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Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]

Priscilla Presley on grandkid allegation: ‘Irrelevant’ if she has relatives in Florida

[Brigitte Kruse and Priscilla Presley before the trouble]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, Priscilla Presley answered Brigitte Kruse’s Orlando lawsuit with a motion to dismiss, and once again argued she has no real connection to the state of Florida. […]

Priscilla Presley asks for more time to answer explosive new version of Florida lawsuit

[Brigitte Kruse and Priscilla Presley in happier times]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re not the only ones bowled over by the new version of the Orlando lawsuit against Priscilla Presley. After seeing the new allegations — including the claim […]

If it’s a hardship to go to court in Florida, why does Priscilla Presley visit so often?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A new filing in the lawsuit against Priscilla Presley in Orlando filed by a former business partner reveals a few new details about where that lawsuit is going, and we thought you’d want to […]

Elvis Presley and Priscilla have previously unknown grandchild in Florida, lawsuit claims

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Um, kaboom. [What is this Substack thing, […]

Tracey McManus heading to Dallas after stellar Scientology reporting in Florida

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Tracey McManus let us know that she’s moving to the Dallas Morning News. We told her we’re thrilled for her career, but sad for the people of Clearwater and its environs in Florida, where […]

David Miscavige irked by evidence of his Florida ties, but judge doesn’t want to hear it

[Scientology leader David Miscavige and federal Judge Thomas Barber]

We want to caution you that this is a very minor update we are telling you about today in the Baxter v. Scientology labor trafficking […]

Scientology leader David Miscavige doing business in Florida: The evidence

One of the most stunning claims that Scientology leader David Miscavige has made in his frenetic attempts to keep himself from being named a defendant in a Tampa labor trafficking lawsuit is that he does no business in […]

David Miscavige objects to being served, claims he does no business in Florida

[Dave, doing business in Florida]

As expected, David Miscavige, through his attorney Florida Bar past president William Schifino, filed an objection yesterday to the recent court ruling that named the Scientology leader a defendant in a labor trafficking lawsuit.

It’s a […]

REPORT: Scientology loses captain of its Florida ‘spiritual mecca,’ a fundraising marvel

A couple of our best sources reached out to us this week to let us know they’ve heard something interesting that is coming out of Scientology’s “spiritual mecca,” the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, […]

David Miscavige lives in Florida when he’s sued in LA, and in LA when he’s sued in Tampa

Scientology files pages and pages of confusing stuff to courts all the time, and that’s the case again in the labor trafficking lawsuit in Tampa. Scientology leader David Miscavige had an attorney file a lengthy document this week in order to oppose a motion that is trying to get Miscavige declared an official defendant in […]

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