Then a few years ago, after I had retired, I found that girl I had grown up with, Laura Hippe, who had also, like me, gone to LA to seek her fortune. Unlike me wearing a blue suit and that ubiquitous oval badge and name tag, both praised and damned, Laura sought acting and her friends said she was quite good (you may look her up on IMDB). However, in an LA story like so many I witnessed and responded to, she got caught up in alcohol and drugs and, as a loyal Scientologist, she checked into Narconon and while there – took her life.

Shortly after taking this in, I saw ‘Going Clear’ on TV, which further reinforced my curiosity.

Then came Leah and Mike and while watching their incredibly moving TV show I heard about Mike’s blog. Here I am with another story about a beautiful girl whom I once knew and her end in Scientology. As a cop I saw horrible things on the street and at the same time, while on the job, I also experienced intense camaraderie. Yet when I view the collective you, I see that you saw and experienced terrible things but then, against our honest report writing, you then had to lie about them. Lie, that is, until you escaped and only then could the truth see the light of day among yourselves and, thanks to you lucky few, in the media. As the comments to the blog now reveal.

I agree! That story was so upsetting and sad, I still think about it although it was posted over a month ago. The I.A.S. should take a percentage of their donations and create a pension plan for their aging members. There is no excuse for not doing this. 🙁

Welcome Mick!!!

A 4×4 upside the head comes to mind!

Which incident are we at the beginning of again?

I think RB is kind of running a Level O process in a way, “If you (as an older Scn) could talk with another Sea Org member frankly about Scientology staff life, what would you say?”

Dave,

Shitstorm Update:

Your globetrotting to the UK and New Zealand should be giving you a temporary false sense of freedom. El Chapo has now been extradited from Mexico to the US. Worldwide justice and consensus on crimes against humanity will continue to tug on your ass until your are flailing in the courts and plea bargaining for your life.

Barry and Michelle had to divert to Andrews AFB after circling the Palm Springs Airport for an hour due to the second storm system passing over Club Med in Hemet. You may want to stay out of the country on a more permanent basis; the third storm system will be creating more mudslides in the area on Sunday.

By the way, ‘Rifle’ is still looking like the worst house in the neighborhood, adjacent to the Waldorf Astoria La Quinta Resort; is the black Range Rover provided by the IAS? Shouldn’t you be trying to impress the locals and Beyonce when she arrives for Coachella 2017?

Newcomer, your story is heart wrenching and definitely important. I totally feel for you. We will get our children back in our lives someday…I feel the pain.

Someone else who does your domestic labour, vehicle repairs, construction etc. for little to no compensation when you have millions. I will never get over that revelation and will never see any of his films again.

One of the more outrageous columns in the past year was the one on Ortega’s site about Claire Reppen, and I have been negligent in not posting a comment about it here. What she had to go through when she became sick is UN – FUCKING – BELIEVABLE! The woman put in DECADES of production as an AUDITOR no less (the supposed MOST valuable beings on the planet) and then is treated like total shit when she becomes old with cancer (when she SHOULD be treated like a fucking QUEEN for her contributions!). And to add insult to injury, her “senior” treats her with complete condescension as well.

This is the face of the “church” that Scientologists cannot even contemplate confronting.