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Bombshells in Danny Masterson case: Grand jury testimony, and evidence against Scientology

[Attorney Marty Singer and Danny Masterson]

On September 5, we told you that we had learned that Lavely & Singer, legendary entertainment attorney Marty Singer’s firm that also employs Andrew Brettler, Danny Masterson’s civil attorney, had objected to a subpoena that was issued by Danny’s prosecutor, Deputy DA Reinhold []

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Olmedo rules: Read the decision to deny Danny Masterson’s latest trial delay attempt

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and Danny Masterson]

On August 12 Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo shot down Danny Masterson’s most creative attempt to delay his rape []

October showdowns: After years of delays, Scientology-related trials are looming

[Rizza Islam and Danny Masterson: Trials and tribulations]

Way back in 2015, we told you that a Compton, California family had been charged with Medi-Cal fraud for sending the state insurance program fake reports of treatment from a jackleg Scientology “Narconon” rehab working out of the notorious World Literacy []

Academics line up to help Scientology gaslight the US Supreme Court

 On January 19, when a California appeals court stunned the Scientology-watching world with its ruling that restored Bixler v. Scientology, the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers, we spent considerable time reporting on how much the court’s ruling made a major distinction about how this case was []

Danny Masterson lawyers telling tales of woe ahead of October rape trial: Another strategy?

[Danny Masterson’s defense attorneys, Shawn Holley and Philip Cohen]

A week ago this morning, Danny Masterson’s criminal defense attorneys Shawn Holley and Philip Cohen went into the courtroom of Judge Charlaine Olmedo and told tales of []

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Masterson’s attempt to delay trial over baseball gambit is DENIED

[Danny Masterson at the 2001 Hollywood All-Stars, photo by J. P. Aussenard]

On August 4 we broke the news that Danny Masterson’s attorney Shawn Holley was attempting to delay his rape trial from October 11 to late January by saying she was too busy with Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s arbitration in Washington []

Jane Doe 1 makes rare statement: Don’t delay Danny Masterson trial for baseball conflict

[Danny Masterson and Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer]

Yesterday morning, we revealed the surprising reason behind Danny Masterson’s latest attempt to delay his October 11 criminal rape trial: One of his attorneys, Shawn Holley, says she’s too busy handling Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s arbitration in Washington DC and needs the Masterson trial set back to late []

Danny Masterson delay attempt: Shawn Holley busy with Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer case

[Danny Masterson and Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer]

As we pointed out recently, Danny Masterson has broken his streak of appealing failed motions in his criminal rape case, and his October 11 trial in Los Angeles []

Danny Masterson done with appeals before Oct 11 trial? Can Scientology allow it to happen?

[Danny Masterson and el jefe, David Miscavige]

We have some updates on some of the legal cases we’ve been watching, and thought we’d collect them in a single piece. First, we are kind of surprised to find that Danny Masterson is apparently not trying to appeal his most recent defeat in his criminal rape []

Scientology begs radical US Supreme Court to intervene and protect its ‘religious freedom’

[Justice Stephen Breyer, to the right of Chief Justice Roberts, has retired and been replaced by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson]

As promised, Scientology filed its petition to the US Supreme Court yesterday, asking it to overturn a stunning January ruling by a California appeals court that dealt a serious blow to the church’s use of arbitration []