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stacyfThe Dark Side of the Radical Church of Scientology is revealing itself piece by piece.

Today, sort-of-celebrity Stacy Francis took a cheap shot at Nicole Remini after she spoke up in support of her sister.

And with that the sliming of Nicole has begun. In a non-sequitur, offensive tweet, Francis put on display the level of hatred the church of Miscavige expects from those seeking to prove themselves “on the team.”  One is supposed to “take off the gloves” when someone has been labeled “fair game” (meaning “connected to someone who is no longer toeing the party line).

Francis decided that throwing a sucker punch of alleging someone has an eating disorder would somehow impugn Nicole’s credibility and enhance her own. But, if this is an untrue allegation, it’s disgusting. If it’s true, its equally disgusting. Either way she showed herself to be ready to stoop to the lowest levels. Of course, after proclaiming her fearlessness, she quickly erased her offensive tweet, but not before it was caught by Radar Online.

“Stacy deleted the tweets, but in messages recovered by RadarOnline.com, she writes, “People are so shady!! Say it if you got the nerve! Say it! don’t be cryptic!! Get the balls to say it to me! AND!ONLY IF YOU KNOW THE TRUTH!…DON’T BE A SHIT STARTER @nicoleremini YOU BETTER NOT BE TWEETIN ABOUT ME! Oh and nice you are friends again with your OWN SISTER Don’t do it…DEAR SELF>>>>>>GO TO BED! Dealing with bulimic crazy people won’t help you tonight.”

With her ill-advised tweet Stacy Francis did get some buzz – perhaps she is trying to get some attention for the purported reality series she is going to be in — but it seems what she really stirred up was more the buzz of angry wasps. As they say, people in glass houses should not throw stones.

Stacy has apparently pissed off a lot of people as a number of them were outraged enough to send in information they thought should be known that DID have relevance to her reliability. We are not even going into her repeated and well-known emotional meltdowns on The X Factor.   

One source who knows Stacy Francis quite well said: “Stacy is an opportunist, if you can help her or her career, she turns up the charm, but Stacy is for Stacy.  If you can’t or won’t help her, she will get street and turn her back on you”.  The source went on to explain that Francis had asked Leah Remini to be the godmother of her second baby (as a result of a widely reported affair with Bishop Noel Jones). Remini was the only one at the hospital for Stacy when she had her baby. Some friend Stacy turned out to be….

Stacy Francis first appeared on anyone’s radar screen when she serenaded Tom Cruise in a private party aboard the Freewinds arranged by David Miscavige. Francis later reported to friends that “Jessica Feshbach/Rodriguez/Davis had kept her away from “Tom’s camp” because she was suspected of not having pure intentions towards Cruise.”

Francis is walking the plank.  She is trying to curry favor by showing her “loyalty” but she will find the end of the plank as soon as she is no longer considered valuable. She has no real status of her own. She should be very careful as she will soon become an easy scapegoat, to be thrown under the next bus.

Others have told us she has had a rocky history with the church.  At one point she was getting special attention because of her friendship with Brandy Norwood. Then Brandy got frightened by the church, Francis became superfluous and Jessica F/R/D took over the “handling” – attending basketball games to “accidentally run into Brandy” and inviting her to Tom Cruise’s house (but NOT inviting Francis). Reportedly Francis flew into a rage and called Jessica a bitch as a result. 

Insiders who were at Celebrity Center say they basically dumped Francis and she had her get services at Flag because “she was always fighting with someone at CC. Then she would call Leah if she got into trouble with CC staff and Leah would come to her defense. So they didn’t want Francis there anymore. Stacy is known for her outbursts, but now they will use her for their own needs. Stacy will probably now be back in Tom’s good graces, and ‘enemies of Leah’ (her former friends in the church) will now befriend Stacy and claim that Leah had ‘third partied’ Stacy.”  Francis likely considers dissing Nicole and Leah a small price to pay for being back in the spotlight and part of the “in crowd” once again.

