Scientology Jurisprudence | The Underground Bunker

SEVENTH victim comes forward to LAPD accusing Scientology actor Danny Masterson

[Is seven victims enough for DA Jackie Lacey (left), or will it take George Gascón (right) unseating her?]

The Underground Bunker has learned that the Los Angeles Police Department has had formal contact with a seventh woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Scientologist actor Danny […]

Is David Miscavige winning? Scientology seems to be on a roll, but is the law about to step in?

[David Miscavige in Ventura]

In 1995, when she first emerged online after mostly vanishing from the field ten years earlier after a court settlement, journalist Paulette Cooper was congratulated by Scientology watchers for all that she’d done to expose Scientology’s abuses while surviving one of the fiercest Fair Game campaigns of all time. […]

Scientology tries to keep high-profile Philly attorneys out of Danny Masterson lawsuit

[Can attorney Brian Kent, right, get into court to take on Miscavige and Masterson?]

Oh, you had to know this was coming.

A series of very important hearings is coming up in the lawsuit filed by four women who accuse Scientologist actor Danny Masterson of raping them. They’re suing Masterson, the Church of Scientology, and its leader […]

Masterson accusers in court today seek changes to deal with Scientology ‘arbitration’ motions

UPDATE: MOTION DENIED. However, there’s some encouraging news. See the update below.

In Los Angeles Superior Court this morning, attorneys for four women accusing actor Danny Masterson of rape have asked for an emergency hearing to convince Judge Steven Kleifield that they should have the right to research the religious contracts that the Church of Scientology […]

Another dog poisoned: Bobette Riales says harassment worse since suing Scientology

[Bobette Riales and her dog Jet]

Ten days after Chrissie Carnell Bixler and Cedric Bixler-Zavala had to put down a dog that ate meat laced with rat poison tossed into their Los Angeles yard, another plaintiff in their lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, Bobette Riales, says her dog began a 42-hour ordeal of vomiting, diarrhea, […]

Scientology will try to force Jane Doe in Miami child abuse case into ‘religious arbitration’

On April 20, Scientology will attempt to convince a Miami judge that a woman who says she was sexually molested while working as a child in its churches has no right to sue in court, but should be required to take her complaints to an internal “religious arbitration” panel made up exclusively of Church of […]

Scientology OT8 dentist closes office while patients confront him about their cash

It was an ugly scene in Severna Park, near Baltimore, on Tuesday as some angry patients shouted at dentist Neil Woods while he was leaving his office with news cameras […]

Here’s Scientology actor Danny Masterson’s legal response to his rape accusers

[Danny Masterson in 2003]

Four women have sued Danny Masterson, the Church of Scientology, and its leader David Miscavige, alleging that since those women came forward to the LAPD with rape allegations against Masterson in 2016, they have been subjected to a harassment campaign in an attempt to silence […]

What are Valerie Haney’s options after Scientology won its arbitration motion?

[Valerie Haney]

We’re still reeling after Thursday’s court hearing that dealt such a blow to Valerie Haney’s lawsuit. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Burdge Jr. granted the motions submitted by two of Scientology’s entities to compel the case into “religious arbitration,” and stayed the lawsuit […]

SCIENTOLOGY FORCES RELIGIOUS ARBITRATION ON VALERIE HANEY IN KIDNAPPING LAWSUIT