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We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.

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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?

[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH

— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see

[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf

— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond

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[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones

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“A few days ago I decided I would look young. Well, how do you look young? All you do is take flesh off certain planes of the face. This is what artists do in making faces old or young. So, I selectively ran incidents until the planes of the face were smaller. Oddly enough you run out tiredness also when you do this. You can actually select off certain pieces of flesh, and change your appearance. You have with this technique the power of changing your own physiological being. You go on up, theta line running, and you have another choice: You can change beings. You could! Of course you have been growing and nurturing this body, and you are somewhat attached to it. But it is just as much an object as this eraser, and your existence with this body is something like going around holding this eraser all the time, and saying, ‘I’m the eraser.’” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 24, 1952

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“TROUBLE: The fastest possible way for a senior to get into trouble is to fail to get in Ethics on a downstat junior. The US ‘solves’ all this with huge government pay offs and propitiation. And look at the upsurge of riots. Capitalism works only on the reward side. It takes two sides to make a game. If an I/C lets Ethics go out on his juniors he pulls the rug out from under himself — and slaughters the juniors also. A team is composed of teammates. Those who mess up the team aren’t teammates. The decline of the FSO and FAO WHY is really — the seniors let ethics go out on their juniors and sought to be ‘good fellows.’ This dumped the lot back onto me. The VFP of our 3 orgs is not juniors who think their seniors are good fellows. And it isn’t ‘good fellows’ either. Effective SO Members is one of our VFPs. We have some. We will have more.” — The Commodore, June 24, 1971

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“The independent field is a scattered, disjointed effort to preserve standard tech but many auditors and c/s’s are senior citizens and we have to ask ourselves urgently what will be available for the next generation!? A unification process is needed where one standard set of materials is authorised by what I call a WDC consisting of all the greatest independent minds currently doing Scn for a living. Decent groups exist in Russia, Israel, Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, South Africa, the US and Germany. Somehow these should come together and simply supplant the church. Having already lost people like David Mayo and all the Class XIIs I identified with my very first survey, the urgency to form up a strong international group, is urgent. The only alternative is to take back the church, which can be done if the truth can be vested as reality with its remaining sheeple. And that will take some doing.”

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1996: The office of Scientology lawyer Kendrick Moxon issued a press release concerning the recent demise of the Cult Awareness Network. Moxon litigated the Scott case, which led to the award that caused CAN’s insolvency. “The civil rights attorney who filed the motion to dismiss CAN’s attempt to protect its assets in the bankruptcy court, Kendrick Moxon, said ‘CAN’s sole purpose now is to start paying off its victims and the people it has hurt’ referring to the $4.9 million judgment against CAN and three others in the kidnapping of a Seattle area man who belonged to a Pentecostal church. That 1994 civil rights case was brought under the federal statute commonly known as the Ku Klux Klan Act and was the largest civil damages award rendered against CAN or any deprogrammer in U.S. history. CAN tried to avoid paying the punitive and actual damages assessed against it by declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy late last year. Moxon, who has fought for civil and religious rights for decades, added, ‘CAN was a hate group that promoted religious intolerance, broke up families and incited hatred. It had a long history of criminal acts and kidnapping activities. Religious freedom is a little more free now.'”

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“An ice cold martini sure sounds better than lukewarm vodka and lemonade”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. DA’s response to appeal brief due June 13.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing June 16.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, convicted of fraud. Sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal. Leah’s appeal brief due June 3.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, gets ruling to depose Jane Doe 1. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.

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After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Why Tom Cruise’s abandonment of Suri for Scientology is even worse than most realize
[TWO years ago] UNSEALED: Jane Doe 1 sues Scientology for sex assault at 16 by Sea Org groomer
[THREE years ago] Scientologist scammer, long on the run, ends up murdered in Mexico
[FOUR years ago] His son may rule moneyed Scientology, but Ron Miscavige needs help to pay for his own funeral
[FIVE years ago] Danny Masterson’s Scientology upbringing: An interview with his former stepdad, Joe Reaiche
[SIX years ago] YouTube permanently shutters channel that exposed Scientology’s bigotry
[SEVEN years ago] Coming soon, our collaboration with ‘Miss Lovely’ herself, Paulette Cooper!
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology watchers, one mile high: HowdyCon 2017’s big night is here
[NINE years ago] Scientology stealth opening: Tomorrow, David Miscavige will dedicate two buildings in Florida
[TEN years ago] A rundown on the truth being delivered at the Toronto Scientology conference
[ELEVEN years ago] UP THE BRIDGE: We finally reach ‘OT 8’ — but was its first version really a hoax?
[TWELVE years ago] Laura D to Scientology: It’s Too Late for a Protective Order in Forced-Abortion Case

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,305 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,800 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,315 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,865 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,855 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,241 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,736 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,040 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,909 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,463 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,804 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,371 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,290 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,458 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,040 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,299 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,336 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,052 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,616 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,931 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,106 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,788 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,125 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,979 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,094 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,456 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,865 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,261 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,139 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,704 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,215 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,475 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,579 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 24, 2025 at 07:00

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Our new book with Paulette Cooper, Battlefield Scientology: Exposing L. Ron Hubbard’s dangerous ‘religion’ is now on sale at Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. Our book about Paulette, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, is on sale at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. We’ve posted photographs of Paulette and scenes from her life at a separate location. Reader Sookie put together a complete index. More information can also be found at the book’s dedicated page.

