Born in Synanon is the story of Cassidy Arkin’s history with California’s Synanon cult—or as she describes it in footage from 2001, “alternative community.” Arkin is not just the subject of director Geeta Gandbhir’s four-part Paramount+ docuseries (Dec. 12) but…[Continue Reading...]
New claims by actress Leah Remini about her involvement in Scientology implicate Tom Cruise and his youngest daughter, Suri. According to the New York Post, court documents reveal Leah’s assertion that the church made her raise money on behalf of…[Continue Reading...]
After a multi-million-dollar renovation, the historic Marconi Conference Center in West Marin has been transformed into Lodge at Marconi, a luxury hotel property located within the 62-acre Marconi State Historic Park just south of Marshall. The Marshall site has a…[Continue Reading...]
Leah Remini, a former Church of Scientology member who is suing the church for defamation, says in new court papers that church member Tom Cruise holds special standing with the faith’s leader, David Miscavige. “Cruise, David Miscavige’s best friend, is…[Continue Reading...]
A former employee for OneTaste alleges she was forced to have sex with potential investors and other members of the group. The leaders of OneTaste, a sexual wellness organization and so-called “orgasm cult” that briefly enjoyed popularity in the mid-2010s,…[Continue Reading...]
David Mitchell, a muckraker whose tiny California newspaper challenged the violent drug rehabilitation cult Synanon and, as a result, became one of only a handful of weeklies to win a Pulitzer Prize, died on Oct. 25 at his home in…[Continue Reading...]
Church of Scientology attorneys have officially filed an anti-SLAAP suit as part of the faith’s defense of the majority of claims in actress Leah Remini’s amended civil harassment/defamation complaint, in which the former church member alleges that intimidation of her…[Continue Reading...]
Scientology says that Leah Remini’s harassment suit against her former Church and its leader David Miscavige should be DOA thanks to the First Amendment. “Defendants determined that the vast majority of the allegations in the 68-page, 310 paragraph long FAC…[Continue Reading...]
Currently behind bars on a 30-year sentence for rape, Danny Masterson is heading back to court. In a short hearing today in downtown Los Angeles, Judge Upinder Kalra lifted the long stay on the 2019-filed harassment case against the That…[Continue Reading...]
In 2013, the world’s largest “ex-gay” ministry, Exodus International, voluntarily shut its doors. The final nail in its inglorious coffin was Exodus’ then-president, Alan Chambers, admitting, “The majority of people that I have met, and I would say the majority,…[Continue Reading...]
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