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Apr 21, 1994
Church calls it quits // As Scientology backs away from critics, it may hurt in libel case — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Steven Pressman
Source: Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
[Picture / Caption: RESOLUTION — "I think the judge just wanted to bring an end to this case," says Graham E. Berry, right, with Gordon J. Calhoun.] For years, the Church of Scientology has been synonymous with bitter litigation battles. But the 40-year-old religious organization, long known for its aggressive legal tactics, threw in the towel recently on a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles that it had been waging against two critics. Besides serving as a legal setback, the action in ...
Mar 31, 1994
Scientology suit on PR firm heads for trial — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Wayne Garcia
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
For both sides, the relationship between the Church of Scientology and the nation's largest public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, had been a good one. But that relationship fell apart in 1991, just two days after a cover story in Time magazine blasted Scientology as a cult of greed. Hill & Knowlton dropped Scientology as a client. Lilly and Scientology have been locked in battle over Scientology's campaign to discredit Prozac, an antidepressant drug made by Lilly. Scientology blames Prozac for ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 7, 1994
Declaration of Vicki Aznaran [pre-settlement]
Type: Declaration
GRAHAM E. BERRY, State Bar No. 128503 GORDON J. CALHOUN, State Bar No. 84509 LEWIS, D'AMATO, BRISBOIS & BISGAARD 221 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, California 90012 Telephone: (213) 250-1800 Attorneys for Defendants UWE GEERTZ, PH.D. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA No. CV 91-6426 HLH (Tx) DECLARATION OF VICKI AZNARAN RE: MOTION FOR COSTS Date: APRIL 4, 1994 Time: 10:00 a.m. Courtroom: 7 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff, VS. STEVEN FISHMAN and UWE GEERTZ, Defendants. —– ...
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Feb 25, 1994
Scientology pulls out of suit against ex-member — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Oct 20, 1993
Advertising // Church of Scientology to launch campaign to improve its image — Wall Street Journal
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Type: Press
Author(s): Laura Bird
Source: Wall Street Journal
The Church of Scientology, having just won tax-exempt status, after a bitter, decades-long battle with the Internal Revenue Service, is now ready to take on media critics in a major promotional campaign to try to mend its public image. Early this month, the Internal Revenue Service notified 30 entities within the Church of Scientology hierarchy that they would be recognized as tax-exempt organizations, whose donation income isn't subject to federal income tax. Church officials hailed the decision, saying it would allow ...
Sep 1, 1993
Catch a rising star — Premiere (magazine)
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Author(s): John H. Richardson
Source: Premiere (magazine)
Tag(s): Ability (Scientology magazine)American Premiere (magazine)Andrea JaffeAnne ArcherAnti-psychiatryApple SchoolsAuditingAuthor Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology)Bert SalzmanBlackmailBob DolmanBonnie ReissBrad PittBrian GrazerCelebrity (magazine)Celebrity CentreCharlie SheenChurch of Scientology International (CSI)Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)CommissionsCorey SlavinCostCreative Artists AgencyCry Out (booklet)Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation)David MiscavigeDelphi Schools, Inc.Diana CanovaDisconnectionDon SimpsonDror SorefE-MeterEarth Communications Office (ECO)Edgar WinterEmilio EstevezEric ShermanErnest LehmanFloyd MutruxFoundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE)Freddie PrinzeGary ImhoffGentle Birth FoundationGeoffrey LewisHana Eltringham WhitfieldHarassmentHarvey HaberHealthMedHeber C. JentzschJanet CharltonJeff PomerantzJeffrey ScottJerry SeinfeldJoel SappellJohn H. RichardsonJohn TravoltaJudy Norton-TaylorJuliette LewisJustice Clarence ThomasKaren BlackKelly PrestonKen RoseKimberley KatesKirstie AlleyL.A. Style (magazine)LawsuitLee PurcellLeo J. RyanLisa Marie PresleyLisa Stuart HalversonManu TupouMark C. "Marty" RathbunMark IshamMary Sue (Whipp) HubbardMichael D. RobertsMichael J. "Mike" RinderMichael OvitzMichael WisemanMike FarrellMilton KatselasMimi RogersMoney launderingNan Herst BowersNancy CartwrightNarconon InternationalNicole KidmanOperation Snow WhitePat KingsleyPatrick RyanPatrick SwayzePaulette CooperPeter HortonPhilip JepsenPremiere (magazine)Priscilla PresleyPrivate investigator(s)Project CelebrityPublic fundingPurification Rundown ("Purif")R. Michael WisnerReader's DigestRecruitmentReligious Technology Center (RTC)Richard BeharRichard DonnerRichard NataleRobert "Bobby" LiptonRobert W. WelkosRon HowardScientology's "Code of Honor"Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article)Shaw Health CenterStudy technology (Study tech)Suppressive person (SP)Threat of physical harmTom CruiseTom MankiewiczVonni RibisiXenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch
Jun 14, 1993
Church's litany of lawsuits — The National Law Journal
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Type: Press
Author(s): Andrew Blum
Source: The National Law Journal
Scientology's leaders say the best defense is a good offense. DID THE CHURCH of Scientology kill a judge's dog during a trial? Did the judge, who is now dead, think church members did? Did that lead him to be prejudiced, and bias the jury against the church? These and other issues are part of an intense battle by the church's litigation machine to overturn what remains of a $30 million verdict won in 1986 by former church member Larry Wollersheim. Mr. ...
