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Jury selection in the Danny Masterson retrial: Today, the attorneys take over

[Defense attorney Shawn Holley and Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller]

It’s Day 4 at the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, and Judge Charlaine Olmedo has indicated that she’s hoping she can get a jury seated by the end of the day so we can take tomorrow []

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Judge Olmedo begins quizzing prospective jurors in the Danny Masterson retrial

 It’s Day Three of the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, and jury selection is going to start getting a lot more involved. In the first two days, Judge Charlaine Olmedo had four sets of prospective jurors fill out questionnaires. Today, she’ll begin quizzing them individually about their []

Day one at the Danny Masterson retrial was wild, what’s in store for day two?

[Attorney Shawn Holley and former Sea Org official Claire Headley]

We had wondered how the Danny Masterson retrial might be different than the first trial, which ended in a hung jury on November 30. And wow, on day one of the retrial yesterday, we really got some confirmation that the differences could be pretty []

Danny Masterson, the retrial: Jury selection begins this morning and we’re on scene

[Masterson and his defense attorney, Philip Cohen]

Jury selection begins this morning in the Danny Masterson retrial at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los []

Group Therapy, Ep. 16: The full gang is back, with an episode for everyone!

 With the Danny Masterson retrial starting tomorrow, we’re shifting gears and preparing for some hard work in the weeks []

VIDEO: Scientology’s post-pandemic comeback starts right here, space cadets!

 There’s nothing like a Scientology hype video to get our blood pumping, and we knew you’d want to see this latest offering from the []

The Bad Cadet: New book looks at Scientology in a coming-of-age story

 We first heard from Katherine Spallino several years ago, and we’re happy to see that the book she’s been working on, The Bad Cadet: Growing Up in the Church of Scientology’s Sea Organization, is now available for you to buy at []

Pre-trial Scientology special: The new episode of Up the Bridge, for everyone!

 In 2013 we began a very popular series at the Underground Bunker which lasted more than a []

Scientology quietly acquires $13.5 million converted church near Big Blue: But why?

[The former church at 4975 Sunset Blvd]

 We’re certainly used to hearing that Scientology has acquired new buildings, but the location of a new $13.5 million acquisition has us a bit puzzled: It’s a set of creative offices in a converted church just a few blocks west of the “Big Blue” Scientology headquarters complex on Sunset []

L. Ron Hubbard 2.0 starting new Scientology offshoot and says he’s getting out of jail soon

 The Freezone never fails to entertain us. These are folks who revere Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and engage in his ideas and practices, but are independent of the Church of Scientology. Their numbers are small, but we appreciate them because they will often say things publicly about Hubbard and Scientology that church members keep []