After nearly a year of allegedly ducking service of a lawsuit claiming child sexual abuse in his organization, Scientology leader David Miscavige sent his lawyer to a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday to seek disqualification of the judge on the matter using a peremptory challenge — a special right that doesn’t …
Read More »How TikTok Accidentally Created a Scientology Heartthrob
“His smile is the best,” gushes a caption on a Dec. 26 video of a young man with the physique of a lightweight boxer, a square jaw, and close-cropped dark hair. As he stands on Hollywood Boulevard, the man looks like virtually any other aspiring model or actor trying to …
Read More »Church of Scientology Responds to Leah Remini's Lawsuit Alleging Decades of Defamation, Harassment
After years of fighting Scientology in the public arena, Leah Remini will take the battle to court with a new lawsuit against the church and its current leader David Miscavige. In a 60-page lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone and filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles superior court, Remini accuses Miscavige …
Read More »How Tom Cruise Got Us to Forget About His Scientology Ties
There are movie stars and then there is Tom Cruise. Forty years a star, enough classics to make listing even a few here pointless, and, now, someone who can stake a legitimate claim to saving Hollywood (or at least jolting some life into that lazy, bloated monstrosity). Last year’s Top …
Read More »Danny Masterson Was Convicted of Rape. What Happens to Scientology?
On the morning of April 25, testimony began in the second rape trial of That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson after an initial trial ended last November in a hung jury and mistrial. The first witness on the stand was one of Masterson’s alleged victims, Jane Doe 3, who had …
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