Tag(s): Alexander R. JonesAmerican Psychological Association (APA)Andrew BlumAuditingBowles & MoxonCharles B. O'ReillyChurch of Scientology International (CSI)Church of Scientology of California (CSC)Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Copyright, trademark, patentCult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation)Daniel A. LeipoldDeprogrammingEarle C. CooleyEdward CopelandEli LillyEric M. LiebermanFair gameFloyd AbramsFood and Drug Administration (FDA)Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)Galen KellyGerald A. FefferHeber C. JentzschHill & KnowltonInternal Revenue Service (IRS)J. Walter ThompsonJonathan W. LubellJudge Peter K LeisureJudge Ronald E. SwearingerJudge Stanley SporkinJustice Clarence ThomasKendrick L. MoxonKenneth P. MundyKurt WeilandLaurie BertilsonLawrence "Larry" WollersheimLawsuitLeta SchlosserMargaret Thaler SingerMark GoldowitzMembershipMichael Lee HertzbergMonique E. YinglingOperation Snow WhitePaine-Webber Group Inc.Prozac (fluoxetine hydrochloride)Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)Reader's DigestReligious Technology Center (RTC)Richard BeharScientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article)Silencing criticism, censorshipStephen A. KentStrategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)The American LawyerThe National Law JournalTIME MagazineTimothy BowlesWhat is Scientology? (book)WPP Group
Apr 27, 1993
From Salem to Waco, by way of the nazis — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Alexander Cockburn
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
The Davidians were a 'cult,' and thus exempted from justice and normal rules of evidence. Rodney King's beating captured the nation's attention for more than a year. The extermination of more than 80 Americans during an armed attack by federal agents outside Waco is already slipping off the front pages. But then, King is a black man whose maltreatment came to symbolize police violence against the poor. The Davidians were "a cult," and thus exempted from justice and compassion. Atty. Gen. ...
Apr 28, 1992
Church of Scientology sues Time Warner for libel — Wall Street Journal
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Type: Press
Source: Wall Street Journal
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY sues Time Warner for libel. The church seeks $416 million in punitive damages for an April 1991 cover story in Time magazine, a unit of Time Warner Inc. The article called the church a "Mafia-like" cult and alleged criminal activities by its leaders. The suit alleges that a biased reporter was put on the story and that the article was false and defamatory. A spokesman for Time, based in New York, said the magazine stands by the article ...
Feb 9, 1992
Millenial mission // Underground vault holds Scientology teachings — Empire News (Santa Rosa, California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Chris Smith
Source: Empire News (Santa Rosa, California)
PETROLIA, Humboldt County — The people who have been allowed to see the colossal tube that's buried in a velvety green hill just up the road from Petrolia say it's the strangest thing they've ever laid eyes on. And the most mysterious. The huge, pipe-shaped vault is as wide and high as the cabin of a Boeing 747. It is more than 140 feet longer than one of the jumbo jets. Disciples of the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of what ...
Nov 12, 1991
Scientologywood // Putting the CULT back in Culture — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Russ W. Baker
Source: Village Voice
And now, the next Walt Disney Studios— the Church of Scientology! That is, if entrepreneurs connected with the Hollywood based cult can muscle into the film business with their proposal to homogenize films by tailoring them to the tastes of the unwashed masses. It all began last July, when Future Films, a new, eccentric studio, began running ads in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter touting its revolutionary ideas. No one knew what to make of it all. The grand concept, to ...
