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Scientology’s attempt to get Danny Masterson out of prison: The full ‘amicus’ brief

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Saturday we told you the docket in Danny Masterson’s appeal indicated Scientology was still backing him in a big way by filing an amicus brief on his behalf. We have now received a []

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Postscript: How David Miscavige spun the death of Lisa McPherson

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re glad to be done with our series about Lisa McPherson, who died 30 years ago Friday, and we thought we owed you some comic relief, namely, Scientology leader David Miscavige spinning conspiracies about []

Scientology’s new plan for Saint Hill’s newts: If they die, they die

 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 updated its plans to pave over fields near its UK headquarters for its once-a year gala, and is seeking council approval. And what of the poor protected amphibians in the way? Alex []

Scientology ransomware data breach: Alex Barnes-Ross on how bad it really is

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As a former London staffer and with his annual protests of the IAS gala at Scientology’s UK headquarters Saint Hill Manor, Alex Barnes-Ross is uniquely positioned to judge the severity of the ransomware breach []

Scientology trying to intervene with court to help Danny Masterson get out of prison

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Church of Scientology has filed an amicus brief in support of Danny Masterson’s attempt to overturn his conviction that has him serving 30 years to life. This is the most definitive evidence yet []

Thirty years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: And so we reach the 30th anniversary of Scientology’s grimmest scandal, the tragic death of Lisa McPherson. We conclude our series about her final days with the truly disturbing details about her final hours. []

How Scientology ‘caretakers’ could stand by and watch Lisa McPherson deteriorate

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Day after day, Scientology’s ‘caretakers’ stood by and watched Lisa McPherson deteriorate. How could they do that and not get her real care? Just a day before the 30th anniversary of her tragic end, []

Scientology says it’s the world’s fastest-growing religion, but its own stats say otherwise

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology calls itself the world’s fastest growing religion without a shred of evidence. It’s always fun to examine actual facts and figures that expose this lie whenever they’re available. And thanks to some hard []

Former Scientology titan Kurt Feshbach in bankruptcy, blames Google

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Big donors. Super Scientologists. Market mavericks. At one time the Feshbach brothers were legends in Scientology with a reputation for profiting on the misery of others. But more recently they’ve hit hard times. The []

An OT Scientologist is in Pinellas County Jail for a truly awful reason

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said every person is actually trillions of years old, and over that many lifetimes has committed every horrific crime possible. Maybe that explains why there’s an OT Scientologist in []