The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)

Other links: BLOGGING DIANETICS: Reading Scientology’s founding text cover to cover | UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists | GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice | SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts | Shelly Miscavige, 15 years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ

Watch our short videos that explain Scientology’s controversies in three minutes or less…

Check your whale level at our dedicated page for status updates, or join us at the Underground Bunker’s Facebook discussion group for more frivolity.

Our non-Scientology stories: Robert Burnham Jr., the man who inscribed the universe | Notorious alt-right inspiration Kevin MacDonald and his theories about Jewish DNA | The selling of the “Phoenix Lights” | Astronomer Harlow Shapley‘s FBI file | Sex, spies, and local TV news | Battling Babe-Hounds: Ross Jeffries v. R. Don Steele

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Published on June 24, 2025 05:57

Trump warns Israel not to violate ceasefire he announced after dropping peace bombs

Some links to Q-related items today

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Trump warns Israel not to bomb Iran pic.twitter.com/rQDB75SQ2Y

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 24, 2025

Trump bombed Iran and then acted like he won. Now the ceasefire he begged for has already been broken. pic.twitter.com/XG99XnttdV

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 24, 2025

Before the B-2 stealth bombers had even turned from home, Trump and his allies were hailing the Iran bombing raid a total victory

But rather than citing his own intelligence community or military advisers, Trump turned to an anonymous Twitter account https://t.co/sbgNlGbjjy

— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) June 23, 2025

Trump wants CNN and MSNBC to apologize to the B2 pilots for suggesting the Iran nuclear targets may not have been fully destroyed. pic.twitter.com/liUug0Q7Bk

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 24, 2025

Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the "N word" https://t.co/ukrLjUg8Fc

— TrueAnon (@TrueAnonPod) June 23, 2025

Trump must have dropped “peace bombs” on Iran pic.twitter.com/3z8X7tg833

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

Christian nationalist MAGA cultist Lance Wallnau is excited about Trump's military strikes on Iran because it's setting the stage for "the Antichrist emerging": "Jesus is coming back and I believe that this is all part of him setting the stage for his return."… pic.twitter.com/07VZruV7FD

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 23, 2025

Today is Trump propagandist Steven Cheung’s birthday. He’s the guy behind a lot of the Trump social media messaging. pic.twitter.com/BpX1sR2Ii3

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

A group with Trump’s Faith Office praying and speaking in tongues at the White House pic.twitter.com/lKMPLMkikg

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

THE LOWDOWN is our blog for news, the QAnon phenomenon, and other subjects not related to our coverage of the Church of Scientology. If it’s our Scientology coverage you re looking for, please use this bookmark for our latest stories.

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Published on June 24, 2025 05:57

Now that Scientology has lost, here’s the case it made for a UK protest ban

[Scientology’s solicitor Peter Hodkin really didn’t like protesting being done by the likes of Martin Padfield outside Saint Hill Manor]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s official: A regional council is recommending that a protest ban outside Scientology’s UK headquarters is not a good idea. As a result, the documents associated with the investigation are public, and we can now see how Scientology argued for this drastic change in the law. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

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“As a person goes through life and lifetimes he collides with secondaries, losses, deaths of those he is closely connected with, injuries, accidents, illnesses, operations and emotional stresses. These of course are not all, but cover the main complaints and symptoms of pcs. Dianetics lends itself to handle the current, past and occasional complaints and symptoms as above. It achieves its results by addressing and handling the spirit and is in no way to be confused with medical or other practices. The end phenomena of Dianetic auditing is a well and happy pc.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1978

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We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.

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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?

[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH

— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see

[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf

— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond

[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones

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“There is a pool of thought, and all of a sudden one day a black spot appears in the middle of it, and the fellow can’t move. That incident you will find on most time tracks. Here was the pool of illusion, and if you ever want to see grief pour off a case, it is the individual’s loss of his home universe. They will tell you in various ways. You can take the most hard bitten preclear and run him back to a point of the track where all of a sudden the stars are falling down in his universe. He will cry and cry. He had a universe, he was probably one of several who invented this universe, and it was a perfectly good universe, and one day all of the stars fell down. Why? Somebody else got a universe invented, and it sort of overlapped and ate it all up. And that is what our MEST universe is doing, evidently. It is an expanding universe, and it just keeps on eating into everybody’s time and space.” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 23, 1952

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“LA CONGRESS: That sure should be quite a Convention in LA. Looks like we made it on Flag. They had no program, two halls with two ‘Congress’ programs, different, going on in each. Tony is there by now getting it grooved in. They did great selling tickets and publicity. Originally they wanted me to do a colour film for them. You ever stand under enough light to shoot colour? It’s about 150 degree F fry. All joking aside, it’s impossible.” — The Commodore, June 23, 1970

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“I could not run past lives. She would ask the question to go earlier and there was a complete blank. So then I ran a flow through my head to see if something was there and no meter reaction so I ran a flow through my head and put something there and the meter reacted and she said, ‘that.’ I popped completely out of this universe to a void of complete nothing. It would be like going from all noise to complete silence on EVERYTHING. Can’t feel body weight or the matter, energy, space, and time of any part of the physical universe. An instant after being in the void I pop back into the physical universe around 750 AD and everything turns on again with the exception is I am out of body in that lifetime looking down at castle in France or England. I took a look and popped completely out of that time back into the void of nothing and then back into PT, (present time). It is like nothing you can imagine unless you did it. Turning everything off completely and then everything on completely. They can’t take me in into the past because I was created from the static in the future with no automatic 25 picture a second recording memory.”