Tag(s): Al JarreauAmerican Inmate CommunicationsAnne ArcherAnne RackhamAuditingCelebrity CentreChick CoreaChurch of Scientology Religious Trust (CSRT)Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library)Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (CATS)Clearwater Sun (Florida)CostCult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation)Cynthia KisserDarcey HollingsworthDianeticsDouglas L. GametteFeshbach Brothers Inc.Fred CookFront groupsFuture FilmsHypnosisJames M. JusticeJohn CarmichaelJohn TravoltaKaren BlackKaren JusticeKen LeeKirstie AlleyKnowledge ReportL. Ron Hubbard's credentialsLawsuitLisa Marie PresleyLos Angeles Business JournalLouis Jolyon WestMembershipMimi RogersNan Herst BowersNancy CartwrightNarconon (aka Scientology drug rehab)Nazi labellingOperation Snow WhiteOxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test")Priscilla CoatesPriscilla PresleyPrivate investigator(s)RecruitmentRegistrar (also, to "reg")Richard BeharRobert "Bob" CefailRuss W. BakerSchoolsScientology's "Clear" stateScientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article)Set A Good Example Foundation (formerly, Concerned Businessmen's Association of America)SettlementSinger ConsultantsSonny BonoSt. Petersburg Times (Florida)Sterling Management Systems (SMS)Steven L. HayesThe Hollywood ReporterThe Way to Happiness (TWTH)Thomas "Tom" PaquetteThreatTigre Lis EnterprisesTIME MagazineTom CruiseVarietyVillage VoiceWalter HegetschweilerWhittle CommunicationsWiseman & Burke, Inc.Workplace recruitmentWorld Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE)
Aug 14, 1991
Leading the charge against Prozac // Lawyer Leonard Finz is up against Eli Lilly, and the verdict is still out — Washington Post
Aug 8, 1991
Harassement shouldn't quiet media, say cult experts — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The Church of Scientology has a long and undistinguished history of harassing its detractors — but that shouldn't stop the media or anyone else from speaking out against it, cult experts say. The church commonly threatens lawsuits, tries to have detractors arrested, and harasses sources and individual reporters, said Cynthia Kisser of the Cult Awareness Network in Chicago. And recent Sun stories linking the church — alleged by experts to be a dangerous, mind-control cult — to Narconon, a drug rehabilitation ...
Aug 4, 1991
Critics say cult behind drug-rehab program // Kids working for Scientology front? — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Dozens of Winnipeg teenagers have been hired to raise funds for a drug rehabilitation program which critics charge is nothing more than a recruiting front for a "mind-control cult." About 60 teenagers who answered newspaper advertisements for summer jobs are selling pepperoni and T-shirts door-to-door to raise money for Narconon — a drug rehab organization linked to the Church of Scientology. And while officials from the program and the man behind the drive say it's all above board, it has sparked ...
Jul 21, 1991
The two sides of Scientology — Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
Jul 19, 1991
Former member of sect is suing — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Kevin Shinkle
Source: Tampa Tribune (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology is facing another lawsuit in the midst of an expensive nationwide campaign to bolster its image. The sect, which maintains its spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, has spent millions of dollars in recent weeks for advertising in the newspaper USA Today. In the lawsuit, a former sect member claims the church is a fraud; owes him money for counseling services he never used; and has cut him off from his two daughters, who still follow Scientology. ...
Jun 29, 1991
Scientology? No way, send me $200,000 — Arizona Republic
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Type: Press
Author(s): Kim Sue Lia Perkes
Source: Arizona Republic
Look, all you have to do is pull out your checkbook and write a check for $200,000. Oh, and make it out to me. No strings attached. That should give you the inner peace you have been searching for. In return for your donation, you'll receive absolutely nothing, and I'll never ask you for a donation again. True, if you do this, I will lose my job. However, if only five of you send the money, I'll be able to retire. ...
Jun 21, 1991
'Time' squabble / Scientology adds WPP units to attack [exact date unknown] — Advertising Age
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Type: Press
Author(s): Gary Levin
Source: Advertising Age
NEW YORK—WPP Group's Hill & Knowlton, the giannt public relations agency charged with generating favorable images for clients, is having public relations problems of its own. The latest controversy surfaced last month, when the agency was forced to resign the $2 million Church of Scientology International account a week after a May 6 Time cover story labeled the church a "cult of greed" that had bilked its followers of millions of dollars. The church quickly began an ad campaign in ''USA ...
Jun 20, 1991
Advertising // Scientology dispute draws in WPP chief — Wall Street Journal
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Author(s): Joanne Lipman
Source: Wall Street Journal
A bizarre run-in between Time magazine and the Church of Scientology has ensnared an unlikely victim: WPP Group's Martin Sorrell. Ever since Time ran a May 6 cover story depicting the Scientology group as a "cult of greed," the Scientologists have been striking back, criticizing the article as a "sensationalized attack" full of "falsehoods." In the past week, the Scientologists have broadened their attack. This time, in one of the stranger plot twists Madison Avenue has seen, their target is Mr. ...
