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How Scientology kills without pulling a trigger: The story of a sister who was loved

[Bruce and his sister Lindy]

Lately I have written about some things that I experienced while in Scientology. As a result, I have been thinking more about my sister. Her name was Lindy. I still miss []

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A day in the life of a pilgrim at Scientology’s spiritual mecca in Florida!

 We want to thank reader Richard for sending in some really fun material from Scientology in one of its most recent publications. It’s the kind of happy propaganda that we can never get enough []

Here’s the 2022 Scientology Super Bowl ad, this year’s ‘mystery sandwich’

 Right at midnight on February 13, the day that the Super Bowl will take place, Scientology revealed its ad for the big game this year. And once again, it’s a mystery []

Chill EB? Joy Villa? Kuba Ka? All hail the next Scientology celebrity superstar: Wicked Witch!

 If you go to the Super Bowl tomorrow in Los Angeles, you might run into Scientologists handing out copies of The Way to Happiness and pamphlets from Drug Free World. And if you’re lucky, the person who hands you that DFW literature is a music hustler by the name of Wicked []

Ned McCrink, 1954-2022: The OC Ideal Org’s biggest donor sailed away from Scientology

 We were stunned and saddened to learn that Ned McCrink, formerly Orange County, California’s top Scientology donor, ended his life on Monday morning. He was []

VIDEO: Sure you don’t want to join Scientology staff? These people seem pretty stoked.

 [NOTE: Please see last night’s breaking story.]

The Orlando “Ideal Org” continues to pump out the recruitment hoopla, including a new video, and we thought we’d help them get the word []

Danny Masterson accuser Jane Doe 1 hires lawyer who helped topple Jeffrey Epstein

[Attorney Bradley Edwards]

We have learned that just weeks after a major court victory restored a lawsuit filed against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology, one of the plaintiffs, who goes by “Jane Doe 1,” dropped the vaunted Philadelphia-based legal team representing her and hired Bradley Edwards, a nationally known trial attorney who represented some []

Ford Greene to appeals court: Formally publish the ruling against Scientology arbitration!

[Ford Greene on “Scientology and the Aftermath”]

Last month’s stunning appeals court ruling in Bixler v. Church of Scientology International that reversed a win for Scientology’s ‘religious arbitration’ continues to have []

Scientology intervenes at Danny Masterson hearing, judge refuses to dismiss rape charges

[Scientology attorney William Forman and Danny Masterson]

Today’s event in the criminal prosecution of Danny Masterson was scheduled to be a short hearing on a defense motion to dismiss, but it started out with a surprising appearance by attorneys for the Church of []

Danny Masterson’s ‘Dream Team’ lawyer angers ‘Aftermath’ producers with repeat subpoenas

[Attorney Shawn Holley and her client, Danny Masterson]

[UPDATE: Judge Coen denied the defense’s motion and refused to dismiss Danny Masterson’s rape charges. Judge Olmedo quashed the subpoenas discussed in this story. See update below.]

In January we told you that we’d heard from one of Danny Masterson’s accusers and a witness in the case that a []