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1995: An update on the charges against Scientology executives in Spain was posted this week. “In November of 1988, Heber Jentszch, president of the Church of Scientology International was detained along with 69 other Scientology officials. He was then arrested and imprisoned for approximately 30 days and later released on bail of close to one million dollars. He is now required to return to face the charges made by the state attorney in this case when it comes to trial. The scientologists face over 100 complaints ranging from fraud and coercion to illicit organization. The State Attorney will charge them with approximately 90 different illegal acts. Another named party in the case is the now head of the Office of Special Affairs or OSA, Mr. Kurt Weiland. Weiland, the object of a search and detention order by the Spanish police in 1983, was connected at that time to an alleged kidnapping as well as acts against dissident Scientologists in that country. It is also doubted that Weiland will present himself at the time of the trial as he has been named as a principal missionaire involved in some of the alleged illicit acts which caused the case to be
opened. A date for the trial has not yet been established.”

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“I have never advocated for violence or vandalism against the cult for the obvious reason it would turn them into martyrs.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. DA’s response to appeal brief due June 13.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing June 16.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, convicted of fraud. Sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal. Leah’s appeal brief due June 3.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, gets ruling to depose Jane Doe 1. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.

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After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] ‘Dropping the body’ in Scientology: An example of that instruction from the Sea Org
[TWO years ago] Mike Rinder and Christie Collbran have some good news for us all
[THREE years ago] Transcript: When Valerie Haney completed her escape from Scientology by vowing not to sue
[FOUR years ago] The celebrity Scientologists going out on a bit of a media blitz right now
[FIVE years ago] The key thing about Danny Masterson’s ‘DJ Donkey Punch’ nick is why he stopped using it
[SIX years ago] Scientology is hiring for a drug rehab whose location is a secret
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology and celebs: ‘Miscavige had several of us catering to Tom Cruise behind the scenes’
[EIGHT years ago] We have your Scientology ‘Maiden Voyage’ robo-call invitation, Los Angeles!
[NINE years ago] This is your brain on L. Ron Hubbard: Watergate, Scientology, and late-night radio
[TEN years ago] Reed Slatkin dies of heart attack — Scientologist served time as major Ponzi schemer
[ELEVEN years ago] Marc Headley continues his Scientology tour, and Steve Hall describes his defection
[TWELVE years ago] Sunday Funnies: Scientology Gets Colorful!

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,304 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,799 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,314 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,864 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,854 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,240 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,735 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,039 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,908 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,462 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,803 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,370 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,289 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,457 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,039 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,298 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,335 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,051 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,615 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,930 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,105 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,787 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,124 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,978 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,093 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,455 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,864 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,260 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,138 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,703 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,214 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,474 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,578 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 23, 2025 at 07:00

E-mail tips to tonyo94 AT gmail DOT com or follow us on Twitter. We also post updates at our Facebook author page. After every new story we send out an alert to our e-mail list and our FB page.

Our new book with Paulette Cooper, Battlefield Scientology: Exposing L. Ron Hubbard’s dangerous ‘religion’ is now on sale at Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. Our book about Paulette, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, is on sale at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. We’ve posted photographs of Paulette and scenes from her life at a separate location. Reader Sookie put together a complete index. More information can also be found at the book’s dedicated page.

The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)

Other links: BLOGGING DIANETICS: Reading Scientology’s founding text cover to cover | UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists | GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice | SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts | Shelly Miscavige, 15 years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ

Watch our short videos that explain Scientology’s controversies in three minutes or less…

Check your whale level at our dedicated page for status updates, or join us at the Underground Bunker’s Facebook discussion group for more frivolity.

Our non-Scientology stories: Robert Burnham Jr., the man who inscribed the universe | Notorious alt-right inspiration Kevin MacDonald and his theories about Jewish DNA | The selling of the “Phoenix Lights” | Astronomer Harlow Shapley‘s FBI file | Sex, spies, and local TV news | Battling Babe-Hounds: Ross Jeffries v. R. Don Steele

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Published on June 23, 2025 05:47

Q patriots so stoked about Operation Midnight Hammer it’s making them horny

Some links to Q-related items today

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Replacing the L with a K means Killary which means Hillary has been executed and replaced by a clone. Trust the Plan. https://t.co/lXCm2BF7Yp

— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) June 22, 2025

Regime Change: Campaign Trump vs. White House Trump pic.twitter.com/mA0SPTzH8q

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

This pro-Trump account says if you don’t want regime change you are a MAGA fraud. pic.twitter.com/it7rrBY2Ub

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

L – BEFORE Trump’s Make Iran Great Again post calling for regime change.

