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This is Cierra Westerman. She sent us this photo of herself with her then boyfriend, Dwayne Powell. Continue reading A private eye comes clean: ‘Scientology is a disgrace to the world’
A lot has already been said about Joy Villa’s Grammys gambit last night, with her showing up for the fourth year in a row in a dress designed to get her attention. Continue reading Joy Villa’s ex-manager on the ‘pro-life’ Grammys dress: We’re not fooled this time
[L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1952]Rod Keller is on assignment this week, so we’re going to have some fun this Sunday by once again bringing you some of that sweet, original Source. Continue reading Sunday Scientology sermon: L. Ron Hubbard on freeing kids from their bodies
Ten years ago, at 2 in the morning on January 27, 2008, Mark Bunker uploaded a 9-minute video he’d made after a long day of work. Continue reading His words are wise, his face is beard: 10 years ago, Anonymous got some good advice
[John Funk]One of our tipsters forwarded to us an email put out by Pat Clouden of the Concerned Businessmen’s Association of Tampa Bay, which is a ringing endorsement for candidate John Funk in the upcoming March 13 election for Clearwater city council members. Continue reading Clearwater city council candidate gets ringing endorsement from a Scientology front
Yesterday, historian Chris Owen set up the backstory for what became known as the “Battle of Portland” in Scientology history. When we left off, an Oregon lawsuit had resulted in a $39 million judgment, with $20 million of it against Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. At that point, an emergency meeting was called by church executives…
Continue reading The Battle of Portland, part 2: Pressuring a court by surrounding it with Scientologists and celebs
Yesterday, we pointed out that a Scientology demonstration in Budapest reminded us of the famous “Battle of Portland” that took place in 1985. It just so happens that historian Chris Owen has been working on a detailed look at the Portland adventure, which we’re posting in two parts. Here’s the first half, which explains how a lawsuit in Oregon turned into one of Scientologys’ most famous public demonstrations.
Continue reading The Battle of Portland: How Scientology turned a nightmare court verdict into a major victory
[Scientology celebs Kerri Kasem, right, Jeff Pomerantz, and Hungarian actress Timea Vojtilla]
You’ve probably seen some of the reporting coming out of Budapest this weekend as Scientology put on a big show Saturday to protest Hungary’s crackdown on its “Ideal Org” there. Continue reading Scientology celeb Kerri Kasem marches for religious freedom in Hungary
[Katrina Reyes and her mother Yelena, in their Sea Org whites]We first heard from Katrina Reyes some nine years ago, when Jason Beghe encouraged her to talk to us for a story at the Village Voice. For various reasons, Katrina wasn’t ready yet to tell her tale. Continue reading Scientology relies heavily on Russian immigrants — and ‘disconnection’ doesn’t spare them
Rod Keller has a disturbing report about Scientology using indigenous people in Canada to help spread its misinformation through one of its sneaky front groups. Continue reading Scientology front group targets unwitting indigenous people to spread its propaganda
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