I hope Leah had all her former “friends” and employees sign non-disclosure agreements (like virtually every celebrity in the world does). She seems like she is smart enough to have done so. In that case, to paraphrase Kirstie Alley – revenge is a dish best served cold…

Francis should be concerned that her “good guy” status isn’t going to last long. She will be dumped as soon as she is no longer useful again and will probably be “dead-agented” quickly as a “squirrel” because she still attends a Christian church. For PR purposes this is “acceptable” but anyone who is in the church knows this is considered to be “mixing practices” and a complete failure to “Keep Scientology Working.”  She will be labeled a squirrel in a New York minute.

The glass house Francis is currently walking through has VERY thin glass and a very unstable frame. If she sneezes wrong, it will instantly collapse on her. When it does, where is she going to turn?

This is the pattern of dead-agenting, disconnection and control preached and practiced by the church of Miscavige. It bears no resemblance to the fundamental principles of Scientology — the mutant monster of a church is crushing all the good contained in the subject beneath a relentless avalanche of crap.

Champions of human rights? Only in their PR statements…

 

Comments

  1. The thing is, does Stacy Francis know that NO ONE ON EARTH except a few people who were on the cruise for that party would know who she was, but for Leah mentioning her in her book? And the people from the cruise probably remembered her as “the singer at Tom’s party” or (from the upper echelon) “that chick who’s going to throw herself at Tom given half a chance”.
    She’s a singer pushing fifty who hasn’t made it big whose largest claim to fame is publicly smashing the one person who brought her to attention. She was on the X factor? So are dozens of people, and (sadly in their cases) most of them will be forgotten before long.
    I’ve noticed that in the last couple years very few people have even brought her up. I’m guessing she’s back to taking courses at Flag…

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  2. Mike, This whole affair with Leah leaving and comments made by her sister brings up the subject again in my mind for DM’s ethics on the 2D. With so much attention put on parishioners 2nd dynamic activities and how much one is punished, questioned, degraded about their 2nd dynamic and knowing that LRH had very little attention on it (one PL that I know about, 2nd dynamic rules). Then add that in the PTS SP tech a criminal will accuse you of the very things he himself is doing, how is it that more data or information is not known about him and his assistant or his other 2d activities. Surely someone that was at int base would have data on that, stories etc. Thoughts Mike? is it something you cannot touch?

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  4. Declaring her friendship & loyalty to Leah Remini would help Stacy Francis’ career a lot more than Stacy’s Scientology friends can. As well as being ethical, such a declaration would get lots of positive media attention for Stacy. (Alas, Scientologists of the Miscavige ilk practice a kind of Ethics that demands wearing of blinders firmly fastened with gaze fixed on him & his dictates.)

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  6. The fallout from a celebrity whisper SP declare gets duked out in the entertainment rags & news sites … ever so funny. And CO$ plays right along with the usual irrelevant and immaterial rhetoric … lol

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  7. I wonder how many OSA staff it takes to monitor the remaining sheep (like Stacy and Kirstie) to keep them from antagonizing the public even more. With no sign of the “church” showing any indication of being able to be truthful, honest, caring, loyal, responsible, etc, it has NO chance of being accepted by society. The buildings keep getting emptier, while the security keeps being expanded. More cameras, bars, gun slingers, PIs, hired police, fences, etc, etc. They are only fooling themselves. The general public have been warned and the alarm bells continue to ring….

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  9. Mike, why didn’t the church just clam up after that first statement that they respect Leah’s privacy? With the tabloids looking for any tweets or statements on this story, the church is just keeping the story alive. They cant possibly believe this attack strategy is going to work.. I understand the church going after you and Marty, lets face it, you guys did things for the cult I”m sure your not proud of and you were high ranking officials. But isn’t going after Leah going to blow up in their faces? As far as I know, Leah wasn’t doing dirty tricks for the church. Their PR is really pitiful.

