I have obtained privileged and confidential legal documents that reveal that when LAPD detectives met with a woman identifying herself as Shelly Miscavige they took her fingerprints. The LAPD lab said the results of a match were inconclusive. Instead of getting a new set of prints, the LAPD closed the missing person's investigation.
This organization is so far beyond what most people can even comprehend. In my early 20’s, I worked for a dentist in Northern Virginia who asked if I wanted to go to an all expenses paid business conference in Florida - zero context. What twenty-something would say no? Turns out it was a conference (at a Scientology campus) focused on L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings about how to meet people on their level, etc. At first I thought everything made sense and was very logical. A couple hours in, I realized that THIS is how people must feel when they realize they’re being brainwashed. Managed to find a new job shortly thereafter, but it will forever bother me how much everything made sense and how easy it was to just go along with it.
This is strange. About 10 years ago, I was looking to change jobs. I relied to a posting for a dental marketing company. I went for an interview and got a weird vibe about the place. So I looked up the principals online. They were all Scientologists. I didn't take the job.
There is an episode of Was I in a Cult? About those Scientology dental practices! Had no idea they’d made it out to NoVa! Sure hope my dentist isn’t one of them!!
The same. There was a chiro doctor who dealt with weight loss in Northern VA - he had a pretty popular YouTube channel. The cost was pretty high, so I thought if I worked there, I could get a discount on his program. The application was 10+ pages and at the bottom every page said "L Ron Hubbard". I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
This is sad, this is outrageous this is criminal and what is the FBI doing about this? For a cult to be granted tax exempt status is a disgrace. I met Leah Remini a few months ago at a restaurant and I told her a story about when I was about 21 years old maybe 22 living on my own in an apartment in Beverly Hills and there was a woman about my age who had an apartment down the hall from me and she told me the most harrowing story of her escape from the Hollywood Scientology building. She had to escape from a second floor window and run for her life this was in 1975 and she was so petrified to be found by them and be brought back there. Eventually she moved out of California and I lost track of her I don’t know what became of her… I know one thing if this was happening back in 1975 the cult Of Scientology has become so emboldened that they do whatever they want they are like a country onto themselves with their own ruler, their own laws they’re like a combination of the mafia and communist regime. I think it would be really great if everyone who reads this print it out and send a copy with a letter to Christopher Ray the head of the FBI it’s time that Scientology is found to be a criminal enterprise and loses its tax exempt status and is removed from the face of the earth. As for Tom Cruise I have been boycotting that man for 30 years…I wouldn’t pay to see a film with him in it and I wouldn’t even go for free! I think he is sick guy and any man that would abandon his own child because they’re not a Scientologist is truly evil and beyond brainwashed. He’s like David Miscavige Jr. and I hope they all eventually are held accountable for all of the horrors they’ve brought upon others.
Hey keri, my name is Michele and I live in Clearwater Florida I have been watching this cult Since 1967 .because I was born n raised here. I watched them take over our queen little beach town and turn it into a robot factory........ They have bought up all the little shops and left them vacant... Fake store fronts, fake Names, fake volunteer Shops in an effort to lure more. This week they were even able to manipulate our town managers to cancel our fireworks . It's because they bought our library and a giant park and they don't want to interrupt the grand opening with city business. I'm sure they'll have their own display. And as My friend and I rode down there this weekend to see the new park But all we saw was a bunch of Scientology robots Averting everyone away Only their flagship transportation system was allowed in the streets. What a shame.
Thank you for your reply and if you can reach out to friends and family members to send a letter to the FBI and to the IRS to help bring down Scientology that would be really helpful we need millions of people to do that for there to be a change.
My friend took a “personality quiz “ at her community college when she was 19. She bought some materials and signed up for a class. She decided to get a refund on the advice of me and other friends. Me and my boyfriend, at the time, went with her to the Orange County CA headquarters to obtain a refund. What we endured over the next few hours was unreal..like a bad nightmare. They made her go through 7 steps and get signed off before advancing to the next step. Each person we encountered was more and more aggressive. One yelled at us and told us to sit down and be quiet or we wouldn’t get a refund. They separated her from us and put pressure on her to stay in the class. We saw people studying in classrooms and were walking like zombies between classes not making eye contact with anyone. They finally cast us out and treated us like we were terrible humans. She eventually only got a partial refund. It was so scary and so weird at the same time. I’ve watched all episodes of scientology and the Aftermath. I’m so glad Leah, Mike and others got out. I pray Shelly is found.
