SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Aussies bow to Tommy Davis, but he can’t kill ‘dirt file’ story

[Bryan Seymour and Tommy Davis, a 2010 clip in ‘Scientology Black Ops’]

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Yesterday we received a letter from attorneys for Seven News, asking us to take down the ‘Scientology Black Ops’ series.

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What Danny Masterson’s prosecutor revealed about the case in yesterday’s hearing

[Danny Masterson at his Sept 18 appearance, prosecutor Reinhold Mueller yesterday]

We know that the Danny Masterson affair is a complex one, and we’re doing our best to keep you up on all of its complex details.

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Danny Masterson’s attorneys back in court in rape case today while he’s in Wyoming

[UPDATE: Masterson’s demurrer was overruled by Judge Eleanor J. Hunter, and arraignment has now been set for Nov. 2]

Danny Masterson’s attorneys will be in a Los Angeles criminal court this morning for his arraignment on rape charges, which was delayed last month.

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The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 11: Gary Soter

[Soter is always the tall one in a Scientology lawyer scrum]

Calabasas, California attorney Gary Soter has turned up numerous times in our stories as a legal water carrier for Scientology. We couldn’t help picking him out in the New Braunfels, Texas courtroom when he was the tallest attorney in the room, towering over the rest of the lawyer scrum representing the church in its battle against Monique Rathbun. At one point, he showed a flash of anger that a reporter was taking photos in his direction, and he was quite intimidating. But there was nothing he could do about it, it was a public hearing after all.

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SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tommy Davis threatens to sue Aussie network over axed series

[‘I’m angry. Real angry.’]

We get some pretty interesting mail here at the Underground Bunker.

Take this week’s winner, for example.

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Danny Masterson ‘accidentally’ outs Jane Doe accuser after judge told him not to

[Danny Masterson and his attorney Andrew Brettler, with his boss Marty Singer]

On Saturday, we downloaded a court document and were shocked to see what it contained: The real name of one of the “Jane Does” suing Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology.

The document had been put into the court record by Masterson through his attorney, and over the next few days we watched the docket to see how long it would remain public and what was being done to remedy it.

What unfolded really troubled us. But we figure the best thing to help our readers understand what happened is to show you the full timeline…

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Scientology rehab: A new Narconon horror story that will remind you of all the others

[Narconon Warner Springs]

In July we posted another nightmare story from yet another family that was duped by Narconon, Scientology’s bogus network of rehabs.

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Sea Org stealth candidate Brittany Ruiz: This is Scientology, so of course it gets even worse

[Brittany Ruiz, her husband Javier, and Laura DeCrescenzo]

On September 26 we told you how intrigued we were by the idea that a former Sea Org official, Brittany Ruiz, was running for city council in McMinnville, Oregon.

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The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 12: The city of Clearwater, Florida

It was one of the most popular scenes from Leah Remini’s three seasons of ‘Scientology and the Aftermath’ on the A&E network. She and Mike Rinder had accompanied Mark Bunker to a small park owned by the Church of Scientology in the downtown of Clearwater, Florida.

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Bijou Phillips on her husband Danny Masterson: A macho ‘Strong Island’ guy

[Bijou Phillips, on her back patio]

On September 18, Scientology celeb Danny Masterson, 44, made his first appearance in court in a criminal case that has him facing 45 years to life for allegedly raping three different women. And he not only came to court that day in Los Angeles, he brought so many people with him that it caused several hours of disruption in the courthouse.

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