R – AFTER Trump’s Make Iran Great Again post calling for regime change. pic.twitter.com/oO8n4JOG52

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 23, 2025

“Trust me, bro” pic.twitter.com/TYrBDUma4h

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

Trump has no public events scheduled for today. pic.twitter.com/UZWYnFwzT4

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 23, 2025

Apparently MAGA voted to occupy Gaza and develop it after displacing the population, run mineral companies in Ukraine, make Iran great again by installing a pro-Trump regime, selling scenic federal land to developers, Trump crypto scams, record deficits, and a trade war.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 22, 2025

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” https://t.co/2KUkJCZ9ou

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 22, 2025

MAGA people are so bizarre pic.twitter.com/vUnROiuEDf

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 22, 2025

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

THE LOWDOWN is our blog for news, the QAnon phenomenon, and other subjects not related to our coverage of the Church of Scientology. If it’s our Scientology coverage you re looking for, please use this bookmark for our latest stories.

Posted by Tony Ortega on June 23, 2025 at 08:00

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The world is on fire, but Scientology is here to make everything OK!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The news coming at us is pretty distressing, but at least we can take a brief break from the latest apocalypse to enjoy just how ridiculous the Church of Scientology is as it prepares this planet for the triumphant return of science fiction giant L. Ron Hubbard! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“recently made an important technical discovery that a person, org or area can be totally bogged by a mis-cram or by an R/Ser operating under the guise of a ‘Cramming Officer.’ In the particular instance, one R/Sing Cramming Officer had bogged an org and then a second R/Sing Cramming Officer took over to ‘repair it,’ resulting in a nearly total crash. It has been found that faulty, quickie or mis-cramming can result in continual goofs or an apparency of out-ethics as the person isn’t correcting. This list covers the basic errors that can occur in cramming. It has also been found that a Cramming Officer who has consistent overt products will mess up an area. This list is used to correct such cramming.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1978

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We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.

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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?

[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH

— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see

[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf

— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond

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[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones

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“It’s a long story. But in 1950, a fellow name of Palmer walked into the Explorers Club just as I was leaving the mail room, and Palmer says to me, ‘Hey, Ron, you want an expedition?’ And I said, ‘Well, sure.’ ‘Well, he says, ‘there’s a whole bunch of Greek and Roman statuary that was being brought from Athens to Rome, and the ship went aground on the north side of the Dodecanese.’ And he says, ‘Been there ever since. And they’ve just located it at about thirty fathoms of water’….And I’ve just been sort of working on this in my spare time and getting it together. Nothing very dramatic in the way of progress….And just today, why, their delay was explained. They had already put it before the Flag Committee and the board of directors and that sort of thing. So the expedition, as of that action, became an official scientific expedition: ocean archaeological survey with the purpose of discovering various periods of marine history in the past, as possibly represented on the floors of sunken harbors long since passed from the view of man where there are, of course, still ships. And I don’t guarantee that we won’t stop by on some of the stuff sunk during World War II and pick up a few tommy guns.” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 22, 1961

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“FLAG RUMOURS: You should write all your friends to correct field impression of Flag with brutal ethics and cat-o-nine. I worked out what really happened. In Melilla in the Spring of ’68 we had a flood of raw, relatively untrained, unaudited people arrive. We also had five people who were very heavy handed and suppressive, since blown or dismissed (Berez was booted out of the SO for drug use and is in jail for drug running and possibly Taunton). The ship during the VIII Class was (a) poorly manned (b) had SPs aboard and (c) had very few trained Scientologists and (d) was under heavy enemy attack (the Greek affair with bird dogs aboard). (The UK ban.) What happened was, we trained and processed up the crew, we opened the gate on the SPs and dumped them, we made quite a few auditors and beat the enemy attack with excellent PRO Area Control and the ‘dead agent’ caper, meaning getting documentary proof that what was said of us was lies and getting the agents booted out of the country.” — The Commodore, June 22, 1970

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“Lao Tsu, The Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Ron, all had their flaws, all had their writings altered, all had some of it used for evil purposes, and all were bashed at some time. But they all had many things of value. You can spend an entire lifetime pointing out errors in all of them. But that is just plain stupid. It gets you and me nowhere. Most people who bash real Scientology over and over daily are really very lazy, not going to the trouble to find out what is true. A few have been harmed by pseudo Scientologists and now can’t tell the difference. Some have been fed false data or nothing but the bad actual data and their opinion is cemented. A few are just dumb asses who can’t tell the difference in steak and shit on a shingle. There is a lot of truth out there. Don’t dwell on the errors. Find some truths that work for you and others and put out some G** Damn effort in using it. Get your face out of the computer, get your hand off your privates, get out of the closet, get out there and DO something. It’s not really that hard.”

