If Danny Masterson’s accusers take lawsuit to Calif. supreme court, they will have issues

[Is Chrissie Carnell-Bixler headed for the state supreme court?]

Yesterday, we reported the stunning news that an appeals court denied the petition filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers. The court, like in Valerie Haney’s case, found that these plaintiffs suing Scientology can appeal their cases — but only after they go through Scientology’s “religious arbitration,” not before.

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PETITION DENIED: Danny Masterson accusers can’t skip Scientology arbitration, court says

[Justices Baker, Rubin, and Moor]

The California 2nd Appellate Division just delivered the stunning news that it is denying the petition filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers, which had asked the court to reverse a ruling by a lower court that forced their lawsuit into Scientology’s internal “religious arbitration.”

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Civil case on ice (for now), and will Danny Masterson show for next criminal hearing?

[We may get a repeat of this performance in a couple of weeks]

There was a court hearing yesterday in the Danny Masterson civil lawsuit that we had a chance to listen in on, and we have some other updates to the litigation that we’ve been watching here at the Underground Bunker.

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SHELLY MISCAVIGE ON VIDEO: Never-before-seen footage from before her disappearance

We have something very special for you today: The first new footage of Shelly Miscavige in many years and the best look at her on video ever, a brief glimpse from the year 2001, four years before she vanished.

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The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 5: The dirty tricks private eyes

[Gene Ingram enjoys retirement]

For some time we’ve been planning to name Scientology’s dirty tricks operators as #5 on our list of those employees and underlings and hired thugs who enable Scientology. But then, while we were recently a guest on Leah Remini’s podcast, Mike Rinder said something that threw a wrench into our plans.

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When Rinder met Hubbard: A Scientology story for the ages

Jon Atack and Mike Rinder are continuing their conversations about Scientology and we are the beneficiaries.

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Danny Masterson: They called me an ‘agent’ of Scientology, so I get to sit in on arbitration

We have a fairly chilling document for you today which was filed by Danny Masterson in anticipation of a court hearing on Monday.

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Read the brief filed by constitutional scholars supporting Danny Masterson’s accusers

[UNLV Prof. Leslie Griffin (Photo by Bizuayehu Tesfaye/LV Review-Journal) and Danny Masterson]

Fourteen constitutional scholars have signed on to a strongly worded amicus brief submitted in support of Danny Masterson’s accusers and opposed to Scientology’s “religious arbitration.”

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Here’s the full appeal petition in the lawsuit against Danny Masterson and Scientology

[Chrissie and Cedric]

Last week we told you that Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and her fellow plaintiffs had filed a petition with an appeals court in an attempt to reverse the ruling that forced their harassment lawsuit against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology into Scientology’s internal brand of “religious arbitration.”

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Save the date: Special ‘Cult City’ tour with Marc Headley for L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday

We recently introduced you to Ted Reinhard and his new “Cult City Tours” in Clearwater, an idea which didn’t go over well with local Scientologists.

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