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SCIENTOLOGY LEADER DAVID MISCAVIGE THREATENS TO SUE FATHER OVER BOOK

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[Ron Miscavige’s book, with its US and UK covers, is due out a week from today]

London publisher Silvertail Books has received a letter from Scientology leader David Miscavige’s attorneys threatening that it will be sued for defamation if it goes through with plans to publish Ron Miscavige’s book due out next week. The letter also indicates that Ron’s US publisher, St. Martin’s Press, has received similar warnings.

And according to the way book contracts work, a suit against the book would mean that David Miscavige would be suing his own father.

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One of the best examples ever that Scientology can only be understood from ex-Scientologists

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We hear it from the academic types again and again. That there’s some kind of idyllic, moderate kind of Scientology that isn’t being represented in the stories coming out of the controversial organization.

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Texas Supreme Court asks for Monique Rathbun’s response to Scientology’s petition

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The Texas Supreme Court has asked Monique Rathbun for a response to the Church of Scientology’s petition for review of a lower court’s ruling, and now she has until May 23 to file a highly technical legal document.

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Why Scientology’s inability to pay its tax bill in Montreal is not a sign that it’s struggling

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There was some interesting news out of Montreal yesterday regarding Scientology’s empty and derelict “Ideal Org” project there. For those joining us recently, the “Ideal Org” program is church leader David Miscavige’s desperate attempt to give the impression that Scientology is not shrinking rapidly by opening new, unneeded churches in cities around the world and calling it “expansion.”

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Another depressing piece of evidence that Scientology advocates splitting apart families

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[Lori Hodgson and her lovely mom, Dee]

What a couple of days we’ve had here in the Underground Bunker, eh? On Wednesday, we took you into the disconnection problems that are splitting apart the most powerful family in Scientology, the Miscaviges. And then yesterday we revealed that those problems had pulled in Lisa Marie Presley, who has gone on the warpath against Scientology leader David Miscavige.

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How Lisa Marie Presley became Scientology leader David Miscavige’s worst nightmare

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For more than a year, the Underground Bunker has been speaking with sources close to Lisa Marie Presley who tell us that the daughter of Elvis Presley has not only turned against Scientology leader David Miscavige, but has taken steps to coordinate actions designed to cripple Miscavige’s rule.

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Disconnection, Miscavige style: How Scientology’s most powerful family came apart

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[Ron Miscavige and his twin children, David and Denise]

 
Whitney Covington was arrested Friday night by police in Clearwater, Florida, and booked into the Pinellas County jail on misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution and possession of drug paraphernalia.

It surprised no one who knew her.

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Ron Miscavige’s book ‘Ruthless’ gets a UK publisher and it’s a familiar one

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It took three years for Lawrence Wright’s book Going Clear to find a publisher in England when little Silvertail Books brought out Wright’s epic history of the Church of Scientology last month. When Ron Miscavige brings out his book on May 3, he won’t have to wait for the same treatment.

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Louis Theroux’s ‘My Scientology Movie’ premieres at Tribeca: Our on-scene report

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Wow, it was great to see Louis Theroux again last night at the Tribeca Film Festival showing off his hilarious My Scientology Movie.

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Louis Theroux’s ‘My Scientology Movie’ at Tribeca today, & more in our social media review

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Finally, America gets its first look at Louis Theroux’s very funny film, My Scientology Movie, when it premieres this evening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

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