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Podcast with Jon Atack

December 4, 2022 By Mike Rinder 6 Comments

Jon and I recorded a new episode of his excellent podcast. Enjoy.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Billion Years, Danny Masterson Tagged With: Danny Masterson, irs, Jon Atack

A Billion Years Event: Scientology is Losing Its Mind

November 27, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

On Wednesday November 30th I am doing an event at the University of Pennsylvania with Professor Marci Hamilton. This is causing great consternation in the hallways of OSA/Stand League. They tweeted about it using my daughter's account and even created a new video where she whines how she just got a "copy and paste" reply to her form-letter complaint to UPenn. Seriously, only scientology could come up with something like this -- a whineTweet for Thanksgiving. I thought Thanksgiving was supposed to be a day when you remember what you are thankful for, not an excuse to circulate the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Billion Years, ChildUSA Tagged With: A Billion Years, Child USA, Danny Masterson, Jeffrey Augustine, Marci Hamilton, MeToo, Mike Rinder, Taryn Teutsch, University of Pennsylvania

“What Did You Do To Pull It In?”

October 26, 2022 By Mike Rinder 62 Comments

  In the face of the Danny Masterson trial, I have spent quite a bit of time recently explaining this Hubbard concept and how it relates to treating victims in scientology. Every scientologist knows and uses this phrase, "What did you do to pull it in?" as a pat response to those on the receiving end of something harmful or upsetting to them. It is the go-to answer for a broad spectrum of things: from being criticized unfairly by your boss, to being run over by a car or mugged on the street. The basic concept is that you are "at cause" and create everything in your life. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: Danny Masterson, Full Responsibility, Overt/Motivator Sequence, Pull It In, victim

Reality Check: Scientologists and Law Enforcement

October 25, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

With the ongoing rape trial of Danny Masterson, a lot of people are curious about scientology's position with respect to reporting crimes to law enforcement. Scientology responded to reports they forbid this in typical fashion -- quoting the LA Times: The Church of Scientology declined to comment on the pending criminal matter, but said the religion has no policy against reporting crimes committed by Scientologists to law enforcement. “Church policy explicitly demands Scientologists abide by all laws of the land,” spokeswoman Karin Pouw said. Though most people reject scientology's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: Danny Masterson, Introduction to Scientology Ethics, Karin Pouw, L. Ron Hubbard, New Hope for Justice

Court TV

October 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

Monday night I appeared on Court TV's Closing Arguments show with Vinnie Politan discussing the Danny Masterson case. If you missed the piece you can watch it here:     … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Danny Masterson Tagged With: A Billion Years, Court TV, Danny Masterson, Vinnie Politan

Scientology: Trying to Buy Their Way Out of Disaster

October 11, 2022 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

Things are really not going well in the shrinking world of scientology. First, the release of A Billion Years. The scientology response?  Buying Google ads to promote their smear sites which have a flurry of new content. A blizzard of legal threats letters and delegations of lawyers and scientology officials sent across the country to "handle the flap." Then the upcoming vote in Clearwater for a development plan that David Miscavige must HATE -- it will result in two large condo towers right in front of the Ft Harrison, and a huge increase in the number of prying eyes in downtown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations, scientology TV Tagged With: A Billion Years, Clearwater referendum, Danny Masterson, LA Mayoral race, ScientologyTV

The 2009/2010 FBI Scientology Investigation: New Details

June 7, 2022 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

More documents from the 2010 FBI investigation have become available through an FOIA request made many years ago.  While there is a great deal of redacted information and many documents withheld in their entirety, there is a lot of information contained in this disclosure that I had not been previously aware of. The full documents can be found here. There were a lot of documents released by the FBI back in 2017 which Tony O covered on his blog. Those docs (many of them witness interviews) are included in this new release -- though the redactions are very different. This is common with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FBI, Special Feature Tagged With: Brad Edwards, Brittany Henderson, Danny Masterson, FBI, Grand Jury, Human trafficking, Jeffrey Epstein, Mary Carter Endrues, Relentless Pursuit, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein

Happy New Year

January 1, 2022 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

Enjoying a wonderful New Year with friends... I hope you are too. I believe 2022 is going to be a watershed year in the world of scientology for two main reasons. The pandemic has taken its toll on an organization that relies on keeping people inside an information bubble that needs personal contact and briefings. Emerging from the pandemic, assuming this happens in 2022, when so many have been distanced from the controlling influences of the organization is going to be revelatory. It will expose the truth about the real state of scientology — which is a shell of its former … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mike Rinder Tagged With: Christie Collbran, Claire Headley, COVID-19, Danny Masterson, Happy New Year, Marc Headley

The Unhinged Rants Go On

June 26, 2021 By Mike Rinder 31 Comments

The minions of the STAND League are always on the lookout for something to cry victim about. Wil Seabrook must have a big amends project he is trying to complete. He racked up a couple of hours and an item for his Liability formula ("I published an article attacking the SP's"). Even for the whiners at the STAND League, this one is really a stretch. Apparently, Kohler had the nerve to advertise in publications that run stories that offend scientology. Frankly, these days, just about every media outlet has something negative to say about scientology. So you could do an article like this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: A360 Media, Danny Masterson, Kohler, STAND League, Tom Cruise, Wil Seabrook

No Justice for Paul Haggis

June 3, 2021 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

This recent article in Variety makes my blood boil. While scientology has continued to support and protect Danny Masterson, who has been trying to avoid his day of reckoning in court at all costs, Paul Haggis, who they have accused of being a "rapist" has been trying desperately to get INTO court to clear his name. Masterson is being criminally prosecuted, in addition to the civil case filed by his victims. Paul Haggis has never been criminally charged -- or even investigated. Unlike Masterson's victims, Paul's accuser  did NOT go to law enforcement, Paul did. He asked them to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Danny Masterson, Fair Game Tagged With: Chrissie Carnell-Bixler, Danny Masterson, Denim Day, Justice4Mom, paul haggis, Taryn Teutsch, Variety

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