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2001: LA Weekly published an article on Keith Henson, a refugee in Canada after being convicted in California of interfering with the Scientology religion. “Henson, a Palo Alto computer consultant, was in custody at the ‘super-maximum-security’ Metro West Detention Centre on a Canadian immigration warrant. The warrant was based on Henson’s April 26 criminal conviction in Hemet, California. Henson was found guilty of a single misdemeanor count of interfering with a religion. To those familiar with a ferocious five-year war between the church and its Internet critics, it comes as no surprise that the religion was Scientology. Earlier this month, Henson was freed, pending a hearing on his application for political asylum in Canada. Henson, who says he did no more than post nasty Usenet messages and picket Scientology locations, claims the church set him up. The case is likely to raise questions of how far a religion can go to protect itself from dissidents, and of free speech on the Net. Skeptics have long congregated on alt.religion.scientology (ARS), a lively but not exactly headline-grabbing Usenet group. In 1995, Scientology tried to shut the site down. The retrospectively ill-advised attempt was followed by denial-of-service and ‘sporging’ (forgery and spoofing) attacks, which raised the hackles of the hardcore Net community. A new generation of anti-Scientology activists was born. Alt.religion.scientology now is one of the most popular Usenet groups. ‘Scientology’s action had the psychological effect you would have seen of a gang of thugs riding into a Midwestern town and burning down the newspapers,’ Henson said. Henson began picketing Scientology facilities nationwide, including the church’s film-production compound outside Hemet. The razor-wire-enclosed spread, called Golden Era Productions, occupies 500 acres along Gilman Hot Springs Road. Critics claim the compound also houses the church’s highly secretive security apparatus. Many of the 700 Scientologists who work at Golden Era are bused in from apartment complexes in Hemet, dressed in blue seafaring uniforms. One of his postings was a suggestion to land a ‘Cruise missile’ on Gold Base; another said of Scientology, ‘destroy it utterly.’ Henson says the messages were inside jokes: ‘Cruise’ referred to actor Tom Cruise, a longtime Scientologist, and the ‘destruction’ quote was a takeoff on one of L. Ron’s own incendiary statements. Golden Era general manager Ken Hoden says Henson’s bomb postings were taken seriously. ‘Based on evidence we were able to collect off the Internet, his intention was to destroy [the production facility] utterly, to leave not one stone unturned,’ Hoden said. After a disastrous non-defense defense – Henson and supporters say Riverside County Superior Court Judge Robert Wallerstein gutted their case – the jury hung on two counts, but convicted Henson of the interfering charge, which is classified as a hate crime. Facing a recommended 200 days in Riverside County Jail, which Henson feared had been infiltrated by the Scientologists’ Criminon rehab program, the defendant fled before his sentencing date to Toronto, where he and Hagglund, a Canadian Scientology foe, picketed a downtown Scientology office. The church complained, bringing out the SWAT team. Henson blames his prosecution on a Scientology doctrine called ‘fair game.’ In 1967, Hubbard announced that any suppressive person (Scientology jargon for ‘enemy’) ‘may be deprived of property or injured by any means, by any Scientologist. He may be tricked, sued or lied to, or destroyed.’ Frank Oliver of Florida, flew in to testify on Henson’s behalf, but the judge refused to let him take the stand. Oliver told New Times Los Angeles his Scientology duties: ‘Spy on people. Gather intelligence. Write reports.’ Henson’s asylum application could take nine months to two years to resolve. In the meantime, he plans to be back on the picket line soon, despite a Canadian order to keep away from the church.”

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“The putrefaction shakedown is a more accurate name for it.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. DA’s response to appeal brief due June 13.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing June 16.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, convicted of fraud. Sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal. Leah’s appeal brief due June 3.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, gets ruling to depose Jane Doe 1. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.

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After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] The bizarre Scientology ideas about death being dredged up in a heartbreaking lawsuit
[TWO years ago] Read Scientology spokesman Ben Shaw’s latest freakout over the Tampa Bay Times
[THREE years ago] Scientology fundraising is soaring to new heights! Scientology says so!
[FOUR years ago] Scientology miracles from its 1980s heyday: How do they compare to today?
[FIVE years ago] Scientology donor’s financial firm hit with new charges of securities violations
[SIX years ago] How Scientology is likely going to come back at the explosive new lawsuits
[SEVEN years ago] Why we think nutty Las Vegas councilwoman Michele Fiore might be a Scientologist
[EIGHT years ago] HOWDYCON 2017 IS HERE — DENVER IS CLEAR!
[NINE years ago] CLEARWATER DONE DEAL — Couple seeks big crowd for Scientology ‘disconnection’ billboard
[TEN years ago] LIVE-BLOGGING: The Toronto conference on Scientology kicks off and we’re on the scene
[ELEVEN years ago] Sunday Funnies: The desperation in Scientology fliers is getting worse. Much worse.
[TWELVE years ago] Meet the Man Behind WWP, the Web Home of Anonymous and Project Chanology

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,303 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,798 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,313 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,863 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,853 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,239 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,734 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,038 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,907 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,461 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,802 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,369 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,288 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,456 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,038 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,297 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,334 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,050 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,614 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,929 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,104 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,786 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,123 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,977 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,092 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,454 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,863 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,259 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,137 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,702 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,213 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,473 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,577 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 22, 2025 at 07:00

E-mail tips to tonyo94 AT gmail DOT com or follow us on Twitter. We also post updates at our Facebook author page. After every new story we send out an alert to our e-mail list and our FB page.

Our new book with Paulette Cooper, Battlefield Scientology: Exposing L. Ron Hubbard’s dangerous ‘religion’ is now on sale at Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. Our book about Paulette, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, is on sale at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. We’ve posted photographs of Paulette and scenes from her life at a separate location. Reader Sookie put together a complete index. More information can also be found at the book’s dedicated page.

The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)

Other links: BLOGGING DIANETICS: Reading Scientology’s founding text cover to cover | UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists | GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice | SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts | Shelly Miscavige, 15 years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ

Watch our short videos that explain Scientology’s controversies in three minutes or less…

Check your whale level at our dedicated page for status updates, or join us at the Underground Bunker’s Facebook discussion group for more frivolity.

