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PODCAST: Paulette Cooper has been exposing Scientology’s abuses for more than 50 years

[Paulette Cooper in 1967, before all the trouble started]

This week at the podcast, we’re coming back around to why we created the Underground Bunker to begin with. In 2012, we began working on a book that eventually gained the title The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, and we created our website in order to make sure the []

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Olmedo rules: Read the decision to deny Danny Masterson’s latest trial delay attempt

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and Danny Masterson]

On August 12 Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo shot down Danny Masterson’s most creative attempt to delay his rape []

Don’t allow Paul Haggis to mention Scientology in trial, woman suing him asks court

[Paul Haggis]

On Tuesday, Haleigh Breest, the former publicist who is suing Paul Haggis alleging that the Crash director raped her in 2013 after attending a movie premiere, filed a lengthy motion asking Judge Sabrina Kraus to limit what Haggis can bring up at their trial, which is scheduled to begin in New York on October []

The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 5: Jamie DeWolf

[Jamie filming the Sirens Media series in Los Angeles]

In 2016, the A&E Network had filmed and edited an eight-episode series about Scientology that has never []

How Scientology churchified itself to capitalize on its IRS tax exemption

[David Miscavige in 1993, and the War Is Over announcement that October]

We have a special treat for you today. A former Sea Org member who worked in Scientology’s management wanted to add some more detail to something Sunny Pereira wrote for us recently. Sunny had pointed out that after Lisa McPherson’s death in 1995, Scientology []

Confirmed: Law enforcement was informed about another alleged Danny Masterson victim

[Danny Masterson]

In June 2020, Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson was charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office with forcibly raping three women who were Scientologists at the time (they aren’t today). The DA’s office also revealed that it had considered the allegations of five different women before choosing to charge Masterson based on the allegations []

Judge in labor trafficking lawsuit refuses relief for ex-Scientology trio: Bad omen?

[Judge Thomas Barber. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM]

Is it nailbiting time in the Baxter v Scientology []

After more failures, Valeska Paris asks court to summons Scientology leader David Miscavige

[Dave at the Flag Building]

The Australians suing Scientology for labor trafficking have had more failures attempting to serve the lawsuit on David Miscavige, and so now they’re asking the court itself to serve the Scientology leader in care of Florida’s Secretary of []

After 9-year appeal, Scientology wins tax exemption in the Netherlands

[David Miscavige at the Amsterdam Ideal Org opening in 2017]

In 2013, Scientology won a major victory in the Netherlands when an appeals court overturned the verdict of a lower court and awarded the organization church status in that country. At the time, journalist Jonny Jacobsen helped us understand the situation, and Karin Spaink, the Dutch []

The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 4: Katrina Reyes

[Katrina and her mother, before Scientology tore them apart]

In 2016, the A&E Network had filmed and edited an eight-episode series about Scientology that has never []