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Danny Masterson’s attorneys scheduled to enter not guilty plea for him today

[Masterson posted this nostalgic image on New Year’s Eve]

UPDATE: Danny Masterson’s attorney Tom Mesereau asked for a delay. The arraignment was rescheduled for January 20.

At the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles today, Scientology celebrity and That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson is scheduled to be arraigned on charges of raping three […]

Worst part in the Scientology ‘arbitration’ ruling? Danny Masterson can participate.

[Judge Kleifield and Danny Masterson]

We were jamming Thursday afternoon when we broke the news about the stunning ruling that will force Danny Masterson’s accusers into “religious arbitration.” We barely had time to summarize Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield’s 15-page order and post it to the blog that […]

DANNY MASTERSON ACCUSERS DENIED RIGHT TO TRIAL, FORCED TO ‘RELIGIOUS ARBITRATION’

[Judge Kleifield]

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven J. Kleifield, like his colleague Judge Richard Burdge, has found that former Scientologists trying to sue the church over allegations that they were harassed years after they left it have no right to trial because of contracts they signed as members of the organization. In this case, the […]

Oof: Jane Doe #1’s own attorneys flubbed and ID’d her and her IP address in court documents

For the second time Jane Doe #1’s real identity has been included in a court document in the lawsuit against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology. Like last time, it has taken at least a week to fix this error, but this time it was so much […]

Scientology hopes to benefit from Michael Jackson estate’s arbitration win against HBO

[DON’T MISS yesterday’s evening exclusive: Leah Remini responds to Tom Cruise’s Covid rant and puts it in its Scientology context.]

If you waded through that long court transcript we posted yesterday, you know that one of the challenges Scientology is facing in Los Angeles Superior Court is that Judge Steven Kleifield has some doubts about Scientology’s […]

Was it something they said? The Scientology ‘arbitration’ hearing Judge Kleifield nuked

[Judge Kleifield, Marci Hamilton, and William Forman]

One of the most surprising turns in Scientology litigation in a generation occurred a few weeks ago when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield took matters into his own hands and challenged the Church of Scientology over its “religious arbitration” legal […]

Wild scene in court papers: Scientology leader David Miscavige finally, really served?

[The elusive quarry]

While we wait for the major showdown over “religious arbitration” on Dec 18, there’s another update in the lawsuit against Danny Masterson and Scientology which we know you’re going to want to hear […]

VALERIE HANEY DENIED AGAIN: State supreme court won’t hear case

[Valerie Haney, right, and her attorney Marci Hamilton]

The California state supreme court has turned down Valerie Haney’s request to review a lower court’s ruling, and so she’s once again back where she started: She faces going through Scientology “religious arbitration” before she can appeal the order that denied her the right to a trial in […]

Danny Masterson accusers: Scientology’s illegal behavior shouldn’t count as ‘commerce’

[Plaintiff Chrissie Carnell Bixler and defendant Danny Masterson]

As we near the December 18 showdown over Scientology “religious arbitration” in Los Angeles Superior Court, Danny Masterson’s accusers have now responded to the extraordinary briefing going on, and their argument is a powerful one: Scientology should not get to count its illegal harassment and stalking of former […]

WHOA! Scientology to Judge Kleifield: Wrecking human lives IS our ‘commerce’

[David Miscavige: “Bite down on this, judge.”]

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield shocked us last month when he vacated a hearing in the lawsuit between Danny Masterson’s rape accusers and the That ’70s Show actor and the Church of Scientology. Kleifield wiped out the hearing and then asked Scientology’s attorneys to submit a […]

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