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    • Jeb, I don’t think that is why the church goes after Marty & Mike. I believe it is more along the lines that they (and the rest of the ‘who is’ ises) are opinion leaders. Sure they may have done some wrong things while in the church but they were/are well thought of by the crew. The church has to do something with the questions the crew and public come up with to handle this. It’s an extremely sad state of affairs. It’s truly no wonder there are few OTs being made and auditors being trained in the church. I can’t imagine what it must be like for those still there. I truly fee sorry for them and postulate they start reading soon.
      When I saw staff I respected speaking out and being dissed by the church I immediately started on a doubt formula. That is what the church is trying to prevent. Mass exit. Oh and then if they simply showed their LRH stats! OMG. Staff and public would cry. That truth hurts. It’s a huge betrayal and it’s happening right now. We are only seeing some of the over spray.
      Cece

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  10. Anyone else getting the picture of some five year old kids in a sandbox…
    I don’t know if I should just laugh at it or feel very sad for these people. This is just tragic.

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  11. Mike I gotta say something – been bottling this up for a while: I never doubted your writing skills in any way, but man, since you started this blog it’s reached a new plateau. A few people have suggested you write a book. I say, get started else I’ll start a petition demanding it.

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    • I agree. Just a book about your own experience and what you observed about the behavior of the “Church” leaders and its executive staff would be worth a lot ( as opposed to a debate about Hubbard and the theory behind Dianetics/Scientology). What interests me is the behavior of those claiming to be spiritual leaders and saviors of mankind. In the end, its always the behavior that counts.

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  12. My hunch is she just did the tweets on her own. Maybe in her mind she thought it would put her back in the good with the Church, or Tom or something like that. Who knows. Maybe she was drunk.

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  14. Great post! Speaking as someone who doesn’t get people to sign “confidentiality” agreements, I’m wondering why you’d have to do that unless you were concerned that someone would try to get mileage out of some of your more nefarious behaviour. To put it better, to get someone to sign such an agreement means that you must have a reason to do so, something to hide.

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    • Pete — good point. Thanks for asking it as I now realize people probably don’t get this.

      The “celebrity culture” in the US such that there are literally “spies” everywhere when it comes to celebrities. It’s not just paparazzi and tabloids, its the constant appetite of the TV newsmagazines, celebrity blogs and normal news entertainment. They have sources everywhere. Waiters and valets at known celeb haunt restaurants, receptionists at hospitals, emergency medical techs, hotel doormen etc etc. One of their favorite sources are cleaners, the guy who cuts the grass, nannies, interior decorators, agents, assistants and “friends”. When it is “news” if you wear boxers or briefs, what sort of toothpaste you use or if you just had a facelift, let alone whether you are pregnant or visited the doctor for some “undisclosed illness.” Many celebs try to protect some of their privacy by using non-disclosure agreements for anyone who has access to their home or personal affairs. Of course they cannot control restaurants and hotels etc, but they can maintain a modicum of privacy in their personal lives within their homes in this way. It is VERY common and it does not indicate someone has something to hide any more than the personal details of their life that they may not want appearing in the National Enquirer.

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  15. Oh, Christ. I won’t go into the details of how I’m familiar with the whole Freewinds thing and Stacy Francis, but let’s just say Stacy Francis can’t sing her way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. There are plenty of Scienos who can, and she fucking *can’t*

    It’s kind of funny, watching the “Scientology Celebrities” duke it out. There are some people who actually have skills – those you’ve heard of like Chick Corea (who is fucking brilliant), Isaac Hayes (God rest his soul); and those who are brilliant and you haven’t heard of (Tom Brechtlein, drums; DeeDee O’Malley, vocals; Jim Cowger, Tenor Sax; Mel Nelson, every instrument he lays his hands on; Jim Grinta, Trumpet; Stanley Clarke, who they sucked back in as of the last CC Gala; — — I could go on, but there are some masterful artists on the Scn roster, but they are “Second Rate” because they don’t have the fucking millions of dollars.

    No, Kirstie Alley, a fat, talentless pig, is a “celebrity.” And this so-called “vocalist” Stacy Francis, who Dee Dee O’Malley (Dee Dee Funk, Denise DiCandia) can sing circles around) – phoo. And Cowger, Mel Nelson… master musicians, who make fucking Beck look like a stupid amateur asshole… Oh, no, they don’t sit in the front rows at the CC Gala. And they fucking *should.*

    Fuck, I’m just pissed off. I know some real fucking artists, masters, who just because they don’t have big names are treated like shit at CC, and some no-talent, can’t fucking sing worth a shit, Stacy Fucking Francis gets the attention… ah, fuck them.

