Box in California. Haney says she endured four months of manual labor, doing maintenance of the base facilities and other menial and physical tasks, before eventually being moved to the Cine Castle where Scientologys video productions were filmed at the base, and she was assigned to the job of casting director. Shelly Miscavige might be a prisoner in a top-secret Scientology base, under armed guards, on the orders of her husband. Copyright IBTimes 2023. We were on a first-name basis. In July 2012, responding to press speculations about her whereabouts, two different UK newspapers were informed by the Churchs legal team that Shelly is not missing and devotes her time to the work of the Church of Scientology. They also told US Weekly that Shelly has been working non-stop in the Church, as she always has. Furthermore, in December 2018, a spokesperson of the Church revealed to The Daily Beast that Shelly is just a dedicated Sea Org member who lives a private life. Some former members, though, believe that Shelly is being held at the Churchs Spiritual Technology compound in California. While it is theoretically possible that she was brought back to The Hole later, many former Sea Org members who were held at The Hole from 2005 to 2016 have reported that Shelly was never with them. In 2013, after I left Scientology, I filed a missing person's report with the LAPD on Shelly. David Miscavige, leader of Scientology, dedicates a new Church of Scientology on January 21, 2017, in Auckland, New Zealand. CST's headquarters, sometimes called "Twin Peaks," are located near Lake Arrowhead, California. Leah revealed that "Scientology has always done a great job at ingratiating itself with law enforcement despite being experts in obstructing justice." Scientology has been accused of many abuses against its members, but Shelly's disappearance shows that even its leader's wife is not safe inside the alleged cult. She also included the names of Scientology officials who were spokespeople or members of the churchs notorious spy wing, the Office of Special Affairs. Yes! The LAPD declared the missing persons reports unfounded and closed the case after claiming one of its detectives interviewed Mr Miscavige and personally sighted Shelly. Remini says police told her that Shelly "did not want to talk," she says. As nice as it is to imagine Shelly hiding out somewhere under an assumed name, safe from the retribution of Scientology, that doesn't appear to be the case. Hes done a lot of things to support Scientology, and he spearheaded David Miscaviges exploits, Haney says. Even though the name popped for a brief moment, it has managed to catch peoples attention as they are trying to break down the joke made by the host as many seem alien to its reference. An exception was the lawsuit filed by Danny Mastersons rape accusers, who sued Scientology for, they said, harassing them for taking their allegations to the LAPD. After Elisabeth Moss, who I didnt know, I was like, let me nominate people I was intimately connected to. So she nominated The Handmaids Tale actress and lifelong Scientologist Elisabeth Moss. Valerie Haney was born to Scientologist parents in 1979, and from ages six to 12 was raised in Scientologys Cadet Org, a version of the Sea Org for children, at its spiritual mecca, the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida. Shelly Miscavige was "relaxed" and having a "good time" with friends at a California cafe in a new sighting. Soon after, both women reportedly found . It is believed that Shelly Miscavige is being held at this mysterious area. Instead, it lasted three months, and she says that she was treated like a prisoner, with a 24-hour guard. Miscavige is the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige. In the video, she denied that she had been treated poorly as a Sea Org worker, and she said that David Miscavige had been an amazing boss. But there was a problem: Lawsuits by former Scientologists were running into an issue because church members are repeatedly asked to sign contracts for work or for services, and those contracts contain arbitration clauses. Scientology doesn't just send threatening letters to journalists who write about Shelly members of the church of Scientology are also at risk if they ask where their leader's wife is. Since she was very young, she has been indoctrinated into the church. Shelly Miscavige is said to have changed her behavior upon Davids return, with her looking cowed and being insecure, even going as far as to ask Mike Rinder, who was the Churchs chief spokesperson at the time, if her husband was still wearing his wedding ring. Naturally, this was deeply concerning, so much so that Leah offered to double any donations coming from the Church of Scientology to the LAPD if he agreed to sever ties with them. Whenever the media questions where Shelly Miscavige is, they are met with statements from Scientology, usually delivered through their lawyers at Glassman Media Group. And so, in December of 1982, when she was 21 and he was 22, they tied the knot. We just need to get it done and then bring it back to the court, she laments. Despite a police investigation and international attention, no one can definitively prove what happened to Shelly Miscavige, or even that she is still alive. In 2013, about eight years after Shelly was last seen, two people filed a missing persons report with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). "For