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Eyewitness: David Miscavige presided at New Year’s Eve party at Scientology’s Flag Land Base

[Miscavige at recent Flag graduation, from ISN magazine]

On the Scientology calendar, after founder L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday on March 13, the next most holy occasion might be New Year’s Eve. But the odd thing about Scientology’s big New Year’s celebration is that it actually takes place a few weeks earlier at the Shrine Auditorium in []

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Danny Masterson’s attorneys scheduled to enter not guilty plea for him today

[Masterson posted this nostalgic image on New Year’s Eve]

UPDATE: Danny Masterson’s attorney Tom Mesereau asked for a delay. The arraignment was rescheduled for January 20.

At the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles today, Scientology celebrity and That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson is scheduled to be arraigned on charges of raping three []

The wealthy people getting Scientology through the lockdown with their donations

[She’s the tops, once again]

As we promised yesterday, we have for you today the donors that Scientology leader David Miscavige has chosen to celebrate in Impact magazine even though the annual October gala of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) was not held this []

Scientology celebrates its pandemic response in latest Impact magazine

 Oh, Impact magazine, how we’ve missed []

Scientology social media: Stop being afraid to turn over all your hard earned cash!

 Once again we’re indebted to our social media source who lets us in on what Scientologists are sharing with each other []

Worst part in the Scientology ‘arbitration’ ruling? Danny Masterson can participate.

[Judge Kleifield and Danny Masterson]

We were jamming Thursday afternoon when we broke the news about the stunning ruling that will force Danny Masterson’s accusers into “religious arbitration.” We barely had time to summarize Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield’s 15-page order and post it to the blog that []

VIDEO: Ex-JW activist Lloyd Evans chased from home by Croatian earthquake

[Lloyd and Dijana last night at midnight]

We’re still reeling from yesterday’s ruling by Judge Steven Kleifield denying three of Danny Masterson’s rape accusers the right to trial in their lawsuit alleging harassment for coming forward with their allegations of sexual assault.

What a messed up way for a messed up year to end. []

DANNY MASTERSON ACCUSERS DENIED RIGHT TO TRIAL, FORCED TO ‘RELIGIOUS ARBITRATION’

[Judge Kleifield]

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven J. Kleifield, like his colleague Judge Richard Burdge, has found that former Scientologists trying to sue the church over allegations that they were harassed years after they left it have no right to trial because of contracts they signed as members of the organization. In this case, the []

Scientology’s 2020: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!

 Of course we’re happy to see the last of 2020, a year that none of us will forget. But along with the bad, there has been some []

The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 6: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

 There have been many startling disclosures about what actually happens inside Scientology over the years. But one of the results of several former top Sea Org officials coming forward around the year 2009 — people like Mike Rinder, Marc and Claire Headley, and Tom Devocht, for example — was the greater appreciation we all gained []