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The new Scientology OT 8s are here! Masters of matter, energy, space, and time!

 [Make sure you saw yesterday’s TWO bonus breaking news stories: 1. Results of yesterday’s hearing in Bixler v. Masterson and 2. Jane Doe’s lawyers schedule David Miscavige for a deposition!]

It’s on Scientology’s private cruise ship the Freewinds, which plies the Caribbean, that L. Ron Hubbard’s ultimate prank is pulled on his Scientologist []

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SCIENTOLOGY CHIEF DAVID MISCAVIGE SCHEDULED FOR DEPOSITION IN CHILD SEX ABUSE LAWSUIT

 In the third of three big lawsuits filed last year by a powerful national legal team, a child sexual abuse case filed in Miami on behalf of a woman going by the name Jane Doe, a document appeared in an online docket today from Jane Doe’s attorneys saying they expect Scientology leader David Miscavige to []

Masterson: Judge unimpressed by Scientology whining, denies request for sanctions

[Judge Steven J. Kleifield]

Judge Steven Kleifield denied Scientology’s motions for sanctions today in a hearing held at the Los Angeles Superior Court and otherwise brushed aside a lot of whining and bellyaching by attorneys for Scientology and Danny Masterson in order to reschedule various matters in a lawsuit filed by four women who say Masterson []

What it’s like to discover your employer is pushing Scientology on his office

[Say “ahhh”]

We’ve been telling you for years that Scientology targets dentists, chiropractors, veterinarians and other professionals with management companies that operate as front groups for the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE). Every year we hear about cases where workers object to being forced into Scientology classes by the dentists or chiropractors they work for, []

Scientology mail contract worth $5 million a year says firm suing a former employee

[Scientology’s printing plant puts out prodigious amounts of junk mail.]

An international mailing company, Asendia, is suing its former vice president of operations, accusing him of luring away the Church of Scientology, a client that was worth $5 million a []

Scientology attempts to clean up its balloon mess by clearing beach of syringes

[Cleaning up the beach in Ventura]

Scientology made national headlines when it released hundreds of balloons at the opening of the Ventura ideal org last month. Neighbors and concerned citizens complained, and Ventura Mayor Matt LaVere claimed “The truth is that the City EXPRESSLY FORBID the Church of Scientology from doing this balloon release, and they []

Forcing Scientology ‘arbitration’ on rape victims would be US courts imposing religion

[Chrissie Bixler, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and Danny Masterson]

We’ve just had a chance to read the brilliant opposition filed on behalf of Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Bobette Riales, and the others suing the Church of Scientology as they argue against the church’s attempt to stay their lawsuit and force them into “religious []

Valerie Haney asks judge to reconsider ruling, and has some excellent arguments

[Valerie Haney has asked Judge Burdge for a second look]

On January 30, Valerie Haney’s lawsuit against the Church of Scientology was stopped in its tracks when Judge Richard Burdge Jr of the Los Angeles Superior Court granted Scientology’s motion to force her to take her grievance to “religious []

Riffer madness: Scientology in a tizzy days before next week’s hearing in Masterson suit

[David Miscavige and his attorney, Jeffrey Riffer]

It’s another Jeffrey Riffer court filing! Oh, we live for angry lawyer letters and court briefs from the pen of Jeffrey Riffer, who works as Scientology leader David Miscavige’s personal legal attack []

Naturally, shady Scientology operators are drawn to the gold rush of stem cell therapy

 As Tony pointed out on Tuesday, the stem cell therapy business is having a Wild West moment, and so it’s attracting shady Scientologists who want to get in on the []