How Danny Masterson’s criminal judge has iced out Scientology leader David Miscavige

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and David Miscavige]

After last year’s preliminary hearing in Danny Masterson’s rape case that was held in Los Angeles in May, we wrote a story about one particular and very odd thing that happened during it.

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No, Will Smith was not high on Scientology when he slugged Chris Rock at the Oscars

[The slap heard ’round the world]

Naturally, after Sunday night’s absolutely bizarre moment during the Oscar broadcast when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock’s face for making fun of Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the jokes about the Smiths and Scientology started up on social media.

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Scientology wants you to forget Laura D got her files because 259 ‘ministers’ had access to them

[Laura D and Eric Lieberman]

We want to thank Gerry Armstrong for bringing this to our attention: Scientology is trying to get one over on academia and the legal profession again.

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‘Oh gosh’: Judge views alleged rape filmed on phone of Scientology private eye

[Judge Sharon Gianelli and Yanti Mike Greene]

In January, we told you about a contempt of court hearing that was held at a Nassau County courthouse last summer that starred a private investigator and retired NYPD detective named Yanti Mike Greene.

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Danny Masterson accusers to CA Supremes: Stop Scientology from harming Valerie Haney!

[Chrissie Carnell Bixler and Valerie Haney]

While we wait to see how the California State Supreme Court rules on a couple of matters that are pending before it, the Danny Masterson accusers have seized the moment to remind the justices what’s at stake.

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Scientology leader says he has 2.5 million square feet of new churches coming soon

Yesterday we looked at an eyewitness account of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s presentation at the L. Ron Hubbard birthday event which took place on March 13 in Clearwater, Florida. But there’s still another account of Miscavige’s speechmaking that we thought you’d want to see.

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An insider’s report on David Miscavige at Scientology founder’s birthday event 2022

[Dave on New Year’s: Hubbard’s birthday event was held in the same place.]

We told you earlier that Scientology used its magazines to celebrate leader David Miscavige for presiding over the New Year’s event held at that Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida to bring in the year 2022.

Now, we have an account of Dave presiding over the L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event in the same venue.

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War in Ukraine: What does it mean for Scientology there and in Russia?

Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine has had drastic consequences for millions of people, most obviously the ten million Ukrainians who are now refugees. The Russian people also face imminent hardship as Western sanctions take effect. Scientology’s Volunteer Ministers have already ‘mobilised’ in Ukraine’s westerly neighbour to aid (or exploit) the wave of refugees fleeing the country (see the earlier story on the Bunker). But what effect will the war have on Scientology and Scientologists in Russia and Ukraine?

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Quentin Hubbard’s suicide: A Scientology-based explanation so insane it might be true

[Quentin Hubbard audits a preclear. Photo courtesy of Karen de la Carriere.]

Clearwater, October 1976. Every evening at the Fort Harrison Hotel’s Lemon Tree restaurant, which had been converted to the officers’ dining room, we get together for dinner. There are four of us sharing a booth along the wall, the seats and backs covered with shiny lemon green plastic.

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Ginger Sugerman: Her way out of Scientology was marred by trauma

We were surprised and saddened to learn yesterday that Ginger Sugerman died in Georgia of a heart attack in early February. She was 62.

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