Our non-Scientology stories: Robert Burnham Jr., the man who inscribed the universe | Notorious alt-right inspiration Kevin MacDonald and his theories about Jewish DNA | The selling of the “Phoenix Lights” | Astronomer Harlow Shapley‘s FBI file | Sex, spies, and local TV news | Battling Babe-Hounds: Ross Jeffries v. R. Don Steele

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Published on June 22, 2025 05:39

Trump bombs Iran while wearing MAGA hat, Q patriots ready for war

Some links to Q-related items today

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The Peace President has done the Peace thing (Bombing Iran). Bask in the Peace he has brought us. pic.twitter.com/JGwLyqQTyI

— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) June 22, 2025

Trump wore his campaign hat in the situation room forever associating MAGA with the bombing of Iran pic.twitter.com/yzRdEcT974

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 22, 2025

Trump in 2013: “Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!” pic.twitter.com/cQWpjfouhk

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 22, 2025

There must be at least a small portion of MAGA folks who are watching in real-time in shock and confusion as their propagandists turn against them. I am already starting to see this realization happen with quite a few people. pic.twitter.com/GNaFz4gpte

— Brett Meiselas 🇺🇸🦅 (@BMeiselas) June 22, 2025

Where’s Tulsi? pic.twitter.com/HEHEWdPSaf

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 22, 2025

"Guys guys, this is all great, it's great! Trump's playing 100D chess! We got this!" This is wild since Drogo's a crazy antisemite who screams about Mossad killing JFK and doing 9/11, but his Trump love is too overwhelming to get mad at Orange Daddy. pic.twitter.com/LLyXxNi3Nq

— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) June 22, 2025

Julian had such high hopes on the 20th. No posts yet post bombing. pic.twitter.com/f3ETJm57vP

— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) June 22, 2025

Trump greeting “new members” at his New Jersey golf club this weekend pic.twitter.com/z8QYWEJljO

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 21, 2025

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

THE LOWDOWN is our blog for news, the QAnon phenomenon, and other subjects not related to our coverage of the Church of Scientology. If it’s our Scientology coverage you re looking for, please use this bookmark for our latest stories.

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Saying goodbye is hard. Scientology makes it so much harder.

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Valerie Ross has another meaningful piece for us today, and our thanks for the job she does tackling a difficult subject. It’s never easy to lose someone in your life. But Scientology, she explains, makes it so much harder to deal with. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“We just had a pc the other day that ran for 25 hours on one incident and when that pc was finished with the incident the results were miraculous—a changed person with changed activities in life. The old rule applies of it takes as long as it takes is really true with Dianetics narrative running or any other Dianetics for that matter. Narrative running can take a long time to get the pc through and what you are interested in here is running the incident narrative to erasure and only going earlier similar if it starts to grind very badly. Failure to properly run a narrative incident will give the auditor and C/S the idea that things don’t seem to handle on this case. It also gives the pc losses on handling things for himself. All that is needed is sufficient running of the narrative incident to its full end phenomena and this will no longer be the case as Dianetics does work except when it is not applied correctly. Part of the application of narrative running is to ensure that enough run throughs have occurred so that the incident is fully discharged.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1978

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We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.

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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?

[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH

— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see

[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf

— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond

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[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones

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“If we weren’t here, the lights of Earth’s civilization would be out in another 25 years. And people know who is sitting, baying at them. But you see the great ease it would be to scoop me up, or shoot me down or do something to me. You might ask, why is it that this has never really happened? It’s come close to happening a couple of times. There’s been an airplane out on a landing field warming up, waiting to kidnap me, and a couple of hoods standing by, real tough mugs. Only they couldn’t handle a .45, and I could. This in the confines of Los Angeles. The war cooled off, as far as I was concerned, many, many years ago, and I don’t expect it to hot up at all. I don’t even bother to lock the doors. And it’s not case as far as I’m concerned. I’m just pointing that out to you as a matter of record. Because if I had a men, number of overts here, or if I had a bugginess going here, the attack on you and the attack on me would be fantastic. But you see, if you haven’t got tremendous motivators, they can’t get a big enough overt going against you, because you just don’t suck it in, that’s all. You see? And that mechanism alone is why we’re still alive. ” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 21, 1961

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“MONEY: If somebody gets on money collection we’ll maybe someday have some upper level bonuses. AUDITOR C/S BONUSES are not cancelled. The w.d. hours and the completion bonsues are paid. Qual Internes are not paid bonuses but will draw SO pay when their 25 hours are made in a week. The bonus B of I is sort of up in the air. The 20% does cover these and B bonuses. Somebody tried to pay me my full bonus when no one else was eligible. I’m sending it back. Total Bonus has to be covered by 20% of the GI before C D E bonuses can be paid. The ‘postulate checks’ got in our hair on this. Anyhow, get the stats up and we’ll soon have some new FEBCs out who will pay their bills! It’s not as it says on the GF, All Black. There’s lots of F/N VGIs around this lovely new tech in auditing and supervising and the eventual prospect of an OT crew.” — The Commodore, June 21, 1971

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“The few remaining wizards (or rulers or powers or whatever) left in the magical universe decided to invade this universe and come down in style. They’d round up escapees or collect beings from this universe, pull them all up into the magic universe, implant them, and make them up into an army. This seems to have been done five times. These are the five invader force waves, but that’s another story.”

