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Here’s the origin of the Scientology phrase Jane Doe 1 used that almost caused a mistrial

 Yesterday testimony began in the Danny Masterson trial when the prosecution called alleged victim Jane Doe 1 to the witness []

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‘What’s Scientology on trial for?’ Danny Masterson lawyer hunted juror bias on Day 4

[Philip Cohen and his client, Danny Masterson]

After four days of jury selection in Danny Masterson’s rape trial in Los Angeles, we’re expecting things to begin moving very rapidly []

Scientology goes Xtreme! With the pandemic lifted, time to go straight up and vertical!

 Trials involving Scientology going on in Los Angeles and New York? Major trafficking litigation against Scientology in Florida? And Mike Rinder’s book getting major media []

PODCAST: Auditing Mary Sue Hubbard while Scientology kept her on house arrest

[Mary Sue with her husband, and her 1993 auditor, Bruce Hines]

 Yesterday, we posted another great piece by former Scientology auditor and Sea Org member Bruce []

Scientology’s deposed queen: What it was like to ‘audit’ Mary Sue Hubbard in exile

[MSH & LRH]

 I arrived at a building in Hollywood where Author Services, Inc., was located. Generally, in the Scientology world it was referred to as “ASI.” For some reason, in the sprawling, convoluted Scientology organizational structure, ASI is under the Church of Spiritual Technology, rather than the Church of Scientology International. Or maybe ASI is []

Judge Olmedo: Opening statements in Danny Masterson trial may come Tuesday

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and defendant Danny Masterson]

 Thursday was another day of moving large numbers of potential jurors through the courtroom in the Danny Masterson trial, but Judge Charlaine Olmedo seems confident that she’s on a rapid schedule to seat a jury, perhaps as soon as late Monday []

Confirmed: Lisa Marie Presley, Marty Singer on witness list in Danny Masterson trial

[Hollywood fixer Marty Singer and Lisa Marie Presley]

 Jury selection continued yesterday as we served our second day as pool reporter in the Danny Masterson rape []

The Scientology spy in the hallway: The Danny Masterson trial gets underway

[Hallway at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, photo by California Historical Society]

Yesterday morning, the Danny Masterson criminal trial began with jury selection, and your proprietor was feeling on the []

Jury selection begins today in the Danny Masterson trial, and we’re there for you

[Law & Crime’s Jesse Weber and a field correspondent]

Jury selection begins today in the trial of Danny Masterson. Wow, we can tell you that for some people, it’s been an incredible struggle and a harrowing journey to get to hear those []

The case against Danny Masterson: Details from the prosecution brief on the eve of trial

[Danny Masterson in 2003]

Jury selection begins tomorrow in the criminal rape trial of Scientology celebrity and That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson. He’s accused of forcibly raping three women between 2001 and 2003 who were Scientologists at the time. (They no longer are today.) If he’s found guilty of all three counts, he’s facing 45 []