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Valerie Haney asks court for reconsideration after Scientology defeat in Masterson case

One of the most frequent questions we’ve received after Scientology’s stunning defeat last month in the civil lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers was whether that ruling by an appeals court would have any effect on Valerie Haney’s own lawsuit against the […]

SCIENTOLOGY DENIED: Appeals court refuses to rehear arbitration ruling in Masterson case

[Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and Danny Masterson]

The landmark ruling by a California appeals court in January that restored a civil lawsuit against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology will stand. Yesterday, the court denied Scientology’s petition for a rehearing, which our experts had said was a […]

Danny Masterson accuser Jane Doe 1 hires lawyer who helped topple Jeffrey Epstein

[Attorney Bradley Edwards]

We have learned that just weeks after a major court victory restored a lawsuit filed against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology, one of the plaintiffs, who goes by “Jane Doe 1,” dropped the vaunted Philadelphia-based legal team representing her and hired Bradley Edwards, a nationally known trial attorney who represented some […]

Ford Greene to appeals court: Formally publish the ruling against Scientology arbitration!

[Ford Greene on “Scientology and the Aftermath”]

Last month’s stunning appeals court ruling in Bixler v. Church of Scientology International that reversed a win for Scientology’s ‘religious arbitration’ continues to have […]

Danny Masterson’s ‘Dream Team’ lawyer angers ‘Aftermath’ producers with repeat subpoenas

[Attorney Shawn Holley and her client, Danny Masterson]

[UPDATE: Judge Coen denied the defense’s motion and refused to dismiss Danny Masterson’s rape charges. Judge Olmedo quashed the subpoenas discussed in this story. See update below.]

In January we told you that we’d heard from one of Danny Masterson’s accusers and a witness in the case that a […]

Scientology will be central in tomorrow’s Danny Masterson rape case hearing

[Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and Danny Masterson]

We’re stuck in chilly New York, so we won’t get a chance to attend the next important hearing in Danny Masterson’s criminal prosecution in Los Angeles like we did at his preliminary hearing last […]

Here’s Scientology’s petition for rehearing in Masterson lawsuit, arguing that court blew it

[Chrissie Bixler and Scientology’s attorneys, Forman and Hinks]

Gene Maddaus at Variety broke the news this afternoon that Scientology had filed a petition with a California appeals court, asking for a rehearing after a recent big loss in the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s rape […]

Academics bleat over Scientology’s loss in appeals court, and here’s what they’re missing

We know, we know: What academics bellyache about has almost no significance whatsoever, and we should not be concerned with it. And the fact that the article we’re talking about appeared in the Wall Street Journal will get it more eyeballs, but when was the last time you turned to the WSJ for Scientology […]

Danny Masterson gets boost from Mom & brother Chris, who secure his $3.3 million bail

[Carol Masterson, her husband Rusty Tweed, and Christopher Masterson]

One of the side stories we’ve been watching in relation to the criminal prosecution of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson has been the $3.3 million bond he put up to keep himself out of jail while he’s awaiting trial, which is scheduled for August 29.

He’s facing allegations of […]

After huge court victory, women suing Danny Masterson and Scientology issue statement

[Plaintiff Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and Danny Masterson]

We received this statement today from attorney Nina Hawkinson on behalf of the plaintiffs suing Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology, who won a huge victory Wednesday in a California appeals […]

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