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A warrior’s journey in and out of Scientology

 While we take a weekend break in the Danny Masterson retrial, we’re glad to see that Jon Atack and Mark ‘Warrior’ Plummer have begun a conversation about Mark’s journey in []

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Group Therapy, Ep. 16: The full gang is back, with an episode for everyone!

 With the Danny Masterson retrial starting tomorrow, we’re shifting gears and preparing for some hard work in the weeks []

Celebrity Sunday: A South American actress has us recalling David Miscavige getting a medal

 We’re continuing our occasional look at Scientology’s Celebrity magazine, which appears to be a victim of the pandemic. And this week, we’re looking at an issue that featured Colombian actress Maria Lara in January []

DA wants Toronto woman to testify as fifth accuser in Danny Masterson retrial

 According to a defense motion that is going to be heard today in the Danny Masterson criminal case in Los Angeles, Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller is planning to add a fifth accuser in Masterson’s retrial, which is scheduled to begin jury selection on April []

TRANSCRIPT, PART 2: Experienced auditor is taped talking about E-meter, the OT levels

 And now we have for you the second half of the remarkable recorded conversation between a recent high school graduate and the OT Scientologist auditor, which ranged over a number of fascinating []

TRANSCRIPT: Experienced OT auditor secretly taped dishing on the state of Scientology today

 It doesn’t matter how many former Scientologists come out and tell us what’s going on in Scientology, the church itself denies what they’re saying, and some gullible academics and others fall for it, telling us that we really don’t know what it’s like to be a rank-and-file Scientologist []

Scientology turns you into a fundraising dynamo — you know you want this energy!

 Holy Xenu’s E-meter, campers, we love the long, skinny fliers that Scientology for some reason thinks are the bomb when it comes to prying money out of the hands of their []

After Cruise, Moss, and Shelly noms, Valerie Haney called ‘obstructionist’ by Scientology

[Scientology attorney William Forman and Valerie Haney]

In advance of Thursday’s court hearing in Valerie Haney’s kidnapping and harassment lawsuit, Scientology’s attorney William Forman has filed a declaration accusing Valerie of “obstructionist tactics and bad faith selection of unavailable []

37 years ago: The eerie Hollywood Palladium sendoff for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

[David Miscavige, master of ceremonies]

 Thirty-seven years ago today, Scientologists in the Los Angeles area were instructed to come to the Hollywood Palladium for a special []

PODCAST: Karen de la Carriere on the ‘Ls’ — Scientology’s nuttiest ‘technology’?

 On Wednesday, we showed you a new promotional video that Scientology has recently put out that is intended to lure its wealthier members to the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida for some arcane practices known as the “L []