Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.)
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Thanks to tipster “Communicator I/C” for alerting us last night that Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan not only brought up Scientology during his annual “Saviours’ Day” keynote address yesterday afternoon, but he mentioned Leah Remini by name (well, almost), and seemed to question her motives for criticizing her former church.
Continue reading Louis Farrakhan: Nation of Islam will stand by Scientology as Leah Remini ‘goes in hard’
[Paul and Chelsea Wysong]
Rod Keller takes a look at a new legal fight over an employer allegedly forcing an employee to submit to Scientology courses…
Continue reading Disconnecting from the dead: Another employer accused of forcing Scientology is taken to court
Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine was inspired by a story we did earlier this week to tackle one of the great mysteries: What, exactly, is a Scientologist?
Continue reading Augustine: Why is it so hard to find a Scientologist in good standing?
[Claire and Marc Headley, Astra Woodcraft, Nora Crest]
We finally have an update for you on Laura DeCrescenzo’s forced-abortion lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, which is nearing eight years since she filed it in 2009.
Continue reading Scientology’s next move in forced-abortion lawsuit: Deposing defectors
[Theroux and Dower, enjoying their win.]
We managed to catch filmmakers Louis Theroux and John Dower last night as they were celebrating their collaboration, My Scientology Movie, winning an NME Award for “Best Film.”
Continue reading Louis Theroux enjoys UK award for ‘My Scientology Movie’ ahead of US release
[Luis Garcia and Judge James Whittemore]
On Monday, we wrote about Scientology’s obsession over whether its few remaining members are “in good standing” or not. That subject had come up in a court filing that the church made in the federal fraud lawsuit brought by a California couple, Luis and Rocio Garcia, in 2013.
Continue reading Federal judge once again finds for Scientology’s nonexistent and Orwellian ‘arbitration’
Happy Valentine’s Day, David Miscavige!
Phil and Willie Jones have done it again, putting up a billboard calling attention to Scientology’s cruel “disconnection” policy after raising money on a crowdfunding website. (And thanks to Brett Chance for the photo of how it looks.)
Continue reading Billboard up on Sunset Blvd! Calls attention to Scientology ‘disconnection’ only blocks from HQ
Twenty five years ago today, David Miscavige made his one and only live network television appearance.
Continue reading 25 years ago today: Scientology leader David Miscavige’s ‘Nightline’ appearance
Today’s story is about a court document. It’s the latest filing from the Church of Scientology which is attempting to keep a stay on the federal fraud lawsuit filed four years ago by a California couple, Luis and Rocio Garcia. We’ve kept you up on all the twists and turns in that case, but that’s not why we thought it was worth showing you what’s in the document.
Continue reading A new document shows how much Scientology obsesses over every member’s status
[Scientology funder and gladhander Jim Mathers welcomes you to the future]
Rod Keller fills us in on the latest tug of war between the residents of Clearwater and the Church of Scientology…
Continue reading Welcome to your Scientology nightmare, people of Clearwater, Florida
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