    Fuck CC. CC used to be a great artistic place back in the ’70s. But now nobody on staff at CC would know talent if it jumped up and bit them between the legs. Fuck them. Fuck CC. Money whores.

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    • And you know what? Pardon my goddamned French. I got involved because I am an artist, and seeing who is actually good vs. who gets treated well but sucks just pisses me the fuck off.

      I’m so glad I’m not in that stupid scene anymore.

      -Gus Cox

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      • Great points Gus and I don’t blame you for being pissed! I took 2 fabulously talented people to CC around 10 years ago and they weren’t given the time of day. One was crushed regged for the SO and arcx the shit out of her. At that time, I was walking through and they had put up red velvet ropes across a hallway, so I couldn’t get through to where I needed to go. I asked…what’s up with the ropes? They were up for fucking Tom Cruise so he could walk down the hallway all by his little self like I gave a shit. I find the celeb worship in scn to be bizarre and super creepy. I’d rather talk to a teacher or a carpenter or someone actually cool like Willy Nelson. All this slobbering over the beautiful people is so gross. Leah and Nicole sound like they have decency and loyalty…..my kind of people.

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    • Wow ….It would be way too easy to point out that Stacey (and some other wannna be’s) just got F’d by Cox so I won’t go there. Ha ha..!

      (Feel free to delete Mike, I know I am way out there on an X-rated limb…..Still fun though!)

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    • Fairly recently, I was told by a CC Int staff member that one of the kinds of people that were needed and wanted on lines at CC were people who had jobs servicing big celebs. For example, Kevin Costner’s chauffeur and Cristina Aguilera’s manicurist would be desirable CC public, the idea being that those persons would then disseminate to the big celeb. In the 70’s, ASPIRING artists were welcome there. Maybe not so much anymore.

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      • This is so unbelievably creepy and manipulative Sophia! LRH’s creation, Scn, frees beings, raises ability, reduced to trolling for spies to “catch” people. Can you imagine being a talented artist and finding out what was done behind the scenes? This type of duplicity has ruined our reputation because the corp church is, in fact, not trustworthy. Disgusting!

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  16. CNN even has Leah on the main page. CoS can’t possibly agree that any publicity is good publicity, with all this entheta floating around.

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  18. Wow, with Kirstie Alley leading, they’re marching single file out of the Celebrity Centre woodwork to take make personal attacks and the Reminis. Pretty dumb to hand them this kind of ammunition, but then…As for Stacy Francis, I’ve listened to her sing and, “Strictly a no-talent broad”, as my late uncle from Brooklyn’s succinct summary. Leah and Nicole, if you’re reading this, I would suggest applying KA’s “policy” Its actually good advice for anyone leaving the Radical Church of Scientology.

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    • I think back to the days of Yvonne Jentsch running the LA CC. She would not only have been embarrassed to the max, she’d have had people like Kirstie and Stacy begging for mercy. Yvonne was both classy and very, very tough. One of my favourite people.

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  19. People magazine July 29 2013 has a prominent front page mention and a 4 for page center piece about “Leah Rimini Leaving Scientology”. Actually a well written and very positive piece for Leah Rimini, pointing out the abuses by David Miscavige and a “Church” that tried to break up the connection to her family. I think this is significant, never have they ever spoken so open and clearly negative about David Miscavige and the COS, they are usually more reserved, but go to town on this now.
    People Magazine claims 42+ Million readers on their rate card. How is this for a straight up vertical expansion. 🙂

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    • 2 million? They’re just a small group of bitter defrocked apostles living on the fringes of Internet in some backward state like New Haven.

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    • I agree Gerhard…a very favorable article for her and her family. The press really is getting more comfortable with mentioning and asking questions about the Runtmiester himself…even called him “slight in stature” at 5’5″.

      The article states that her “mother and husband” have chosen to remain in the church. If true this could potentially be significant to either proving disconnection IS a policy of the church if they are forced to do so, or serve to enable others to say they don’t have to disconnect from their families either. Win/Win no mater what.

