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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Valerie Haney updates us on how her L. Ron Hubbard-inspired court martial is going, which Scientology is calling an ‘arbitration.’ We have details from two more days of accusations and recriminations that she has had to endure, thanks to an LA Superior Court ruling. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Valerie Haney describes 2 more days of Scientology ‘arbitration’ torment
[Liz and Dave, up to Platinum Meritorious With Honors, $3.75 million]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For years we’ve watched Scientology’s richest members accept large trophies for the millions they give the IAS, and often we wonder, who are these people? Where did their money come from? And how does it affect their families that they fork over so much cash to David Miscavige? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Trophy life: A rare look inside the family of a wealthy Scientology ‘whale’
[Grant Cardone and the case of the missing donor trophies]
Scientology’s latest takedown demand of images we’ve posted at the Underground Bunker is a bit of a head-scratcher, but we figured we’d raise a stink about it anyway. Continue reading Why doesn’t Scientology want you to see its wealthy donors, including Grant Cardone?
Last week, our helper who dives into old newspaper archives supplied us with some great material about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s nightmare year, 1951. Continue reading Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ill-fated 1932 pirate cruise, in news clippings
[Natalie Cole was a top target for Val’s Scientology recruitment efforts][Valerie Ross continues her series about working for the ‘Guardian’s Office,’ which included her infiltration of the FBI. Now, after the 1977 FBI raid of the church, she’s getting used to a new role in Scientology.] Continue reading Val Ross: Midnight terror in the career of a Scientology spy
We did our best this week to explain how Scientology leader David Miscavige managed to get the judges he didn’t like in two lawsuits removed, even though both cases had been filed months earlier. Continue reading Jane Doe, like Leah Remini, asks for judge in Danny Masterson lawsuit after Miscavige stunt
We noticed that the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce recently announced nominations are open again for the next crop of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That got us thinking about the names you find on Hollywood Boulevard and looking at who got stars and when. (Surely, you’ve gone down this rabbit hole yourself, right?) Continue reading Is Leah Remini’s advocacy against Scientology keeping her from an honor she deserves?
It did occur to us, when we watched Scientology leader David Miscavige open four long-delayed “Ideal Org” projects in quick succession in Austin, Mexico City, Chicago, and Paris, that it cleared the decks of new projects. Continue reading Scientology email claims massive new construction plans by year end
[Deadline’s illustration when they broke the news]We want to thank the numerous readers who sent us links to news breaking out all over the place about Rebecca Minkoff, her Scientology upbringing, and Real Housewives of New York. Continue reading Rebecca Minkoff’s Scientology involvement in the news, thanks to ‘RHONY’
[Leah Remini and defendant David Miscavige]We’re still stunned by what happened yesterday in Los Angeles, where Scientology leader David Miscavige sent his personal attorney Jeffrey Riffer down to Superior Court before a scheduled hearing in Jane Doe’s forced-marriage lawsuit. Continue reading Two can play that game: Leah Remini presses for another judge change
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