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Lisa McPherson and the doctors: Hamstrung by the ‘spiritual’ needs of a thetan

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Looking back 30 years later, it’s incredible to think that three medical professionals who were trying to prescribe something for Lisa McPherson were overruled by her Scientology ‘spiritual’ adviser. ALSO: Danny Masterson’s habeas petition []

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Scientology IAS gala photos: Nancy Cartwright gets her Freedom Medal!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has posted its photos from this year’s big IAS gala at its UK headquarters, and we have the highlights for you. One surprise: voice of Bart Simpson actress Nancy Cartwright finally got her []

Court rejects brief from Danny Masterson victims intended to fix Boies Schiller AI blunder

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Bad enough that the Boies Schiller firm blundered with AI errors in a filing that Scientology pounced on in the Danny Masterson civil lawsuit, but now the court has rejected a make-up brief that []

Drama on Clearwater City Council over letter regarding Scientology: The transcript

[Mayor Rector confronts Councilman Allbritton]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: An interesting clash broke out at Thursday’s Clearwater City Council meeting when Mayor Rector confronted Councilman Allbritton about sending a letter to the Florida AG about a street Scientology wants. []

TX Lawyer examines Danny Masterson’s two separate bids to overturn his conviction

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With this week’s court filings, Danny Masterson is now pursuing two separate strategies for trying to reverse his 2023 conviction. To help us make sense of these documents is our expert, an appellate attorney []

Danny Masterson completes his appeal with ‘reply brief,’ and we have it all for you

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Danny Masterson completes his criminal appeal with his ‘appellant’s reply brief,’ which answers the arguments of the state AG, who wants him to stay right where he is. We have the entire thing for []

‘Babywatch,’ day one: Lisa McPherson raves out by Scientology’s holiest swimming pool

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thirty years ago today, Lisa McPherson’s tragic Scientology nightmare really kicked into gear with her first day on the ‘Introspection Rundown’ out by the pool at the Fort Harrison Hotel. ALSO: Another new superhuman []

Lisa McPherson’s last opportunity for standard care ended 30 years ago today

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thirty years ago today, Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life reached a bizarre breaking point. In our continued look back at her final weeks in real time, we reach the moment when she had her last []

Scientology tech experts review Lisa McPherson’s grim cycle of guilt and self-blame

[Claire Headley and Sunny Pereira]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Today in our lookback at Lisa McPherson 30 years later, our tech experts help us understand the bizarre Scientology exercises in self-blame she was forced to go through that helped []

Lisa McPherson in Orlando: What her hotel roommate witnessed, and the Slaughter rule

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As we continue to look at what was happening with Lisa McPherson 30 years ago in real time, our sources help us understand why the pull her boss had as a major Scientology donor []