day, and our correspondent Jeffrey Augustine was on the […]

If Mueller Report ‘exonerated’ Trump from ‘collusion,’ why fixate on undermining it?

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly […]

Roger Friedman: ‘Crazy as a fruitbat’ Kirstie Alley wants to know who the whistleblower is

Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 is in rare […]

Woman’s Day says DWTS fans groaned at news Leah Remini will guest-judge? Really?

Leah has not only been a contestant on Dancing With The Stars (and we loved her Scientology-inspired interpretive dance), but she’s also guest hosted already. […]

Scientologists led away in handcuffs after stunning evidence of fraud heard in L.A. court

At the conclusion of the first day in their preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon at Los Angeles Superior Court, Scientologists Hanan Islam, 60, and her son Ronnie “Rizza” Islam, 29, were led away in handcuffs to spend the night in jail. […]

SCIENTOLOGIST ARRESTED IN L.A. COURT: Narconon fraud defendants in wild scene

[Hanan Islam and her son Rizza]

Hanan Islam, a Scientologist who is accused of using a Scientology Narconon drug rehab and unwitting high school students to defraud millions from the state Medi-Cal program, was arrested today in the courtroom of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, who also issued an arrest warrant for one of […]

Valerie Haney drops ‘Jane Doe’ label in brutal amended complaint against Scientology

[Valerie Haney on Aftermath]

[NOTE: Don’t miss last night’s bonus coverage of Leah Remini and Mike Rinder UNLOADING on Scientology over its Fair Game tactics.]

When the Brian Kent-Marci Hamilton legal team filed the first of its lawsuits against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige on June 18, we said that although the plaintiff […]

Scientology tried to sell ‘Daily Mail’ on story she was a sexual abuser, Leah Remini says

Last week, Leah Remini made a remarkable post on Instagram about the death of her estranged biological father, George Remini, and how she had heard nothing about him being sick. She didn’t even learn about his death until after a funeral had been […]

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