Email Author Tony Ortega

2012 Stories by Tony Ortega

• Scientology Watchers: A Message from Tony Ortega

  published Sep 14, 2012

  Tony O goes Clear!To the readers of this blog... Today, Paul Thomas Anderson's movie The Master opens in a few theaters here, and the media reaction has been electric. We've all watched as interest i... More >>

• Scientology Chooses an Odd Time to Open a "National Affairs" Office in DC

  published Sep 12, 2012

  Today at 6 pm, Scientology will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a building in Washington DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood. For the last couple of years, Scientology has opened "Ideal Orgs" -- fancy... More >>

• Scientology President's Son Died of Prescribed Methadone While Sick With Pneumonia

  published Sep 12, 2012

  I talked earlier today to Ed Winter, assistant chief coroner of Los Angeles County, who tells me that he's ruling Alexander Jentzsch's death an accident. The 27-year-old son of Scientology president... More >>

• Voice Readers Raise Thousands For Couple That Refused to Spy for Scientology

  published Sep 09, 2012

  We've always been suckers for the final scene of It's a Wonderful Life. No matter how many times we see it, we tear up at the sight of George Bailey's friends coming to his aid in his time of need, ... More >>

• Scientology to Marc and Claire Headley: Spy For Us and We'll Forget the $43K You Owe

  published Sep 06, 2012

  The Voice has obtained a remarkable document -- a letter from Scientology's attorneys which explains how the church would agree to forgive almost $43,000 in court costs if Marc and Claire Headley agre... More >>

• The Voice Reads Maureen Orth's Story about Scientology in Vanity Fair

  published Sep 05, 2012

  See also our Voice Exclusive: Paul Haggis reacts to Scientology's attack on Nazanin Boniadi We managed to find a copy of the new Vanity Fair today, and we've read Maureen Orth's story, "What Katie Di... More >>

• EXCLUSIVE -- Paul Haggis On Scientology's Crude Retaliation: "They Are Bullying A Woman Who Has Yet To Even Speak"

  published Sep 05, 2012

  The Voice received an e-mail this morning from Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis after we asked him about the Church of Scientology's attack on him and Nazanin Boniadi which appeared on Us Weekly's w... More >>

• Scientology's Obsession With Hollywood Proving Costly In Its Time of Crisis

  published Sep 05, 2012

  In 1955, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard announced "Project Celebrity," coming up with a list of Hollywood stars he wanted his followers to treat as "game" to hunt down for the church. And while H... More >>

• Scientology and The Master

  published September 5, 2012

  Is The Master a "Scientology" movie? Oh, you bet. Don't let the denials from Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams and even, to a certain... More >>

• Scientology's Homophobia: Even the Church's Token Gay Guy Was Disgusted

  published Sep 02, 2012

  UPDATE after the jump: Breaking news about Paul Haggis and the Vanity Fair bombshell about Tom Cruise. One of Scientology's enduring mysteries is that it has attracted Hollywood stars when it has suc... More >>

• The Secret to Eternal Youth! Now Available on the Cruise Ship Freewinds!

  published Aug 31, 2012

  Scientology watchers, we have a treat for you this morning. This video has been making the rounds the last couple of days, and we can see why it's generating so much interest. Mike Napier, the capta... More >>

• Court Testimony: Narconon Intentionally Deceived a Florida Drug Court About Its Licensing

  published Aug 29, 2012

  There's been a lot of attention focused on Scientology's flagship drug rehab in Oklahoma -- called Narconon Arrowhead -- because of recent deaths there and investigations by multiple local and state a... More >>

• (2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, Nos. 14-16

  published Aug 26, 2012

  Last summer, we put together a little list that took on a life of its own. We counted down the 25 people and groups who had been doing the most to get word out to the wider world about the Church of ... More >>

• Lance Armstrong Gives Up, And So Do We

  published Aug 24, 2012

  The Daily News jumped the gun with its cover this morning -- no, Lance Armstrong has not been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Not yet, anyway. Last night, Armstrong threw in the towel wi... More >>

• Marty Rathbun: Scientology's Attorney "Supervised" Destruction of Records in Lisa McPherson Death

  published Aug 24, 2012

  For the last year or more, Mark Bunker has been releasing short excerpts from his upcoming Scientology documentary Knowledge Report, and yesterday, he released a doozy. Bunker had told me that he'd... More >>

• (2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, Nos. 17-20

  published Aug 23, 2012

  Last summer, we put together a little list that took on a life of its own. We counted down the 25 people and groups who had been doing the most to get word out to the wider world about the Church of ... More >>

• ISABELLA CRUISE CONSIDERS JOINING SCIENTOLOGY'S 'SEA ORG' AFTER BOYFRIEND SIGNS UP

  published Aug 21, 2012

  The Voice has learned that Tom Cruise's daughter, Isabella, announced on a private Facebook page this week that her boyfriend Eddie Frencher signed Scientology's billion-year "Sea Org" contract about ... More >>

• Oklahoma State Senator on Scientology's Drug Rehab Center: "If This Were a State Facility, It Would Already Be Shut Down"

  published Aug 21, 2012

  With multiple local and state agencies looking into the deaths at Scientology's flagship drug treatment center in Oklahoma -- four since 2009, and three just in the last ten months -- a local legislat... More >>

• Scientology's Grip on the Mind: An Ex-Sea Org Member Explains It For Us

  published Aug 20, 2012

  In December, we brought you the story of Melissa Paris, a former Scientologist who we got to know after her sister Valeska's stunning claims that she'd been a virtual prisoner on Scientology's private... More >>

• (2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 21 & 22

  published Aug 19, 2012

  Last summer, we put together a little list that took on a life of its own. We counted down the 25 people and groups who had been doing the most to get word out to the wider world about the Church of ... More >>

• Former President of Narconon Oklahoma Now Calls It "Watered-Down Version of Introductory Scientology"

  published Aug 18, 2012

  A week ago, we reported that a former "employee" at Scientology's flagship drug treatment center in Oklahoma -- Narconon Arrowhead -- told us that the controversial center was delivering Scientology t... More >>

• Jason Beghe's Letter to Scientology Attorneys: Yes, I'll Settle Your $1 Million Lawsuit for $19K

  published Aug 17, 2012

  Breaking news that will be of interest to Scientology watchers: just this afternoon, Jason Beghe's lawyer notified church attorneys Gary Soter and Kendrick Moxon in a letter that the actor is acceptin... More >>

• The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology -- 2012 Edition!

  published Aug 17, 2012

  In the doldrums of August last year, we put together a little list that took on a life of its own. We counted down the 25 people and groups who had been doing the most to get word out to the wider wo... More >>

• Scientology's Oklahoma Nemesis, Bob Lobsinger: "They Lied Every Step of the Way"

  published Aug 16, 2012

  On Saturday and Tuesday, we gave readers some background on the Scientology drug treatment center in Oklahoma -- called Narconon Arrowhead -- that is now the center of controversy after four recent de... More >>

• Narconon Not Scientologyr Then Why Is Its Leader in the Church's Concentration Campr

  published Aug 14, 2012

  On Saturday, we took you inside the troubled Scientology drug treatment center in eastern Oklahoma, Narconon Arrowhead. Three deaths have occurred at the center since October, and the most recent of ... More >>