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2000: Jeff Jacobsen reported that the Bank building in Clearwater was the site of a protest this week. “11 people picketed the Scientology Bank Building in downtown Clearwater today from 11am to 1pm. We had some TV coverage and got tons of horn honks and thumbs up from the heavy traffic. Both Jeff Jacobsen and Mark Bunker had Incident Reports filed by the Clearwater Police over the 10 foot rule in the temporary injunction filed after the Minton-Howd event last October. We had 4 newbie picketers and they all had a good time and plan to picket again. When the TV crews got there, both Pat Jones and Al Buttnor rushed out to talk to them and try to persuade them that there was no news here. Al Buttnor seemed especially upset today.”

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“You cannot detox addicts NON-MEDICALLY. It is INSANE, SADISTIC, and DANGEROUS.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. DA’s response to appeal brief due June 13.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing June 16.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, convicted of fraud. Sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal. Leah’s appeal brief due June 3.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, gets ruling to depose Jane Doe 1. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.

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After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology knows your kid is out of school and needs some auditing!
[TWO years ago] Wait, Scientology has Mary-Ellen of ‘The Waltons’ on the hook for how much now?
[THREE years ago] Scientology: Valerie Haney has no choice but to submit to the church’s authority
[FOUR years ago] If you ever wondered what Suri Cruise might be like if she had never left Scientology
[FIVE years ago] What are Scientologists being told about the Danny Masterson rape case?
[SIX years ago] Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, ‘Provost Marshal’: Another apologist claim debunked
[SEVEN years ago] Opportunity missed: What Erika Christensen should have been asked about Scientology
[EIGHT years ago] Source: Scientology ship avoiding Dutch waters after evading surprise government search
[NINE years ago] Nearly four years after Stacy Murphy’s death, Scientology files motion to kill much of lawsuit
[TEN years ago] ‘Book ’em, Danno’: Just for fun, L. Ron Hubbard’s fingerprints, revealed!
[ELEVEN years ago] Ryan Hamilton files lawsuit 14 against Scientology’s drug rehab, and other updates
[TWELVE years ago] In His New Book, Is Neil Gaiman Exorcising His Scientology Past?

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,302 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,797 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,312 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,862 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,852 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,238 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,733 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,037 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,906 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,460 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,801 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,368 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,287 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,455 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,037 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,296 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,333 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,049 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,613 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,928 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,103 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,785 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,122 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,976 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,091 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,453 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,862 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,258 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,136 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,701 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,212 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,472 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,576 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 21, 2025 at 07:00

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The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)

Other links: BLOGGING DIANETICS: Reading Scientology’s founding text cover to cover | UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists | GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice | SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts | Shelly Miscavige, 15 years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ

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On brink of war, Trump gripes that libturds will never give him a Nobel Peace Prize

Some links to Q-related items today

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5 things Trump did this week:

1. Announced Trump brand iPhone knockoff

2. Thought the UK was the EU

3. Announced he might bomb Iran in 2 weeks

4. Left work early for his New Jersey golf club

5. Kept the Epstein files safe for 22 weeks pic.twitter.com/crwRRvpud3

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 20, 2025

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He’s about to start war and wants a peace prize https://t.co/1zFgEx4v8w

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 20, 2025

JD Vance refers to Senator Alex Padilla as “Jose Padilla” pic.twitter.com/zOpYVeNAxN

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 20, 2025

Teams need to stop forcing their players to be props https://t.co/wFc8pJYQLh

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 21, 2025

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

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How police were duped into detaining Alex Barnes-Ross at Tom Cruise protest

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: New documents from London police help explain why they thought it necessary to detain Alex Barnes-Ross at the May 15 ‘Mission: Impossible’ premiere which featured actor Tom Cruise in attendance. They were lied to, the records show, and Alex figures Scientology was behind it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Now and again a pc will run Dianetics whereby they F/N on the basic incident and have VGIs but no cognition has come off. The pc has not fully viewed the postulates in the incident here to obtain full end phenomena. When this occurs and you have your F/N VGIs yet no cognition is voiced, ask the pc ‘Was there something that you postulated in that incident.’ The results will be quite astonishing and the pc will have his or her full end phenomena and that will be it for that chain. To not allow a pc to fully view the incident that is basic and get all the charge and postulates out of it will leave the case charged up and sooner or later the case will go sour on Dianetics.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1978

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We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.

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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?

[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH

— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see

[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf

— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond

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[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones

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“As you look back over the whole track, you’ll find that you’ve been going on a rolly-coaster. You’ve spent some time in a meat body and then the next thing you know, why, there you were, Operating Thetan, see. And then for a while, why, you’re pushing a doll body around or something like that and then boom: why, you’re Operating Thetan. And then you push a meat body around for a while, and then spend a few million or trillion years in a trap or something like that and then you come out the other end of it. And suddenly and mysteriously, why, there you are chucking planets around, or something like this, you see. This is all very difficult for a person to reconcile. And it’s ‘What am I doing? What am I doing?’ Being up, being down, being up, being down. There isn’t one of you who hasn’t been in meat bodies on the whole track many many times. Many times and places, you see. And, who didn’t succeed this action by being an OT, you see. Quite interesting.” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 20, 1963

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“POSTULATE CHECKS: Postulate Checks turn out to be just a new way to get service without paying for it and ARC Breaking the field. We are looking for who started this off pol nonsense. The real boom was burst by it — but is coming along fine despite this interruption.” — The Commodore, June 20, 1971

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“The other day I imagined eating maccas pancakes and I thought I will get them today and ask for extra butter and syrup. Well, later that day I ordered the pancakes but forgot to ask for extra butter and syrup. When I went to open the bag it had an extra syrup in it. Now that’s never happened to me before. So is it just a coincidence that I got this extra syrup in me bag the same day I fantasized about eating pancakes with extra syrup? I really don’t think so. I’ve also had other similar things like that occur in my life. I’m telling ya we can create reality with our thoughts.”

