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Luis and Rocio Garcia filed a new motion in their lawsuit yesterday, asking federal district Judge James D. Whittemore to lift the stay in their case and allow them to get on with suing the Church of Scientology. We have the document for you and its set of exhibits. Continue reading GARCIAS BACK IN COURT AFTER SCIENTOLOGY MAKES ARBITRATION IMPOSSIBLE, THEY SAY
The last time we checked in with Indiana attorney Jonathan Little, we talked to him about how a class-action lawsuit against Scientology’s Narconon system had hit a rough patch. Continue reading Class action lawsuit against Scientology’s drug rehabs refiled with new plaintiffs
We’re still recovering from the 10,000-word page-turner (heh, get it?) that we uncorked yesterday after days of hard work and a nail-biting all-nighter. Continue reading Astra Woodcraft, ex-Scientology kid, wants you to read a short essay
[Gregg Hagglund, right, on the picket line in Toronto]When you’re the target of a Scientology “noisy” investigation, the thing that’s the most unsettling is the not knowing. Continue reading Spying, intimidation, and ruin: Two lives caught up in Scientology’s notorious ‘Fair Game’
Time again for Rod Keller’s Scientology Social Media Review! Rod’s well known for his indispensable “ARS Week in Review,” which ran for nine years when ARS — the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology — was the most important daily source for Scientology news. More recently, Rod has made a specialty of hunting down the odd and wonderful things Scientologists post to social media. Rod is a chronicler who piece by piece builds a highly detailed assessment of what Scientology is doing around the world, and this is what he found for us this week… Continue reading Spider-Man goes drug-free for Scientology, and more in our weekly social media review!
Twice, the Church of Scientology managed to head off Phil and Willie Jones as they attempted to get a billboard put up in Los Angeles about the organization’s toxic “disconnection” policy. The couple, former church members who live in Las Vegas, signed contracts with Outfront Media and Regency Outdoor, but both caved to pressure from Scientology and rescinded the contracts at the last minute. Continue reading Scientology buys ‘.org’ and ‘.net’ sites to battle anti-disconnection billboard in Los Angeles
[Brian Sheen meets Miss Lovely, journalist Paulette Cooper]Last July, we told you the complex saga of Brian Sheen, a Florida man whose grown daughter cut him out of her life on instructions of the Church of Scientology for reasons that were maddeningly murky. Continue reading Brian Sheen continues to fight Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ in unique and unusual ways
Phil and Willie Jones and their billboard have really hit the big time. Expect to see them on both the Today Show on NBC and Good Morning America on ABC this morning. Continue reading Phil Jones reflects on the media frenzy at the dedication of his anti-Scientology billboard
[Lucia was featured this week in a film at W magazine’s website]Scientology has been battered and bruised by numerous high-profile defections in recent years, including the loss of some its coveted celebrities. But one defection occurred recently in such a quiet manner — and yet in plain sight — that it went by without making any news of any kind. Until now. Continue reading Lucia Ribisi ditches Scientology and says of famous dad Giovanni: ‘He’s questioned it’
Guy and Sheila Fauteux had insult added to injury when they found out that the young woman who started a GoFundMe page to raise money to help defray the costs of their daughter Tabatha’s funeral made off with the money instead. Continue reading After their daughter died at Scientology training, a friend makes off with the funeral money
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