‘60 DAYS FROM INSOLVENCY’
According to a new lawsuit, Elvis’ widow turned to an auctioneer for help finding new sources of income—and then abruptly cut her off when things started to turn around.
Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He has written about Scientology since 1995, and his book about Scientology’s most infamous campaign of terror—to destroy author Paulette Cooper—came out in May 2015. He continues to monitor breaking developments around the world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. You can find his work at The Underground Bunker.
‘DISNEYLAND-ON-CRACK COURT’
Until recently, the Church of Scientology had held just one top-secret “religious arbitration” in its 70-year history. This is an extremely rare look inside the second.
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FAMILY FEUD
Joe Reaiche told The Daily Beast he is considering suing his own children, claiming they perjured themselves in letters to a judge requesting leniency for their half-brother.
THE NEED FOR XENU
As audiences take in Cruise’s latest hit, “Top Gun: Maverick,” top Scientology reporter Tony Ortega looks back on how the star became the Church of Scientology’s Maverick.
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BUYER BEWARE
The tale of a widow—and mother of two—from Texas who was convinced to send over $800,000 to people claiming to be “Leonardo DiCaprio” enslaved by the Church of Scientology.
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MYTHMAKING
His name was Kuba Ka, and he called himself the “God of Pop”—having allegedly been handpicked by Michael Jackson’s manager as his successor. Then his face began falling off.
FOR THE LOVE OF XENU
The Church of Scientology’s New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, led by Tom Cruise and supported by Trump, treated 9/11 first responders with its “Purification Rundown.”
‘Fair Game’
Text messages between private investigators show how ex-cops were trailing the ‘Second Act’ stars around New York City on behalf, they say, of Scientology.
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MEETING OF THE MINDS
The two cultists’ ties ran deep, including collaborating on a screenplay together—one that hasn’t seen the light of day... until now.
NAMES ON THE LAND
What began as a quest to climb the tallest mountain in Rockland County, NY, soon morphed into a strange tale involving suicide, movie stars, and the shadowy origins of place names.