      Doug

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  21. Wow! With friends like Stacy, Leah certainly doesn’t need enemies! Stacy redo the PTS/SP course and redrill the Tone Scale, you missed 1.1! Flunk!

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  22. I love this stuff Mike.
    You writing is always informative and entertaining.

    These celebrities can be real babies. I always love to see some good ones pop up like Leah.
    I have to admit it is all very entertaining. I can feel the train of justice rolling down the tracks.
    I know a person who works for Wal-Mart and they told me that TC went there to pander to them. They told me they were embarrassed for him.
    Their little Bridge of elitism is getting weaker and will soon collapse I think.

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  23. She’s a nobody. I remember her from CC. One of the Rose Garden Celebs. Never actually got any work but because she called herself a celeb she believed it.

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  26. “Stacy is an opportunist, if you can help her or her career, she turns up the charm, but Stacy is for Stacy. If you can’t or won’t help her, she will get street and turn her back on you”. That says it all about her character, unfortunate for her but she fits right in, dog eat dog over there.

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  27. Hey Mike did you see this tweet the Amen one ( http:// t*witpic.com/d3c04m) Remove asterisk if you want it’s from her twitter feed July 18 Amen. I have Screen caps of both. Just thought you might not know not for posting or anything.

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    • You’d think she would have learned that you can’t erase what has been put forth into the internets. Remember when Stacy was on some vocal contest tv show and she rewrote her history and downplayed any experience she had? Anonymous came along and found her old postings at her website where she was selling herself as a professional and had a CD for sale and pics of her singing at CC… good times! I love seeing lying liars getting caught lying.

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  28. Talk about CREATING antagonism…geez. She and Kirstie are perfect examples of what NOT to do when faced with a situation you feel the need to deal with concerning another person. And the fact they take it public so that others can see… How stupid is that? They not only foster anger and antagonism in the person they should be wanting to lovingly “handle”…they create enemies in the audience by their sheer idiocy!

    Stacy…if Judge Judy were here, she would say…”You’re an idiot!”

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    • I think it’s terrific that they are exposing it all over Twitter. This thing is unraveling with all the spotlights on it. Wahooo!!! Way to do, dizzy ladies… shoot from your fat hips some more. !! :-)))) Let the world see what Co$ really is. !!

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  29. I wish Stacy Francis had the courage to read this blog. Stacy, if you are reading this — Mike’s not kidding. It’s good advice he’s giving you. Don’t get caught out in the open. These people are NOT looking after your interests.

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  30. This chick is too random to be taken with anything other than a grain of salt. And as a singer? Meh…

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  31. “People are so shady!! Say it if you got the nerve! Say it! don’t be cryptic”

    Funny, I thought it was all being said quite clearly. Disgusted with senior execs being pissed to the gills, flirting with women who were not their wives. Wondering where my friend Shelly was and revolted by TD’s belittling response. Totally disgusted with 300,000 worth of “auditing” at Flag which was nothing more than behavior modification.

    Mike, you think Francis hasn’t even read any of the facts and was prompted by the little guy or one of his minions to write that crap?

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  32. Who is this girl again? I’ve never heard of her. OH. That’s the point, isn’t it. Still trying to ride on Leah’s coattails, while throwing stones.

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      • Hey, there’s Ronnie Miscavige, Sr. there in the back ground. Blow it, Ronnie! Whew. Good to see Peter Schless isn’t in the hole (keyboard player). Thank God.
        Urmmmm…but what’s with the SO singers there in the background? On their knees for TC? Isn’t that sort of sexual? Wouldn’t that be sort of like out 2Dish? I hope they got RPF’d…oh wait, this was at DMs party for Tom. All rules are off then.
        Thanks, Sinar.

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      • I have a question for you Mike, can you provide a picture of Co$ ratio-demographics as to: men – women – children – race etc… I ask because I know that Co$ has presence in many countries but am unclear as to exactly where and have they all been impacted the same way by Devil Miscarage’s rule? For instance being an original American movement it seems reasonable to me that mostly American and western European would be prime territories to have exploited. You are the man with the head for numbers and the long view, if you please this puzzles me.

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