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TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Scientology has resubmitted plans for its UK headquarters, and Alex Barnes-Ross has given them a look… As you may remember, back in February Scientology put a pause on their plans for a major redevelopment of their UK headquarters as pressure mounted from various...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Our friend Chris Shelton has a big announcement for us! After I left Scientology, I thought the hard part was over. I got out, deconstructed the lies, learned Steve Hassan’s BITE Model, and could name every manipulation. Yet for me, and for hundreds of other...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Alex never rests. His latest from London… If there’s one thing I’ve learned since becoming an activist against Scientology’s abusive practices, it’s that as the saying goes, ‘the wheels of government move slowly.’ It takes a lot of patience, grit, and countless...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: While we’ve been focused lately on a court case in Tampa, Scientology soldiers on elsewhere, still pursuing founder L. Ron Hubbard’s dream of salvaging this planet from your doubters. And one of the most dramatic moments in Ron’s journey was his frightening 1967...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Cathy Fraser, Scientology arbitrator] For years we’ve been telling you about Scientology’s cynical strategy for derailing the lawsuits filed by former members: Force them into the church’s own brand of internal “religious arbitration.” In several cases, we’ve...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Scientology cruise ship the Freewinds, and the Atrium in Clearwater] Friday we finally began to get access to a large amount of information about what’s been going on in the labor-trafficking lawsuit filed against Scientology in Tampa federal court. The plaintiffs...

[Scientology cruise ship the Freewinds, and the Atrium in Clearwater] Friday we finally began to get access to a large amount of information about what’s been going on in the labor-trafficking lawsuit filed against Scientology in Tampa federal court. The plaintiffs, former Sea Org employees and...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Scientology lead arbitrator Cathy Fraser and psychologist Dr. Chitra Raghavan] Yesterday the dam burst and we finally got access to a large amount of information about what’s been going on in the labor-trafficking lawsuit filed against Scientology in Tampa federal...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Valeska and The Atrium in Clearwater] As we reported this morning, a huge amount of information suddenly became public yesterday in the labor-trafficking lawsuit filed against Scientology in Tampa federal court. The plaintiffs, former Sea Org employees and Australia...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Remember Cathy Fraser from Louis Theroux’s ‘My Scientology Movie’?] Yesterday, Tampa federal Judge Thomas Barber ruled that he would not allow a new motion and exhibits in a Scientology labor trafficking case to be filed under seal, and so all of that information...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Valeska Paris, the Fort Harrison, and Scientology attorney Charles M. Harris Jr.] More detail has now emerged about what happened in the “religious arbitration” that labor-trafficking victims Valeska Paris and Gawain and Laura Baxter were forced into by a Tampa...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Megadonors Alan Atkinson-Baker and Craig Jensen in the foreground, then Doug E. Fresh, Bodhi and Jenna Elfman, Travolta, an unidentified woman, Cruise, and megadonor Trish Duggan] Last week, we posted this photo, which was buried in Scientology’s slide show from its...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: We saw Tom Cruise and John Travolta giving church leader David Miscavige a standing ovation on March 14, the night he revealed Scientology’s new focus on children, the “Golden Age for a New Generation.” We saw the books themselves, which Sea Org members are reportedly...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: It’s all smiles in London, as the Scientology staff there welcome the first shipment of the church’s new books aimed at children as young as 7 years old. And who’s that on the right in this photo that was forwarded to us by former London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross? It’s...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: One of the surprises we learned from the leaked audio of the March 14 L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event was Scientology leader David Miscavige announcing that yet another shrine to Hubbard is about to have a grand opening: The villa in Las Palmas where Ron penned OT 3. We...

One of the surprises we learned from the leaked audio of the March 14 L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event was Scientology leader David Miscavige announcing that yet another shrine to Hubbard is about to have a grand opening: The villa in Las Palmas where Ron penned OT 3. We understand Dave’s...

Scientology has *NEVER* with the billions stashed away and multi-million donations given ANY donation to a dog shelter ~ Some shelters existing on a shoe string. Never supported canines in any way, banned SO members from having a dog. Kicked out the remaining dogs who had lived for years at...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: We want to thank Ian Rafalko, who recently sent us some images he found online showing some of Scientology’s biggest donors — Tom and Victoria Cummins, Elena Cardone, and Manuel Suarez — hanging out and dining with Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer of NatGeo fame. We’re...

Update: how near r is the fire near Gilman Springs road to the Scientology gold base...Gilman springs has been shut down in both directions and there is only highway 79 in use which is close to Gold base The Springs Fire, which erupted today, Friday, April 3, 2026, is burning immediately...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: One of our readers spotted a clip at Facebook that features Elena Cardone giving a pep talk about the power of positive thinking. This isn’t unusual in itself: She and her husband Grant Cardone make a lot of money in the motivational speaking racket, and so giving...