Insane... Actually right now I remember almost getting into a fight with them on the streets of London, they did NOT like me spitting at the brochure or whatever they put in my path haha!
I agree! I really hope this is spread across the world and so many people read it. This is definitely Pulitzer Prize worthy. Can you imagine the number of people that would read and become educated on this if it did win the prize? I hope this opens doors for change
L Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer, and I didn't think a very good one. I remember in the early 60's, when I was a teenager, I would read what he was writing about the religion he was inventing (Scientology) in the SciFi magazines of the day. I thought it was nuts, no one would believe in a religion invented by a SciFi writer. Religion or cult, after all these years I still can't believe anyone would fall for this nonsense.
People wonder why I am not a fan of Tom Cruise, this is why. This company and let us not be fooled this thing called Scientology is a business, is corrupt to it’s very roots. But wait, what business punishes it’s employees but won’t let them leave? Oh yes A CULT. I have nothing but disgust for anything that uses people especially children and calls itself a religion.
Ze Mooo that ruling doesn't matter. The IRS ruling came later, in 1993. That grants them financial freedom and that is why they're free from taxation as well as given other liberties.
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!! Wtf is the FBI doing? They can’t possibly be afraid of tinie tiny DM, they’re the FBI. We should all demand a revocation of their tax exempt status and subpoena DM to answer all the implications he has been accused of, it’s a long list of various crimes, spanning over 4 decades. Free all these people of brainwashing and billions of dollars in “donations” It’s a cult, it’s a scam, ENOUGH is ENOUGH.
True, the IRS writes no laws. The Supreme Court writes no laws. What happened is covered VERY WELL by Tony Ortega. Go to The Underground Bunker and search on IRS to see the entire story. The short version is that the IRS made a deal with the Devil (Sci'gy/Miscavige) to grant religious exemption in exchange for dropping HUNDREDS of lawsuits filled against the IRS. See TonyOrtega.org for the in-depth explanation.
The LAPD needs to be investigated for their handling of this case and many, many others involving Scientology, including many child victims trying to escape only to be returned by the LAPD to their victimizers. Not only state AG should be investigating this completely corrupt police department but federal law enforcement should be investigating them. Where is the accountability for the harm they have done to countless victims and covering up scientology's crimes? Because they have been given legal cloaking of religion is not acceptable! Laws need to be changed! Outrageous!
The LAPD's cozy relationship, especially Hollywood Division, with $cientology is way overdue for a serious investigation by an outside agency, preferably the DOJ. Or the State Attorney General's Office if the DOJ can't be bothered.
It’s crazy to think that The police won’t do anything in actually seeing if Shelly is ok corruption at its best ! Well done leah on keeping up the fight for this woman your friend Shelly . I hope she sees this article or someone close to her and she knows how much you care for her and how others want her to be safe too xxx great article
My friend was an auditor at age 17. He's now 76. I've shed him to reveal. Please. He was on the ship. 14 years. Brainwashed. Walked when Holywood blvd one-day and boom! That was it! Naive kid. His brother too. He escaped one night. Never told me how. Probably to terrified.
I lived in San Diego from 1995-2001. Every Christmas season, I would go to LA for the Hollywood Christmas Parade. One building had a snow machine in front of it to garner people's interest and get them to pose for snow photos. If you guessed it was the L Ron Hubbard Scientology building, you'd be right.
Would it help to publish the names of all Scientology actors and actresses and ask the public to boycott their movies and shows? Without popularity, their Scientolgy influence might deminish.
This organization is so far beyond what most people can even comprehend. In my early 20’s, I worked for a dentist in Northern Virginia who asked if I wanted to go to an all expenses paid business conference in Florida - zero context. What twenty-something would say no? Turns out it was a conference (at a Scientology campus) focused on L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings about how to meet people on their level, etc. At first I thought everything made sense and was very logical. A couple hours in, I realized that THIS is how people must feel when they realize they’re being brainwashed. Managed to find a new job shortly thereafter, but it will forever bother me how much everything made sense and how easy it was to just go along with it.