her not to be in attendance was not only unusual but also unimaginable," Leah wrote. Haney added Bob Duggans name because she saw him at Scientology events. How much can it teach us? Who is Jerrod Carmichael, the gay host of Golden Globes 2023? Members of her staff were told they weren't responsible for helping her anymore. According to Vanity Fair, her parents were ardent adherents of Scientology who left Miscavige and her sister in Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's care. At the time, she was supervised by a Scientology handler. There she was interrogated for three months until she took back her report about what had happened at Cruise's wedding. While there, Leah asked why Shelly Miscavige was not present. Like those in The Hole, however, Shelly might be being held by her husband as a form of punishment. The first thing she did was file a missing person's report with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Mr Miscavige's wife Shelly hasn't been seen in public since August 2007. After emerging from the trunk, Haney immediately went to Burbank Airport and flew to Portland, Oregon, to be reunited with her father. I knew everything about their private lives, she explains. At that time, Shelly had already been missing for more than five years. 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. David gave his wife the title of C.O.B Assistant and her role mainly involved overlooking the work of dozen-odd staffers who worked in the executive office. The former security guard stated that he and the other guards worked 12-hour shifts, seven days a week. Someone who has been abused her entire life, to go back into the abusive environment with the abusers. In 2013, a California couple, Luis and Rocio Garcia, filed a federal fraud lawsuit against Scientology that was forced into religious arbitration, the first the church had ever held in its 60-year history. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. I woke him up in the morning. I thought, OK, maybe she could sympathize with my situation. One of Shelly's friends toldThe Daily Beast that she had confessed to him that her husband was "losing it." In Tampa, a labor-trafficking lawsuit filed by three former Sea Org workers is awaiting a ruling in federal court about whether they, too, must take their case to religious arbitration because of contracts they signed while in the church. Hubbard's work is engraved on steel plates and gold compact disks and sealed in titanium cases. As we previously reported, one of the people who contacted cops was actress Leah Remini. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath is one of the most intriguing documentary series to have come our way in a while. #GoldenGlobes host Jerrod Carmichael makes a dig at Scientology: "Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returnedI think maybe we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige." This time she submitted two names, in case one of them was busy: Tom Cruise and Shelly Miscavige. The Aftermath episode aired on Nov. 27, 2018, and by that time Haney was already talking to attorneys about filing a lawsuit against the church that would not only accuse Scientology of holding her against her will in the Sea Org, but also for libeling her online and stalking her with the use of private investigators after she had left the church. For more than a decade, the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, the reportedly missing wife of Scientology leader David, has been hotly debated. According to the documentary, David Miscavige then spent a reported $US30million fighting a wrongful-death suit brought against the church by McPhersons family and the case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. The question, "Where's Shelly?" According to Remini, the lead detective assigned to Shelly Miscavige's missing persons case has spoken at a Scientology event. Now interviews with former insiders provide a grim picture of Shelly Miscavige's youth, marriage, and fall from graceand an assessment of her fate. Scientology leader David Miscavige was found to be evading service of the suit by a federal magistrate judge, who on Feb. 14 declared Miscavige an official defendant in the case. Is this really correct? "When I met with Cory Palka about Shelly, he had a letter on his desk thanking him for all his help with Scientology matters and inviting him to come and have lunch, as a guest, at the Celebrity Center," she shared. She admitted that she didnt know what rules Scientologys International Justice Chief Ellis had set up for it, but what mattered were the rules of the arbitral forum. In other words, Scientology sets all the rules. A bride was killed instantly as her new husband now fights for his life after the pair were allegedly hit by a drunk driver leaving their reception. Gus Villanueva, an LAPD detective, was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying that the the investigation is completed and classified as unfounded.. So she crawled into the trunk of a car belonging to one of the actors, who then drove to L.A. not realizing that they had a passenger. This image released by NBC shows host Jerrod Carmichael holding three Golden Globes during the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills, Calif. At the 2023 Golden Globes ceremony, host Jerrod Carmichael made a joke about Shelly Miscavige while he was holding three Golden Globe awards. We talked