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 It’s gratifying to see the Daily News and the Daily Mail pick up on Joe Childs’ epic story about Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ policy that rips families apart — and has for decades.
In our own humble way, we’ve been trying for years to make the public understand how disconnection is one of the most toxic practices of this bullying organization. It’s a coldly calculating way that “leverage” is used to force church members into submission — by threatening to rip apart their families if they don’t comply. Continue reading With Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ policy finally hitting the mainstream, here’s more to consider
 Ryan Hamilton
Ryan Hamilton is branching out. We’ve reported previously about the two federal fraud lawsuits the Las Vegas attorney has filed against Scientology’s drug rehab facility in Nevada. Now he’s filed two more — against a Scientology facility in San Diego County, California. Angelo Amato of Illinois is suing the Narconon Fresh Start of Warner Springs after he went there for an addiction to Vicodin. He’s a mixed martial artist who became addicted to the pain pills and in December 2013 he searched the Internet for a rehab center. He found a site that had an 800 number and he called. The site claimed to be an “independent consultant.” Continue reading Ryan Hamilton files two new suits against Scientology’s drug rehab network — in California Advertisement
 Marty and Monique Rathbun In a 25-page ruling, Comal County Judge Dib Waldrip today rejected Scientology’s ‘anti-SLAPP’ motion which had attempted to derail the harassment lawsuit of Bulverde, Texas resident Monique Rathbun. Monique sued the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, in August, alleging that she’d been the subject of several years of surveillance and harassment because her husband, Mark ‘Marty’ Rathbun, was a former high-level Scientology official who, in 2009, began speaking critically of the church. Monique herself was never a member of the church, but she says she was followed to work, endured protests at her house, and the church also had its private investigators harass her family and friends with negative information about her husband. Continue reading TEXAS JUDGE DENIES SCIENTOLOGY’S ‘ANTI-SLAPP’ MOTION IN RATHBUN SUIT
 Our video source has come through again, and we have another internal Scientology “quote video” for your enjoyment. As we’ve explained before, these short videos feature excerpts from L. Ron Hubbard lectures — this one took place in January 1959 — which is intended to sell the full package. Bridge Publications, Scientology’s printing arm, lists this item at $125.00, and it comes in a slew of foreign languages!
So what’s the significance of the lecture? Here’s part of the description from the Bridge Publications website… Continue reading Another smuggled Scientology video to warm your inner thetan: ‘Success Congress’!
Today is Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s 103rd birthday, and do we have a gift for him! Continue reading ‘BARE-FACED MESSIAH’ back in print: Our interview with author Russell Miller
What’s going on with Vivian Kubrick?
In November, we reported that she’d showed up at an Alex Jones rally in Dallas and appeared to be a big fan of the conspiracy-obsessed radio host. Why was that surprising? It was if you knew the backstory: Vivian is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick, and the great filmmaker appeared to be grooming Vivian to follow in his footsteps before his death in 1999: At only 17, Vivian made a documentary, Making ‘The Shining’, then seven years later composed the score for her father’s 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket. Then, sometime around 1995 we believe, Vivian became involved in Scientology. A year later, Kubrick began shooting his final film, Eyes Wide Shut. Continue reading Vivian Kubrick posts remarkable photos from the sets of her father’s movies
 Last month, Los Angeles Supreme Court Judge Ronald Sohigian announced that he’d be retiring in April.
That’s directly affecting Laura DeCrescenzo, who went through so much last year to get her forced-abortion lawsuit against the Church of Scientology through several appeals and then a big summary judgment hearing before Sohigian in October. Those of you who were with us as we reported that hearing live from Sohigian’s courtroom know that the judge stunned us with his detailed support for the facts in DeCrescenzo’s testimony. He then set a date early in 2015 for trial. And now, he’s walking away, and a new judge will have to learn the case from scratch. Continue reading Judge in Laura DeCrescenzo’s case retires, Scientology objects to his replacement
 Today at Salon, Daniel D’Addario seized on a New York magazine profile of Elisabeth Moss, in which the Golden Globe-winning actress declined to talk about her involvement in Scientology but complained that it’s “grossly misunderstood” by the media.
D’Addario rightly chastised Moss for wanting it both ways — she criticizes people for not knowing about Scientology, but won’t explain what it is. “Her willingness to slag off people’s genuine curiosity about a matter of serious consequence is as unflattering as Moss’s early-‘Mad Men’ fat suit,” he writes. (And ouch.) Continue reading ‘Mad Men’ actress Elisabeth Moss’s record in Scientology is actually easy to obtain
 When our tipsters saw that we were bereft of Sunday Funnies yesterday, they were good enough to send over a few new Scientology mailers and fliers as compensation.
We do love our tipsters. Also, Karen de la Carriere has sent us another of her educational videos, which you’ll find at the end of today’s post. So let’s take a look at what’s happening in the neverending pursuit of Scientology fundraising! Continue reading Scientology fliers can chase away any case of the Mondays
 Our video source is back with a new “quote video” for us today, and another fun slice of L. Ron Hubbard wisdom.
This week, we get a peek at the “Theta Clear Congress,” a series of lectures Hubbard made in 1959. Here’s a description from Bridge Publications, which sells the lectures for $125.00: Continue reading Video Vault: When Scientology basked in the success of giant cucumbers
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It’s gratifying to see the Daily News and the Daily Mail pick up on Joe Childs’ epic story about Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ policy that rips families apart — and has for decades.
