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PODCAST: Karen de la Carriere says former president of Scientology is in a nursing home

[Karen de la Carriere and her former husband, Heber Jentzsch]

Karen de la Carriere has been a regular feature of the Underground Bunker going back to our days at the Village Voice.

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Danny Masterson wants rape charges thrown out, citing our jury foreman interview

[Danny Masterson and his attorney Philip Cohen during the trial]

Ahead of Tuesday’s hearing in Los Angeles, Danny Masterson’s legal team has filed a motion to dismiss his rape charges based largely on what was said in an interview conducted with the jury foreman from the first trial, which ended with a hung jury on November 30.

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While dodging process servers, Scientology leader asserts that all is well

 
Over the last couple of days, Mike Rinder has documented some really interesting things about what David Miscavige was doing on New Year’s Eve at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida.

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VIDEO: Scientology’s latest promo to audit away your own space cooties at home!

 
We have for you today another of Scientology’s newer promo videos that encourage members to pay for expensive upper-level “technology.”

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Jerry Whitfield, longtime Scientology exit counselor, dies at 77

[Hana and Jerry Whitfield]

 
We spoke to Hana Whitfield last night, who was still in Miami, where her husband Jerry had died Sunday night after a lengthy illness. She was understandably feeling overwhelmed by everything she and Jerry have been going through, and she plans to return to her Coral Gables home for some rest. But we were grateful that she spent some time with us talking about Jerry.

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A video that answers, what’s it like in Scientology with business so down these days?

 
From numerous sources, we’ve received various reports that Scientology’s vaunted “Ideal Orgs” are struggling.

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The Scientology oversharer explains the thinking behind donating so much

 
Happy New Year!

We thought we’d kick off 2023 with something that seems to confound many of the people we run into: How, after all of the things that have been exposed about it, is Scientology still in business?

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Scientology’s 2022: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!

 
Another great year is ending here at the Underground Bunker, and the stories just won’t stop, even on a holiday week like this.

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PODCAST: Bruce Hines on what it was like to spy for Scientology

 
Once again this week we received a timely and terrific narrative from Bruce Hines, a former top auditor in Scientology whose involvement in the church went back decades.

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David Miscavige lives in Florida when he’s sued in LA, and in LA when he’s sued in Tampa

 
Scientology files pages and pages of confusing stuff to courts all the time, and that’s the case again in the labor trafficking lawsuit in Tampa. Scientology leader David Miscavige had an attorney file a lengthy document this week in order to oppose a motion that is trying to get Miscavige declared an official defendant in the case.

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