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[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 […]
[The $10 million couple: Steve Fabos and Peggy Oppenheim-Fabos]
In court on Monday, Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller described to Judge Charlaine Olmedo one of the witnesses the prosecution plans to call in Danny Masterson’s criminal rape trial, which starts […]
Earlier this week, we received a surprise. It was a message from someone we haven’t heard from in a few years, and someone we really […]
[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and defendant Danny Masterson]
On Monday and Tuesday, crucial pretrial matters were hammered out in Judge Charlaine Olmedo’s Los Angeles courtroom, and with defendant Danny Masterson in attendance (even though he wasn’t required to be […]
[Mirriam Francis in her episode of Scientology and the Aftermath]
In 2017, Mirriam Francis appeared in the premiere episode of the second season of Leah Remini’s A&E series, ‘Scientology and the Aftermath.’ She also helped us out with a couple of pieces here at the Bunker, but it has been a few years since we heard […]
This week, the two sides in the upcoming Danny Masterson rape trial have been arguing over what evidence would be allowed, and which witnesses would be called. Yesterday, Judge Charlaine Olmedo issued some rulings in the case, denying a delay that Masterson had asked for, but also denying an expert witness for the […]
At a courtroom in Los Angeles yesterday, the two sides preparing for Danny Masterson’s rape trial that is scheduled to begin next week spent the day fighting over what evidence will be allowed […]
Well, you knew this was coming. Scientology loves to turn natural disasters into public relations opportunities, and so with a major hurricane hitting just south of its spiritual mecca, the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida, there was no question that it would be pouncing on the […]
What a week it’s been for PostcardMania CEO Joy Gendusa.
On Tuesday, with Hurricane Ian barreling toward Florida’s west coast, labor journalist Jonah Furman published statements by Gendusa that the Clearwater mail-order business would work through the storm, and that she expected employees not only to be at their desks but also to bring their kids […]
The big news this week of course is that former Scientology spokesman and Leah Remini’s costar Mike Rinder has released his really terrific book about his experience in the church, A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of […]
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