Scientology may deny it exists, but here’s a recent example of the ‘drop the body assist’

[Be gone, thetan!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Since Scientology reacted to the Whitney Mills wrongful-death lawsuit by denying she was told to ‘drop the body,’ we’ve heard from former members who say the concept is very much a part of the culture. And now, an anecdote from a reader who very recently left the organization. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Swiss authorities charge former Scientology donor, set trial date

[Jailed Scientology donor Ivan Gaspari with church leader 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: We previously described a bizarre situation in Switzerland, where a Scientology mega-donor is in jail on accusations by the richest Scientologist donor of all, Trish Duggan. Yesterday we heard from Ivan Gaspari that he has now been charged formally and faces trial in 3 months. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Valeska Paris cites new Supreme Court opinion, asks court to reconsider arbitration ruling

[Valeska is seizing on a Supreme Court ruling]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A Tampa federal judge admitted that he was shocked that existing case law required him to force Valeska Paris’s labor trafficking lawsuit into Scientology ‘arbitration.’ But Valeska’s attorneys say that law has now changed, thanks to the Supreme Court, and they want a do-over. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology’s latest price list: How much will it cost you to fly, space cadet?

[Joining Dave at Flag is going to cost you]

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 the reader who sent the first #Scientology price list we’ve seen in a while, and it’s from the Flag Land Base in Florida, where Scientologists from around the world come for pricey upper-level stuff they can’t get anywhere else. Ready for some sticker shock? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Why Tom Cruise’s abandonment of Suri for Scientology is even worse than most realize

[Suri made the prom while dad danced in London]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: That Tom Cruise is estranged from his daughter Suri over Scientology is an old tale, and one we were happy to recount for the Sun this weekend. But we were disappointed that the Sun left out perhaps the most important detail. So we thought we’d repeat it here. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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‘Dropping the body’ in Scientology: An example of that instruction from the Sea Org

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve been hearing a lot from readers about the Whitney Mills lawsuit and what Scientology teaches about ‘dropping the body,’ as a thetan moves between lifetimes. We thought you’d want to see this eye-opening example from one of our favorite contributors, Sunny Pereira. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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The bizarre Scientology ideas about death being dredged up in a heartbreaking lawsuit

[Broeker at the Hollywood Palladium]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology denies what a lawsuit alleges in the death of Whitney Mills: That she had been encouraged by Scientologists to “drop her body” rather than get mental health care. Today we’re spelling out the record on what Scientology and its founder had said about that concept. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology knows your kid is out of school and needs some auditing!

[Scientology kids back in the day]

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Scientology’s response to Whitney Mills lawsuit is to lie about suicide instruction

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology issued an angry response to news about the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Whitney Mills, the OT 8 Scientologist who died tragically in 2022. We asked Claire Headley about the church’s insistence that it doesn’t have a ‘drop the body’ instruction. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology meltdown: L. Ron Hubbard 2.0 in crisis after indictments publicized

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We can’t help being fascinated by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, the ex-con sitting in a Tennessee jail with followers who believe he is the reincarnated Scientology leader. But now he’s admitted to a shocking crisis of faith after we made public the actual charges he’s facing. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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