In 2016, the A&E Network had filmed and edited an eight-episode series about Scientology that has never aired.
Continue reading The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 5: Jamie DeWolf
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We have a special treat for you today. A former Sea Org member who worked in Scientology’s management wanted to add some more detail to something Sunny Pereira wrote for us recently. Sunny had pointed out that after Lisa McPherson’s death in 1995, Scientology sent out a new contract that included language that enabled the church to declare someone unwell so that it could take over their care. This has been dubbed the “kidnap contract” by critics, and Sunny said that she and others at the Hollywood Celebrity Centre were relieved at the time that the contract would give them the power to take over control of Sea Org members who were causing problems. Sunny also suggested that this may have been the first set of contracts that contained an arbitration clause, or at least the first ones she remembers seeing. Continue reading How Scientology churchified itself to capitalize on its IRS tax exemption
In June 2020, Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson was charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office with forcibly raping three women who were Scientologists at the time (they aren’t today). The DA’s office also revealed that it had considered the allegations of five different women before choosing to charge Masterson based on the allegations of three of them.
Is it nailbiting time in the Baxter v Scientology lawsuit?
The Australians suing Scientology for labor trafficking have had more failures attempting to serve the lawsuit on David Miscavige, and so now they’re asking the court itself to serve the Scientology leader in care of Florida’s Secretary of State.
In 2013, Scientology won a major victory in the Netherlands when an appeals court overturned the verdict of a lower court and awarded the organization church status in that country. At the time, journalist Jonny Jacobsen helped us understand the situation, and Karin Spaink, the Dutch journalist who had legendary court fights with Scientology in the 1990s, put things in perspective. Continue reading After 9-year appeal, Scientology wins tax exemption in the Netherlands
In 2016, the A&E Network had filmed and edited an eight-episode series about Scientology that has never aired. Continue reading The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 4: Katrina Reyes
When we got an Anderson County, Tennessee law enforcement official on the phone last November to tell him we were inquiring about someone in his jail, we explained that although the inmate appeared as “Lafayette Ronald Hubbard” in his records, we also knew the prisoner as a California ex-con named Justin Craig. Continue reading Freezone news: LRH 2.0 indicted by grand jury, new center opens in Buenos Aires
Way back in 2015, we told you that a Compton, California family had been charged with Medi-Cal fraud for sending the state insurance program fake reports of treatment from a jackleg Scientology “Narconon” rehab working out of the notorious World Literacy Crusade. Continue reading October showdowns: After years of delays, Scientology-related trials are looming
Scientology’s “International Justice Chief,” a Sea Org official named Mike Ellis, informed Valerie Haney last week that her choice of arbitrator, actress Elisabeth Moss, has declined to serve. So now, Valerie has mailed in her new nomination. Continue reading Valerie Haney names Tom Cruise for arbitrator (and Shelly Miscavige if Tom is busy) |
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