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City of Inglewood: Brian Statler shouldn’t have resisted arrest and forced us to shoot him dead

[Brian Statler]

The City of Inglewood has answered the lawsuit filed by Brian Statler’s family, and in predictably generic language denies that its police officers did anything wrong when they ventilated the 30-year-old mixed race man on March 27, 2019 at the Church of Scientology’s Inglewood “Ideal []

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New amended complaint packs a wallop in Miami Scientology child sex assault lawsuit

[Defendant David Miscavige]

Just days before a major showdown hearing was scheduled for April 20 (and was likely to be put back for the pandemic), “Jane Doe” has filed a new amended complaint in her lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige that will upend scheduling in the case. []

‘Rona blues: Court delays, Shelly on the menu, and more Scientology nonsense

[Danny delayed, Shelly ordered]

As we expected, court dates in the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers have been moved back because of the pandemic. []

Scientology really reaching in latest attempt to keep Philly lawyers out of Masterson lawsuit

[Brian Kent wants in, but Miscavige wants to keep him out]

At this point a hearing is still scheduled for April 22 in Los Angeles Superior Court in the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers against the actor and the Church of Scientology. Given the way the pandemic has wreaked havoc on court schedules, we have []

Eleventh Circuit will hear oral arguments in key Scientology ‘religious arbitration’ case

[Coming this July: The Garcias and the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta]

We haven’t heard anything about the Garcias’ appeal at the Eleventh Circuit in a long time, but now there’s a significant development. The court has announced that it will hear oral arguments from both sides in Atlanta the week of July []

Bobette Riales’ house burned? Scientology: ‘Can’t sue us. Didn’t happen in California.’

[Bobette Riales and her dog Jet]

Scientology has filed a do-over demurrer against Bobette Riales, which it was compelled to do after Bobette and the other women suing Scientology and actor Danny Masterson filed an amended complaint and re-set the clock in their []

Scientology’s new attempt to force ‘religious arbitration’ on Danny Masterson’s accusers

[David Miscavige and RTC’s attorney, Matthew Hinks]

We’ve been focusing the past couple of weeks on Scientology’s schizophrenic approach to the coronavirus pandemic, but life marches on, and so does Scientology []

Brian Statler’s daughter joins lawsuit over his police shooting death at Scientology church

[Brian Statler]

An amended complaint has been filed in the federal civil rights and excessive force lawsuit over the March 27, 2019 police shooting death of Brian Statler at the Inglewood Church of Scientology, and it contains a []

David Miscavige deposition in sex abuse lawsuit canceled after Scientology pushes back

[David Miscavige and the attorney who won’t be questioning him next week, Ricardo Martinez-Cid]

In recent weeks, attorneys for Jane Doe, a Florida woman suing Scientology for what she alleges was years of sexual abuse that she endured as a child employee for the church, boldly filed notices in court that they intended to subject three []

Danny Masterson’s victims speak out in sworn documents in lawsuit against Scientology

[Bobette Riales, Chrissie Bixler and her husband Cedric Bixler-Zavala]

Yesterday we told you about Mike Rinder’s sworn statement that he submitted as part of a lawsuit filed by four women who say they were violently raped by Danny Masterson, three of them while they were members of the Church of Scientology. []