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Scientology: Put Bixler case on hold while we hit up the US Supreme Court about ‘arbitration’

[Bobette Riales, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and Chrissie Carnell-Bixler]

If you wondered how Scientology was going to deal with its stunning setback in the Bixler lawsuit, it confirmed this week that it’s going to try a Hail Mary to the US Supreme []

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Scientology is bursting with news about its aging cruise ship, which is totally not sinking

 On Monday, after we’d wondered about Joy Villa’s lowly schlepping of Scientology at a seaside vendor’s table in England, we posted Joy’s own ringing endorsement of the gig. She said that she was having a whale of a time selling copies of Dianetics to the punters, and who are we to say otherwise, []

Valerie Haney facing new court hearing: why hasn’t Scientology ‘arbitration’ happened yet?

 On June 24, a hearing is scheduled before a new judge in the lawsuit filed three years ago by Valerie []

Ukrainian refugees might think twice about Scientology offering ‘help’

[Scheduled to perform: Ukrainian singer Maryna Odolska]

Ireland is such a strange animal in the Scientology universe. In the last Irish census, only 87 people — yes, 87, in a country of 5 million souls — identified themselves as Scientologists. But that hasn’t prevented church leader David Miscavige from spending tens of millions there in recent []

Scientology’s new hype video is off the charts, kids. Prepare to put the pedal to the metal!

 Let’s establish this from the beginning: Scientology has a lot of money, and it will never give up the idea that it’s the fastest growing, coolest religion on Earth (despite all evidence to the []

Brighton rocks! Joy Villa provides her version of some great days of Scientology outreach

 A few days ago we discussed a photo of Joy Villa that placed her in Brighton, England, working a Scientology “Stress Test” table and promoting Dianetics in that fair seaside []

Spend enough on Scientology, and you too can bend the universe to your will!

[It’s a steering wheel and an OT symbol. Clever!]

We know you, like us, can’t get enough of Scientology’s “OT Phenomena.” These are the ghost stories that Scientologists submit to Advance! magazine which prove that their promised Scientology super-powers have arrived with the secret (and very expensive) upper level “OT” auditing []

Recent controversies & financial crimes of Scientology: Katherine Olson interview, Part 2

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Scientologist chiro gets 5 years probation for fraud after settling sex harassment suit

 In 2018 we first noted that Joseph ‘Ben’ Barton of South Carolina was a real piece of work. []

Joy Villa recruiting for Scientology in Brighton: The photographer’s tale

 In the last few days you might have seen a photograph of Joy Villa, purportedly at a Scientology table in Brighton, England. We were curious about it ourselves, and so we asked around and found the person who had snapped the []