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The Scientology Celebrity Centre “Network” is Rapidly Disappearing

January 31, 2023 By Mike Rinder 33 Comments

  Aaron Smith-Levin did a video about the recent closure of the "Celebrity Centre Munich" and the abandoned St. Pete "Life Improvement Center" opened by the Tampa "Ideal Org." As every good scientologist knows, it is a High Crime in scientology to close or combine orgs.     Since David Miscavige has taken over scientology, there have been many other closures and "combinings" -- including St Hill Foundation, specifically started by Ron himself with a lot of policy written by him about why "Foundation" (night and weekend) orgs were needed. Because Aaron … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Celebrity Centre, Celebrity Centre Munich, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Life Improvement Center St. Pete, Mr. Mickiewicz, Scientology, tampa org

Mr. Mickiewicz

January 28, 2023 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

I asked on our Three Amigos livestream last Monday for a shoop of Mr. M with a Mickey Mouse ears hat. If you haven't tuned in yet, Aaron Smith-Levin, Marc Headley and I do a live show on Monday's at 7pm starting on Aaron's "Growing Up in Scientology" YouTube channel and then moving over to Marc's "Blown For Good" channel where we riff on whatever topic has our interest and also answer viewer questions they send in live. Unfortunately, we will not be doing one this Monday as we are celebrating Christie's birthday, might do it on Tuesday... stay tuned for announ Here are some of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: David Miscavige, Mr. Mickiewicz

Happy Birthday Shelly Miscavige

January 18, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Today is Shelly Miscavige's 62nd birthday. She has been disappeared for the last 15 years -- one confirmed sighting at her father's funeral (with a handler) in 2007 and nothing certain since. Once a fixture of the scientology world, at her husband's side virtually everywhere he went, she suddenly vanished in 2005. I write about her and her vanishing from the Int Base in my book A Billion Years. Shelly is not the only person at the senior echelons of scientology who has been erased from public view (so too the President of scientology Heber Jentzsch, Executive Director International … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: Clarisse Barnett, David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Norman Starkey, Ray Mithoff, Russ Bellin, shelly miscavige

David Miscavige Is Doing Business in Florida

January 16, 2023 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

A new article by Tracey McManus reports on the contacts between David Miscavige (Mr. Mickiewicz to his friends) and the former and the interim City Manager of Clearwater. Remember, on 27 December, William J. Schifino (former head of the Florida Bar) and 2 Washington DC lawyers from powerhouse lawfirm Williams and Connolly (Joseph Terry and Krystal Durham) made "special appearances" (cost is no object when it comes to defending the COB, why use one lawyer when you can hire 3?) filed a motion claiming that Miscavige has not been properly served in the Baxter/Paris lawsuit. They claim he was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: David Miscavige, Jennifer Poirrier, Jon Jennings, Joseph Terry, Krystal Durham, Tracey McManus, William Schifino, Williams and Connolly

#WheresShelly

January 11, 2023 By Mike Rinder 46 Comments

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1613000395605020673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1613000395605020673%7Ctwgr%5Eed5d4f99b49f9e0ad25e6c811877cd4922266193%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftom-cruise-joke-golden-globes_n_63be312be4b0b2e1506c1ae3 Jerrod Carmichael's stunning bit at the Golden Globes last night set social media on fire. And subsequently is all over the media, bringing global attention to this issue. As readers of this blog know, Leah Remini famously filed a missing persons report concerning Shelly in 2013, detailed in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Billion Years, David Miscavige Tagged With: A Billion Years, Golden Globes, Jerrod Carmichael, Leah Remini, shelly miscavige, Tom Cruise, Troublemaker

Hype It Like There’s No Tomorrow

January 8, 2023 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

The hype for the replaying of Mr. Mickiewicz's New Years Patron Awards/briefing was over the top, but none more so than from Vicki Shantz, the "Continental Commander" of the Western United States. Vicki has been a long-term, loyal, ass-kissing subject of the COB. But even by her standards, this pleading to attend the event is sickening. She goes on about "Staggering accomplishments," "awe-inspiring new Patrons," "EPIC preview," "monumental," "spectacular," "revitalizing," "one of the most incredible briefings to-date," and "to move us into the future as the most vital force for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Events Tagged With: COB, David Miscavige, Mr. Mickiewicz, New Years Event, Vicki Shantz

Where Is David Miscavige?

January 3, 2023 By Mike Rinder 7 Comments

  Of course, he is at Flag. Right where the plaintiff's lawyers said he is in their filing in the Baxter/Guider damages case. Yet Miscavige's attorneys filed papers filled with the usual bluster and feigned incredulity that anyone could be so stupid as to believe David Miscavige is in Florida. This after they used the same line in California when he was trying to avoid service there -- then proclaiming he is in Florida. See the recent blog post at Tony Ortega's site: David Miscavige lives in Florida when he's sued in LA, and in LA when he's sued in Tampa. In their latest rant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: Baxter, David Miscavige, Guider, Hana Whitfield, Jerry Whitfield, Sarah Heller, Warren McShane

David Miscavige — Moment of Reckoning

December 14, 2022 By Mike Rinder 37 Comments

It would appear a moment of reckoning is upon the COB. For years he has managed to avoid being served in any suit that has named him. Last night, the plaintiff's lawyers in the Baxter/Paris case filed a motion to have the court find that Miscavige has been avoiding service and should be held in default. He has been able to get away with his shenanigans for years, but I suspect the time for playing games with the court system is over (at least in this case). At the hearing last month, Judge Barber was not impressed with even the concept of this circus. When he reads the lengths … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Legal Tagged With: David Miscavige, Gawain Baxter, Judge Barber, Laura Baxter, Valeska Paris

More Panic in the Bubble

November 1, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

The best indicator of panic in the bubble is that Miscavige orders the "Turning Point" video be reshown. In his mind, it is the "proof" that he is leading scientology to the promised land. It is the proof that he accomplished something L. Ron Hubbard couldn't do. It's the proof that despite all the bad news about scientology in the world, Miscavige knows what he is doing and everything is going to turn out OK. In reality, it is the proof that he is seriously worried that too many rats are jumping off the sinking ship. The ad time they are buying isn't doing it. The denials in the press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: David Miscavige, The Turning Point

Captain Miscavige Blast from the Past

October 30, 2022 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

Not had a lot of time to do anything with the blog in the last few days, so this one is a bit of nostalgia for the scientology history buffs. Someone forwarded me a copy of this issue, written in 2001 by Captain David Miscavige. Oh, what drama. The hype in this issue is something to behold. "literally about the destruction of the Church as a whole," "horrifying suppression" "machine gun-toting police" "imprisonment of many Scientologists in dungeons," For the record, Spanish police raided an IAS event in 1988 where Heber Jentzsch was speaking (back then, big names in scientology … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: Captain Miscavige, Heber Jentzsch, Kurt Weiland, Spain

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