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Danny Masterson victims calmly answer Scientology’s latest whine in lawsuit

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Wednesday, a hearing is scheduled in the Bixler v. Scientology lawsuit, the one filed by Danny Masterson’s victims, who are asking the court to allow new racketeering counts against the church itself. Scientology is opposed, of course, and now we’re looking at their reply. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Make room, Long Islanders: Scientology’s Gatsbys are moving in!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We want to thank readers who sent us news out of Long Island that Scientology paid $15.2 million for an office building there. Some folks sounded a bit panicked about it. Well, breathe easy, Long Islanders. We’ve been on this for years, and the truth is sillier than you imagine. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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PODCAST: Phil Jones on the billboard, Scientology, and the Aftermath Foundation

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a week Phil Jones has had, with his stealth operation in Los Angeles to put up a billboard on behalf of the Aftermath Foundation, and then the controversy with Scientology that ensued. We wanted to ask him even more questions about what went down. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Aftermath Foundation billboard pulled down, and ClearChannel isn’t saying why

[Phil Jones and his newest billboard on Monday morning.]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We talked to Aftermath Foundation board members Phil Jones and Claire Headley last night, who said they still weren’t getting any answers from ClearChannel about their billboard being taken down. Scientology’s usual intimidation seems to have worked again. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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News report says Leah Remini’s Scientology suit ‘gutted’ — but the ruling says otherwise

[No surprises in Judge Hammock’s ruling on Leah’s suit. So why pretend there was?]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A courthouse news organization is reporting that Leah Remini’s Scientology lawsuit has been ‘gutted’ after a court ruling. But that same news organization had earlier characterized the ruling as only a ‘trimming’ — and a closer look shows that Leah’s lawsuit is still on target. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is 113 today: Let’s celebrate with his own words!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On this auspicious occasion, we thought we’d highlight three of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s most remarkable statements in order to help celebrate the Great Thetan on his 113th birthday, wherever he is. Hip, hip, hooray! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Jane Doe 1: Scientology’s forced arbitration shouldn’t apply in a lawsuit about sex abuse

[Judge Robert Broadbelt and defendant David Miscavige]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In two weeks the forced-marriage lawsuit against Scientology will face its biggest challenge so far: A motion from the church to force the case into its own internal ‘religious arbitration.’ But in a new filing, Jane Doe argues that Congress doesn’t want it that way. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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They’ve done it again! Billboard goes up adjacent to Scientology HQ in Los Angeles

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Phil Jones and friends have done it again, putting up a billboard this morning near Scientology’s HQ in Los Angeles, this time to benefit the Aftermath Foundation. In today’s post, he explains how this new project came together. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology does not want racketeering added to lawsuit from Danny Masterson victims

[Judge Kalra and defendant Danny Masterson]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In December Danny Masterson’s victims proposed to enhance their lawsuit against him and Scientology with a new plaintiff added, as well as racketeering allegations against the church. Now we have Scientology’s response opposing those changes, with the usual screeching. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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PODCAST: Mark Bunker on Scientologists stealing his campaign signs

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With a little more than a week before election day, it was great timing for news to break that it was a couple of Scientologists who were caught stealing Mark Bunker’s yard signs. We checked in with Wise Beard Man about how he’s faring as his campaign hits the homestretch. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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