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UNSEALED: Jane Doe 1 sues Scientology for sex assault at 16 by Sea Org groomer

[Defendants Gavin Potter and David Miscavige, and attorney Graham Berry]

On December 29, between the two trials of Danny Masterson, one of his victims, Jane Doe 1, filed a lawsuit against Scientology, its leader David Miscavige, and a Sea Org member named Gavin […]

THE WITNESS: Damian Perkins opens up about how the case against Danny Masterson began

On March 19, 2015 at 9:44 in the morning, actor and dancer Damian Perkins received a text message on his phone from someone he had known only peripherally at the Church of Scientology’s Hollywood Celebrity […]

Judge Olmedo’s ruling about the Scientology leak: The whole enchilada

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and Scientology attorney Vicki Podberesky]

We can tell you that Thomas Mesereau’s attorney Edith Matthai was not very happy when she saw that Judge Charlaine Olmedo had a 30-page ruling ready to issue after yesterday’s evidentiary hearing about the leak of prosecution discovery material to the Church of […]

Scientology leak hearing: Who’s falling on their sword today?

[Defense attorneys Philip Cohen, Sharon Appelbaum, and Tom Mesereau]

A week ago this morning, we were still waiting for the Danny Masterson retrial jury to finish its deliberations, and Judge Charlaine Olmedo’s courtroom had attracted an interesting collection of Masterson’s defense attorneys, past and […]

Here’s the court order demanding Danny Masterson’s attorneys attend leak hearing

[Defense attorneys Philip Cohen, Shawn Holley, and Tom Mesereau]

Naturally, the events that transpired on Wednesday afternoon in Judge Charlaine Olmedo’s courtroom have captured the world’s attention, as Danny Masterson was convicted and remanded to […]

What it was like watching Danny Masterson get handcuffed in Judge Olmedo’s court

Hey, gang. That was quite a day yesterday for your proprietor, and we have to admit we’re still just sort of recovering from […]

Deborah Rennard fends off ugly accusations by Haleigh Breest in new affidavit

In March we told you that Deborah Rennard not only had to guard against an unhinged Tommy Davis, who accosted her in the street during the Paul Haggis-Haleigh Breest trial, but also that Breest had made accusations that Rennard was helping her ex-husband Haggis hide […]

Straight Up and Vertical: When is this jury going to deliver a result?

After a morning off, deliberations in the Danny Masterson retrial will resume today at 1:30 pm here in Los Angeles. The jury will then have only a little more than two hours to reach a verdict today before the court takes tomorrow off […]

Scientology salutes ‘humanitarian’ couple for donating $33.8 million to building fund

Just last week we showed you evidence from Scientology’s own publications that big donors are still turning over huge amounts to church leader David Miscavige’s legal slush fund, the International Association of […]

As the jury deliberates, there’s plenty it didn’t hear about Danny Masterson

[Daily Beast illustration]

During the first Danny Masterson trial, Leah Remini joined us on the Underground Bunker podcast for a really terrific look at the case. And one of the things we talked about was how frustrated we were that the jury was not seeing some of the evidence we knew existed about […]

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