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 The WISE logo We have the legal complaint and some more details about the story that broke out of Pasadena, California yesterday: A woman named Annie R. Lee is suing a company after she refused to take Scientology classes she says were forced on her by her employers, resulting in her being terminated and replaced by members of the Church of Scientology. This isn’t the first time a legal action has resulted after employers have tried to force Scientology on their workers. Continue reading DOX: Woman sues Pasadena company for forcing Scientology on her
We have a juicy document for you today, courtesy of our friend and dogged researcher, R.M. Seibert. Continue reading Document leak: When the FBI investigated Scientology’s bizarre New Mexico vault
Our video source has come through for us once again. Cast your mind, Scientology watcher, back to October 2006. This was a year after Tom Cruise had made his weird splash as Scientology’s awkward ambassador on Today with Matt Lauer and as a human jumping bean on Oprah’s couch.
Continue reading Leaked Scientology video: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes front and center for ‘psych busting’!
We’re still recovering from our big series on Lisa McPherson. In the meantime, Jeffrey Augustine sent over a copy of his latest podcast, a continuation of his conversation with Jesse Prince. Continue reading Jeffrey Augustine: Part two of his conversation with Jesse Prince
We’re very glad to be done with our series about Lisa McPherson, who died 20 years ago yesterday. But after paying such close attention to Scientology’s grimmest of scandals, we thought we owed you a laugh today. Continue reading Postscript: How David Miscavige spun the death of Lisa McPherson
What Laura Arrunada, Lisa McPherson’s final caretaker, saw in Room 174 of the Fort Harrison Hotel in the last three days of Lisa’s life was so upsetting, Marty Rathbun made her reports disappear. Continue reading Twenty years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life
Inside the room there was hardly anything other than a bed and the person being given the silent treatment. Outside the room, there was someone watching to make sure that the door stayed closed and the person inside didn’t get out. Continue reading How Scientology ‘caretakers’ could stand by and watch Lisa McPherson deteriorate
[David Miscavige, captain of a legal fiction]
Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine is back, and this time he digs into the way Scientology changes its story, depending on who it’s trying to threaten or hoodwink. Take it away, Jeff! Continue reading Augustine: How Scientology changes its story to fit what it’s trying to get away with
On Monday, the Legoland California theme park invited actress Jenna Elfman to preside over its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony and thanked her by donating $10,000 to the charity of her choice. Elfman, a longtime and ardent Scientologist, asked Legoland to donate the money to Youth for Human Rights, a Scientology front group that uses a 1948 United Nations declaration as a way to spread its influence with young people around the world. Continue reading Hey, Legoland: A former Scientology youth explains what your money will buy
Our friend and fellow journalist Mark Ebner alerted us last night to a fairly mindblowing statement posted on Twitter on Monday afternoon. The Legoland theme park in Carlsbad, California announced that it is donating $10,000 to the Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights, and in the name of actress Jenna Elfman. Continue reading Legoland theme park donates $10,000 to Scientology front on behalf of Jenna Elfman
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