Jun 19, 1991
Scientology group strikes back at Time magazine — Associated Press
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Type: Press
Author(s): Rick Hampson
Source: Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Some subjects of unflattering magazine profiles are content to write a letter to the editor or cancel their subscription. The Church of Scientology, pilloried in Time as "The Cult of Greed," is fighting back with a $3 million ad campaign. After several weeks of taking out full-page color ads in USA Today, the church has released a glossy, 28-page booklet that purports to refute Time's charges and expose its motivation for the May 6 cover story. Titled ...
Jun 15, 1991
Scientology fires ad barrage at 'Time' [exact date unknown] — Advertising Age
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Type: Press
Author(s): Scott Donston
Source: Advertising Age
The Church of Scientology International last week unleashed an estimated $2 million media blitz against Time in response to the magazine's May 6 cover article labeling the church a "cult of greed." The organization on May 28 broke a series of page color ads in Gannett Co.'s USA Today accusing Time of giving favorable coverage to Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, LSD and Prozac. Although the use of advertising for rebuttals isn't uncommon, rarely are such campaigns as prolonged and pricey. The ...
Jun 14, 1991
Advertisement: Who controls what gets printed in Time magazine? — USA Today
Jun 10, 1991
[Advertisement] What magazine gets it wrong in 1991? — USA Today
Jun 6, 1991
In battle against Time, Scientologists put money on ads — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Bob Sipchen
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Last June, the Los Angeles Times published a damning series on the Church of Scientology. Scientologists responded by extracting a few good things the writers had to say about their organization and putting those quotes in foot-high letters on billboards all over town. On May 6 of this year, Time magazine published a cover story on Scientology. It had even fewer good things to say, and now the church has responded with an even more aggressive counterattack. Scientology's campaign of daily ...
May 31, 1991
[Advertisement] What magazine gets it wrong in 1991? — USA Today
May 29, 1991
Scientology group starts media attack on Time magazine // Full-Page ads in USA Today are intended to refute unflattering cover story — Wall Street Journal
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Type: Press
Author(s): Patrick M. Reilly
Source: Wall Street Journal
The Church of Scientology has launched an unusually large-scale media attack against Time magazine in retribution for an unflattering cover story on the worldwide organization earlier this month. The church, founded by the late L. Ron Hubbard, took out a four-color, full-page ad yesterday in Gannett Co.'s USA Today with the headline "What magazine gets it wrong in 1991. . .the same one that was wrong in 1936. Time magazine." The ad, using quotes from W.A. Swanberg's "Luce and His Empire," ...
May 29, 1991
[Advertisement] What magazine gets it wrong in 1991? — USA Today
May 28, 1991
[Advertisement] What magazine gets it wrong in 1991? — USA Today
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Type: Promotion
Source: USA Today
Ansewer: What magazine gets it wrong in 1991? The same one that was wrong in 1936 TIME magazine. According to W.A. Swanberg in his book Luce and His Empire, the pages of TIME were used throughout the 1930's to forward Hitler and his Nazi regime by "ridiculing the people and nations arrayed against them." In TIME's coverage of Hitler, Swanberg noted, "he was cleverly handled ... in a manner implying guarded approval. His abilities were stressed.... His barbarities were soft-pedaled.... His ...
May 24, 1991
Scientology: Is it a college or a cult? — Jerusalem Post
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Type: Press
Author(s): Bernard Levine
Source: Jerusalem Post
Have you ever been stopped on Dizengoff by a friendly, earnest young person inviting you to take a free personality lest? Did he or she mention the possibility of learning more about yourself at a special "college?" If the answer is yes, you may well have been stopped by one of Israel's Scientologists. "Osnat" and "Yaron" (not their real names) are two youngsters who did decide to take the test. Osnat, the daughter of an observant Jewish family, was 17 when ...
May 12, 1991
Ruthless cult has local company // 'Mafia like' US cult has local links — Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
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Source: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
MEMBERS of the Church of Scientology, described as a thriving cult of greed and power in a recent Time magazine expose have been linked to Cyprus through offshore company Theta Management Limited, which deals in consultancy and investments. In a special report dated May 6, Time reporter Richard Behar said the Church, which claims to have eight million followers, squirreled away an estimated $400 million in bank accounts in Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Cyprus. Theta Management Ltd was created on 29.10.1984, on ...
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