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Valerie Haney forced to go an unprecedented 15 days in Scientology ‘arbitration’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Since October ’23, Valerie Haney has endured days and days of Scientology’s dubious ‘religious arbitration,’ with no end in sight. Yesterday her attorneys tried to convince Judge Gail Killefer to put some constraints on []

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OT Phenomena: More talking with the dead for Scientology superbeings!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The new Scientology ‘OT Phenomena’ are here, continuing a trend that this once-vaunted feature may be turning a corner! For years, we’ve enjoyed reading these ghost stories passed off as evidence that Scientologists gain []

Meet the people keeping Scientology afloat in 2025!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While we wait to see which of Scientology’s big donors were bestowed new trophies this past Saturday at the IAS Patrons Ball, it turns out the church put out a new Impact magazine recently []

Tom Cruise spotted flying in and out of Scientology’s big UK three-day party

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Tom Cruise once again made the scene for this year’s Scientology IAS gala at its UK headquarters, the one big event he tends to show up for. But this time, former London staffer Alex []

Isabella Cruise spotted at last night’s Scientology gala for major donors

[Isabella Cruise, Tom’s daughter, left, with other Scientology ‘patrons’]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For the first time we have photo evidence of Isabella Cruise attending a Scientology IAS event, held annually at the church’s UK headquarters to celebrate its []

Scientology’s IAS gala 2025: Another protest, and a Tom Cruise sighting

[Our first look inside from last night’s event]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A group of protesters led by former London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross was in place yesterday for the start of this year’s IAS gala at Scientology’s UK headquarters. []

IAS gala starts tonight: Scientology throws last-minute hurdles at protesters

[A scene from the 2023 protest]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology begins its 3-night IAS gala at its UK headquarters, and once again Alex Barnes-Ross will be there with protesters. For some reason, church leader David Miscavige is really []

Appellate attorney sizes up new Scientology appeal briefs in Leah Remini suit

[You want to go a round with Leah in a courtroom?]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has submitted new briefs in the appeal that is holding up Leah Remini’s lawsuit, with more of the church’s gripes about Leah’s case. []

Scientology still irate about Mike Rinder, Claire Headley affidavits in Leah Remini lawsuit

[Leah Remini with Mike Rinder and the Headleys, Marc and Claire]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has been livid ever since a court allowed affidavits by Mike Rinder and Claire Headley to keep its subsidiary RTC in Leah Remini’s []

Scientology attacks Leah Remini’s ‘Fair Game’ lawsuit in new appeal briefs

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s attorneys filed two lengthy briefs in Leah Remini’s lawsuit this week, and today we have the longer of the two in its entirety. Once again the church is arguing that it says such []