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US Supreme Court denies Valerie Haney; CA court gets letters on Scientology’s ‘neutrality’

 We knew it was a longshot, but it was still disappointing to learn yesterday that the US Supreme Court was not interested in taking up Valerie Haney’s petition alleging that Scientology’s binding contract about “religious arbitration” is a violation of her religious []

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Appeals court moves back hearing, and asks if Scientology arbitration is ‘neutral’

[Chrissie Bixler and the state supreme court that granted review of her suit against Danny Masterson]

There seems to have been a pretty interesting development in the Bixler v. Scientology lawsuit — the case that is getting an appeal thanks to the California Supreme []

New witness spills tea on Danny Masterson, ‘The Ranch,’ and attorney Andrew Brettler

[Masterson and Kutcher in the Netflix series The Ranch]

On March 3, 2017, we broke the news that Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson was being investigated by the LAPD on rape allegations from three women. []

Danny Masterson’s civil attorney adds Prince Andrew as a client and Twitter loses its mind

[Danny Masterson, attorney Andrew Brettler, and Prince Andrew]

If you saw the 2020 Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, you learned that one of the more sordid chapters of the Epstein saga involved one of his alleged victims, Virginia Giuffre, and her claims about having been set up by the financier as an underage treat for []

Judge Charlaine Olmedo on point: What was said in court about Danny Masterson’s subpoenas

[Danny Masterson and his legal team, Appelbaum and Mesereau, last September]

On August 9 we were on a family trip but we were able to appear at a court hearing in Los Angeles with a web link supplied by the court. We were there to watch our attorneys, Scott Pilutik and Graham Berry, ask Judge Charlaine []

Danny Masterson accusers answer Scientology’s salvo at California appeals court

[Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and Danny Masterson]

[UPDATE: Laura Prepon follows Beck’s lead by mentioning in a People interview today that she’s been out of Scientology for five years. Given her association with Danny Masterson and past intimidation of one of his victims, she has more to explain. We’ve asked Leah Remini for her thoughts, but she’s taping []

Danny Masterson’s nutty lawsuit involving his house loan is finally kicked out of court

[Danny and his circular Hollywood property]

While we’ve been covering Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson’s very serious criminal investigation and court case over the last several years, we also happened to discover something not to so serious that he was also involved with in federal []

Judge in Danny Masterson case quashes ‘fishing expedition’ done for Scientology’s benefit

[Judge Olmedo, and Danny Masterson at a September appearance]

Our readers might remember that after the preliminary hearing in Danny Masterson’s rape case that happened in May, we made the observation that the missteps in the hearing by defense attorney Tom Mesereau sure looked to us that they were either dictated by Scientology or they were []

Evidence from Danny Masterson’s preliminary hearing aired on KABC Ch 7 in Los Angeles

 Last night our Los Angeles readers got a chance to see an excellent 7-minute report put together by KABC Channel 7 on how much Scientology itself was a factor in the May preliminary hearing which now has actor Danny Masterson facing trial and the possibility of life in prison for raping three different []

Danny Masterson delays motion to dismiss, and other recent mysteries for Scientology celeb

 Hey, what’s Danny Masterson up to lately as he awaits trial on rape charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his []