This is strange. About 10 years ago, I was looking to change jobs. I relied to a posting for a dental marketing company. I went for an interview and got a weird vibe about the place. So I looked up the principals online. They were all Scientologists. I didn't take the job.
Good spidey sense! Probably saved you a hellish 10-20 years of life and 100k or more.
There is an episode of Was I in a Cult? About those Scientology dental practices! Had no idea they’d made it out to NoVa! Sure hope my dentist isn’t one of them!!
The same. There was a chiro doctor who dealt with weight loss in Northern VA - he had a pretty popular YouTube channel. The cost was pretty high, so I thought if I worked there, I could get a discount on his program. The application was 10+ pages and at the bottom every page said "L Ron Hubbard". I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Outstanding article! I hope Shelly will one day know how many people truly cared about her.
This is sad, this is outrageous this is criminal and what is the FBI doing about this? For a cult to be granted tax exempt status is a disgrace. I met Leah Remini a few months ago at a restaurant and I told her a story about when I was about 21 years old maybe 22 living on my own in an apartment in Beverly Hills and there was a woman about my age who had an apartment down the hall from me and she told me the most harrowing story of her escape from the Hollywood Scientology building. She had to escape from a second floor window and run for her life this was in 1975 and she was so petrified to be found by them and be brought back there. Eventually she moved out of California and I lost track of her I don’t know what became of her… I know one thing if this was happening back in 1975 the cult Of Scientology has become so emboldened that they do whatever they want they are like a country onto themselves with their own ruler, their own laws they’re like a combination of the mafia and communist regime. I think it would be really great if everyone who reads this print it out and send a copy with a letter to Christopher Ray the head of the FBI it’s time that Scientology is found to be a criminal enterprise and loses its tax exempt status and is removed from the face of the earth. As for Tom Cruise I have been boycotting that man for 30 years…I wouldn’t pay to see a film with him in it and I wouldn’t even go for free! I think he is sick guy and any man that would abandon his own child because they’re not a Scientologist is truly evil and beyond brainwashed. He’s like David Miscavige Jr. and I hope they all eventually are held accountable for all of the horrors they’ve brought upon others.
Hey keri, my name is Michele and I live in Clearwater Florida I have been watching this cult Since 1967 .because I was born n raised here. I watched them take over our queen little beach town and turn it into a robot factory........ They have bought up all the little shops and left them vacant... Fake store fronts, fake Names, fake volunteer Shops in an effort to lure more. This week they were even able to manipulate our town managers to cancel our fireworks . It's because they bought our library and a giant park and they don't want to interrupt the grand opening with city business. I'm sure they'll have their own display. And as My friend and I rode down there this weekend to see the new park But all we saw was a bunch of Scientology robots Averting everyone away Only their flagship transportation system was allowed in the streets. What a shame.
Thank you for your reply and if you can reach out to friends and family members to send a letter to the FBI and to the IRS to help bring down Scientology that would be really helpful we need millions of people to do that for there to be a change.
Same here on boycotting Tom Cruise. I won’t even watch him on TV for free!
My friend took a “personality quiz “ at her community college when she was 19. She bought some materials and signed up for a class. She decided to get a refund on the advice of me and other friends. Me and my boyfriend, at the time, went with her to the Orange County CA headquarters to obtain a refund. What we endured over the next few hours was unreal..like a bad nightmare. They made her go through 7 steps and get signed off before advancing to the next step. Each person we encountered was more and more aggressive. One yelled at us and told us to sit down and be quiet or we wouldn’t get a refund. They separated her from us and put pressure on her to stay in the class. We saw people studying in classrooms and were walking like zombies between classes not making eye contact with anyone. They finally cast us out and treated us like we were terrible humans. She eventually only got a partial refund. It was so scary and so weird at the same time. I’ve watched all episodes of scientology and the Aftermath. I’m so glad Leah, Mike and others got out. I pray Shelly is found.