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1999: Chris Owen posted new evidence that L. Ron Hubbard’s navy record has been falsified by Scientology. “This morning I received confirmation from the US Navy itself that the DD214 distributed by Scientology is not authentic: The DD214 claims that Hubbard commanded the USS Mist. The USS Mist was a motor launch converted during World War I into a guard boat. She was returned to her owner in February 1919, when Hubbard was only eight years old. She did not serve in World War II. The DD214 claims that Hubbard won two stars to his Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. One of Hubbard’s ships, the USS Algol, won two stars in the APAC theatre for 1 April-10 April 1945 and 10 July-3 August 1945. Only one star was awarded for each engagement; Hubbard would have had to have been in both battles to have been awarded both stars. However, Hubbard had left the ship on 28 September 1944 and was ineligible for the stars. The DD214 is purportedly signed by Lieutenant Commander Howard D. Thompson, US Navy Reserve. No officer of this name is listed in the 1944 Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Naval Reserve. The DD214 claims that Hubbard commanded the USS Howland. No such vessel exists in the US Naval Vessel Register. The DD214 claims that Hubbard was awarded the ‘British Victory Medal’. No such medal exists, and the British Ministry of Defence has no record of having awarded a medal to Hubbard. The DD214 claims that Hubbard was awarded the ‘Dutch Victory Medal’. No such medal exists. The DD214 claims that Hubbard was awarded the ‘European Theater’ medal (probably the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal). Hubbard never served in the EAME theatre of operations. The DD214 claims that Hubbard was awarded a Purple Heart with palm. This is awarded only for combat injuries. No such injury is recorded in his medical reports, nor is he recorded as having being in combat with the enemy at any time.”

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“I wish you would comment more often.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. DA’s response to appeal brief due June 13.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing June 16.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, convicted of fraud. Sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal. Leah’s appeal brief due June 3.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, gets ruling to depose Jane Doe 1. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.

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After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology’s response to Whitney Mills lawsuit is to lie about suicide instruction
[TWO years ago] Scientology background helped with anti-mandate work, Seattle council candidate says
[THREE years ago] Paul Haggis arrested in Italy: More proof he’s a villain, or is Scientology behind it?
[FOUR years ago] Scientology’s OT powers have survived the pandemic: Here are the miracles to prove it!
[FIVE years ago] Scientologist chiro Jay Spina’s clinic killed a patient say feds asking for 10-year sentence
[SIX years ago] HOWDYCON 2019 IS HERE — HOLLYWOOD IS CLEAR!
[SEVEN years ago] Scientologists charged with Medi-Cal insurance fraud will stand trial on August 28
[EIGHT years ago] John Brousseau: Marty Rathbun is putting words in my mouth about the FBI’s Scientology probe
[NINE years ago] Scientology is holding this Kazakh 20-year-old prisoner, says her media-grabbing mom
[TEN years ago] RFK Jr’s anti-vax activism hits lowest spot ever — with Scientology and the Nation of Islam
[ELEVEN years ago] Paul Haggis tells us his favorite Scientology stories of 2014
[TWELVE years ago] Dianetics Noir: Dangerous Women Hiding Their Womb-Secrets

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,301 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,796 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,311 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,861 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,851 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,237 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,732 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,036 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,905 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,459 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,800 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,367 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,286 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,454 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,036 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,295 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,332 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,048 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,612 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,927 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,102 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,784 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,121 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,975 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,090 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,452 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,861 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,257 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,135 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,700 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,211 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,471 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,575 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 20, 2025 at 07:00

E-mail tips to tonyo94 AT gmail DOT com or follow us on Twitter. We also post updates at our Facebook author page. After every new story we send out an alert to our e-mail list and our FB page.

Our new book with Paulette Cooper, Battlefield Scientology: Exposing L. Ron Hubbard’s dangerous ‘religion’ is now on sale at Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. Our book about Paulette, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper, is on sale at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. We’ve posted photographs of Paulette and scenes from her life at a separate location. Reader Sookie put together a complete index. More information can also be found at the book’s dedicated page.

The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)

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Published on June 20, 2025 06:02

Trump heads for the golf course after grousing about your day off yesterday

Some links to Q-related items today

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Trump Checks Out Early For Golf Club as World Burns

Trump is spending the weekend in New Jersey following a brief day in D.C.https://t.co/gYJ65qvuB9 https://t.co/gYJ65qvuB9

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 20, 2025

Trump’s Juneteenth message pic.twitter.com/dBETT78iFp

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 19, 2025

Totally shocked that the guy who wouldn’t rent to Black people refuses to honor the national Juneteenth holiday as president

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 19, 2025

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— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 20, 2025

Trump posts 3 different QAnon catchphrases in a meme on his Truth Social account. The deafening silence from the media is an indictment of them. pic.twitter.com/f0BQOW1pXi

— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) June 20, 2025

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 20, 2025 at 08:00