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Scientology is fuming about Mike Rinder, Valeska Paris testimony in trafficking case

[Mike Rinder and Valeska Paris]

Scientology was so incensed by the responses to its attempt to derail a new labor trafficking lawsuit in Tampa, it asked for the chance to make a special []

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What is this ‘Substack’ thing anyway, and what’s going on at the Underground Bunker?

Three months ago we made a decision to move our new daily stories to the Substack platform. It’s been a big success for us, but we know there have been hiccups for our readers, and so we thought we’d take the time to review where the Underground Bunker is now, just a week short of []

Olmedo rules: After grand jury revelation, the court’s words for Danny Masterson’s lawyers

[Danny Masterson and Judge Charlaine Olmedo]

On Sunday, we told you that some bombshells had landed in Danny Masterson’s criminal case last week at the courtroom of Judge Charlaine []

My Scientology wins: A personal testament of OT powers

 I’m not totally certain when I began to get OT wins, but I knew when I first came across them that I had to get me some of that wondrous []

Bombshells in Danny Masterson case: Grand jury testimony, and evidence against Scientology

[Attorney Marty Singer and Danny Masterson]

On September 5, we told you that we had learned that Lavely & Singer, legendary entertainment attorney Marty Singer’s firm that also employs Andrew Brettler, Danny Masterson’s civil attorney, had objected to a subpoena that was issued by Danny’s prosecutor, Deputy DA Reinhold []

PODCAST: Jesse Prince is here to shake up your understanding of Scientology

[Jesse Prince, author of ‘The Expert Witness’]

If you’ve been a Scientology watcher as long as some of our stalwarts at the Bunker, you will remember a time when our guest today was as electric a campaigner against Scientology’s abuses as anyone who had come out of the organization’s upper []

Scientology’s arbitration contracts are ‘unconscionable,’ say trafficking victims

 The three former Sea Org members suing Scientology for labor trafficking in Tampa — Australia residents Valeska Paris and Gawain and Laura Baxter — have answered Scientology’s attempts to derail their suit with a powerful collection of legal briefs and declarations, and we have them for you to []

Paul Haggis opposes motion to keep Scientology out of next month’s trial

[Haggis’s attorneys plan to introduce evidence first seen in Bryan Seymour’s ‘Black Ops’ series]

Last week, we told you that Haleigh Breest, the former publicist who is suing director Paul Haggis for allegedly raping her, filed a motion asking that the court not allow Haggis to bring up Scientology in their trial, which is scheduled to []

Now with no restrictions: Our podcast series on the Scientology docuseries that never aired

 In June, we started our experiment with Substack and asked readers to sign up for free emails so our stories would come right to your inboxes. Less than three months later, we now have more than triple the subscriber base we did previously, and you’ve all helped us reach a much larger []

AUDIO: Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan says Rizza Islam is accused of ‘horrible charge’

[Rizza and Farrakhan in happier times]

This week we heard from multiple current and former Nation of Islam members who told us that on Wednesday they were called in for an all-hands ‘Believers’ Meeting’ at their local mosques in order to view a video address from leader Louis []