Insane... Actually right now I remember almost getting into a fight with them on the streets of London, they did NOT like me spitting at the brochure or whatever they put in my path haha!
Exceptionally good writing.
Great anecdotes.
Pulitzer prize category.
I agree! I really hope this is spread across the world and so many people read it. This is definitely Pulitzer Prize worthy. Can you imagine the number of people that would read and become educated on this if it did win the prize? I hope this opens doors for change
L Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer, and I didn't think a very good one. I remember in the early 60's, when I was a teenager, I would read what he was writing about the religion he was inventing (Scientology) in the SciFi magazines of the day. I thought it was nuts, no one would believe in a religion invented by a SciFi writer. Religion or cult, after all these years I still can't believe anyone would fall for this nonsense.
People wonder why I am not a fan of Tom Cruise, this is why. This company and let us not be fooled this thing called Scientology is a business, is corrupt to it’s very roots. But wait, what business punishes it’s employees but won’t let them leave? Oh yes A CULT. I have nothing but disgust for anything that uses people especially children and calls itself a religion.
The Supreme Court said that $cientology was a business and was subject to taxation around 1989.
Ze Mooo that ruling doesn't matter. The IRS ruling came later, in 1993. That grants them financial freedom and that is why they're free from taxation as well as given other liberties.
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!! Wtf is the FBI doing? They can’t possibly be afraid of tinie tiny DM, they’re the FBI. We should all demand a revocation of their tax exempt status and subpoena DM to answer all the implications he has been accused of, it’s a long list of various crimes, spanning over 4 decades. Free all these people of brainwashing and billions of dollars in “donations” It’s a cult, it’s a scam, ENOUGH is ENOUGH.
How is this possible? The IRS cannot pass any laws. Rulings are not laws…
True, the IRS writes no laws. The Supreme Court writes no laws. What happened is covered VERY WELL by Tony Ortega. Go to The Underground Bunker and search on IRS to see the entire story. The short version is that the IRS made a deal with the Devil (Sci'gy/Miscavige) to grant religious exemption in exchange for dropping HUNDREDS of lawsuits filled against the IRS. See TonyOrtega.org for the in-depth explanation.
The LAPD needs to be investigated for their handling of this case and many, many others involving Scientology, including many child victims trying to escape only to be returned by the LAPD to their victimizers. Not only state AG should be investigating this completely corrupt police department but federal law enforcement should be investigating them. Where is the accountability for the harm they have done to countless victims and covering up scientology's crimes? Because they have been given legal cloaking of religion is not acceptable! Laws need to be changed! Outrageous!
The LAPD's cozy relationship, especially Hollywood Division, with $cientology is way overdue for a serious investigation by an outside agency, preferably the DOJ. Or the State Attorney General's Office if the DOJ can't be bothered.
Im hopeful that Scientology’s hateful days are numbered. No justice no peace. Thanks for a great article.
Wow! I'm blown away, I've been watching since episode 1. I'm still praying for Shelly. Your article is 🔥... you did that!
It’s crazy to think that The police won’t do anything in actually seeing if Shelly is ok corruption at its best ! Well done leah on keeping up the fight for this woman your friend Shelly . I hope she sees this article or someone close to her and she knows how much you care for her and how others want her to be safe too xxx great article
My friend was an auditor at age 17. He's now 76. I've shed him to reveal. Please. He was on the ship. 14 years. Brainwashed. Walked when Holywood blvd one-day and boom! That was it! Naive kid. His brother too. He escaped one night. Never told me how. Probably to terrified.
I lived in San Diego from 1995-2001. Every Christmas season, I would go to LA for the Hollywood Christmas Parade. One building had a snow machine in front of it to garner people's interest and get them to pose for snow photos. If you guessed it was the L Ron Hubbard Scientology building, you'd be right.
Thank you for this update, well, as much as you could actually update regarding Shelly.
This investigative reporting by Yashar Ali must be considered for Pulitzer Prize!
Would it help to publish the names of all Scientology actors and actresses and ask the public to boycott their movies and shows? Without popularity, their Scientolgy influence might deminish.