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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 []

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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 []

Former Scientology private eye wants to haul us into court in rape lawsuit

[Can Yanti Michael Greene convince Judge Francis Ricigliano to subpoena us?]

 On the morning of Monday, March 27 we left our underground bunker and schlepped out to Nassau County again for another hearing in the saga involving a private investigator who at one time was stalking Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez — and also your proprietor []

Danny Masterson wanted to delay trial to August: See how Judge Olmedo responded

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and defendant Danny Masterson]

 Last week, there was a late-requested hearing in the Danny Masterson criminal case. Masterson wasn’t there, but his defense attorney Philip Cohen was, and he was asking for the April 17 retrial to be moved back to []

Dave’s winning streak: Has Scientology made itself lawsuit-proof?

 Last Friday evening, we got the news that another lawsuit filed by former Scientologists had been torpedoed by a []

Judge Olmedo rules: Here are the details from the rulings on Danny Masterson’s retrial

 Yesterday Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo issued lengthy rulings about Danny Masterson’s retrial, which is now scheduled to start on April 17. Late in the afternoon, we gave you a quick rundown of the major issues she covered in those rulings, including her decision to allow the testimony of Claire Headley as a []

Here’s the prosecution’s witness list for the Danny Masterson retrial

[Can Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller’s new lineup put Masterson in prison?]

 At yesterday’s pretrial hearing, Danny Masterson’s prosecution and defense argued over what should be included and disallowed in his upcoming retrial, which is scheduled to begin jury selection on April []

Private eye firm that spied for Scientology throws up the white flag in sordid lawsuit

[TV polygraph expert Dan Ribacoff and his son Lance]

Yesterday we told you about a disgraced former journalist who was hired by the Church of Scientology to investigate the proprietor of this website. Today, we have an update on a disgraced private investigations firm that was also caught stalking us for []

Meet John Blosser, Scientology’s new shill, who is targeting Graham Berry

[John Blosser, dulcimer enthusiast and Scientology’s man of the moment]

 A few days ago at Facebook, attorney Graham Berry notified his friends that he appears to be the target of a new “noisy investigation” by the Church of []

David Miscavige irked by evidence of his Florida ties, but judge doesn’t want to hear it

[Scientology leader David Miscavige and federal Judge Thomas Barber]

We want to caution you that this is a very minor update we are telling you about today in the Baxter v. Scientology labor trafficking []