Cash call! The wealthy donors keeping Scientology above water in 2024

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What’s this, a new issue of Scientology’s Impact magazine is out? You know what means, sailors, it’s time for some whale watching! Get a look at the newest folks turning over huge piles of money for David Miscavige’s legal slush fund! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology’s UK headquarters is up for sale! (Well, sort of.)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of Scientology’s oddest scams is the way it avoids taxes in England with an address at a leased storefront in Australia, of all places. But now that dump is for sale, so Alex Barnes-Ross explains why this is a very odd situation! ALSO: Puerto Rico says it goes Ideal next! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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John Travolta’s special friend is really getting a taste of the good life

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Scientology predictably tells judge she’s powerless in today’s Val Haney hearing

[Valerie Haney and Scientology attorney William Forman]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: After Val Haney’s attorney complained that #Scientology’s ‘arbitration’ is a joke and is subjecting Valerie to even more abuse, the church responded with a filing that says the real scandal is that Val’s attorney said anything at all about it. Wow. Today’s hearing should be lit. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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VIDEO: Claire Headley on Scientology’s insane employment contracts

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week’s story about a leaked new version of the #Scientology staff contract got a big reaction. We heard from a lot of readers, and Claire Headley invited us on her podcast. And she had a surprise as well: A similar contract she signed at only 16 years old in 1991. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Who is actually writing Scientology’s nasty online attacks turns out to be a shocker

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: #Scientology is known for going after journalists and others who expose its abuses, and it often does so with smeary attacks at an affiliate website. But who was this ‘Martin Landon’ character penning these screeds? When we found out, we didn’t believe it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Remembering those who exposed Scientology, each in their way

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Sadly, it was time to update our ‘Not Forgotten’ tribute. We have recently lost two giants of the field, Mark Plummer and Andreas Heldal-Lund, and so Observer has done a wonderful job adding them to the sylvan glen where our heroes relax under the shade of two stately oaks. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology unbound: The grand jury indictments of L. Ron Hubbard 2.0

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard — his legal name, although we also know him by his previous appellation, ‘Justin Craig’ — had his criminal trial delayed again. However, for the first time we have details of his charges, and wow, reincarnated Ron is facing brutal allegations. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology wants more days of ‘arbitration’ but Valerie Haney tells judge what’s going on

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Before Scientology can ask Wednesday in court for even more time for its ‘arbitration,’ Valerie Haney’s attorneys yesterday filed a 31-page report with a shocking description of what she’s been going through with no court oversight at all. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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More job listings for Scientologists from Scientology’s sneaky front

[Come work in paradise, pilgrim!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last month we told you that WISE, Scientology’s sneaky front that targets dentists, chiropractors and veterinarians for recruitment had put out classified ads for Scientologists, and well, they’ve done it again! Need a job, thetan? Check out these openings! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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