about the ridiculousness of the schedule, and the abuses going on, Haney says. Security cameras record everything that happens at the perimeter. I dont know if theyre still there, she says. The first step in that process would require Haney to nominate a Scientologist in good standing to be an arbitrator. On August 5, 2013, the actress filed a missing-person report to the Los Angeles Police Department about Shelly. Since Shelly disappeared from this location, some believe that she was taken 60 miles away to CST. She Escaped Scientology in the Trunk of a Car. Shelly Miscavige was spotted twice by a woman who lives near Scientologys CST headquarters where Shelly is rumored to be held at. This is probably why her numerous requests for information about Shelly were denied. Dancing with Madonna at Dancelaria before she got big, then sitting at the next table over from her at the Odeon a couple of years later, going to AREA and the Palladium and, before it went all bridge-and-tunnel, Limelight (but not the briefly rebarn Studio 54); working out at the Vertical Club, hanging out at Elaine's and Indochine; shopping at Charivari and the Antique Boutique; staying up with cocaine and coming down with Quaaludes, (barely) eating macrobiotically; ordering Absolut on the rocks; reading about themselves in Michael Musto's column and Stephen Saban's and Liz Smith's after they turn up at the same East Village parties as Basquiat, Keith Haring, and (still) Andy Warhol. Months after that conversation, Mr Rinder alleges that he was placed into the churchs camp The Hole for more than a year as a prisoner, enduring beatings and torture before finally leaving Scientology during a 2007 trip to London. The King of Queens actress claimed he was in charge of the Hollywood division where she filed her missing person's report for Shelly Miscavige in 2013. The exterior of the Scientology building on Fountain Avenue, East Hollywood which serves as the groups West Coast headquarters. In saying that, one of Scientologys former members, Valerie Haney, initially identified as just Jane Doe, detailed the events of the days and months leading up to Shellys alleged disappearance in a lawsuit that she filed in 2019. Its very similar to the Sea Org. When Tom was first going out with Katie, Dave brought them to Las Vegas for an acknowledgment or celebration on church money, and he paid for the largest suite in Caesars Palace and had it for him and Shelly and me and Tom and Katie, she continues. She was the one who did my retrieval after I escaped, Haney says of one of the women she put on the list. And absolutely disgusting. Later, the eyewitness saw an interview with Leah Remini that showed a photograph of Shelly Miscavige. Over a weekend in New York, he talks about all of it and everything that's coming next. CLAIM: Frail looking Shelly Miscavige spotted near Scientology compound in California - https://tonyortega.org/2016/12/15/claim-frail-looking-shelly-miscavige-spotted-near-scientology-compound-in-california/ YouTube Channels:Mango Tea http://www.stevenmangotea.com Mangotology http://www.mangotology.tv Steven Mango TV http://www.stevenmango.tv Live Streams:YouNow http://www.younow.com/stevenmango Social Media:Twitter http://www.twitter.com/stevenmangoInstagram http://www.instagram.com/stevenmangoFacebook http://www.facebook.com/stevenmango91MAIL:Steven Mango 7190 W Sunset Blvd #30 Los Angeles, CA 90046 LINKS:Website http://www.stevenmango.comIMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3571017/CONTACT ME: Fan Mail: stevenmangotv@gmail.com Media \u0026 Business Inquiries - mangoman7591@gmail.com The LAPD has CLOSED its missing persons investigation involving the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige because cops had a face-to-face meeting with her TMZ has learned. Scientology continues to insist that Shelly Miscavige, who has not appeared publicly or given any statements since 2007, is not and never has been missing. Her parents were also believers in Scientology and they left her and her sister, Clarisse, in Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology care. While he said that he never interacted with Shelly personally, he said that she was present at the CST compound. Former members have described sleeping on the floor in insect-infested buildings, enduring humiliating physical punishments, and even being forced to compete with each other to remain in Scientology not that they were allowed to leave. In the summer of 2007, however, Shelly Miscavige's father died, and she was allowed to go to his funeral. The first thing she did was file a missing person's report with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). 20. WHERE IS SHELLY??? As described inThe Daily Beast, after reporting on Shelly Miscavige's disappearance, the outlet received a letter stating, "Mrs. Miscavige has never been missing and is living her life to her choosing" and that she made the decision to stay out of the public eye. I had to ask her the same questions several times to get a response. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! Remini had tried to send cards to David and Shelly but was always told to use. Shelly grew up within the organization itself, and at the age of 12, she became a member of the Commodores Messenger Organization (CMO), the internal Sea Org group which was responsible for serving Scientologys founder L. Ron Hubbard aboard his flagship, MV Apollo, in the 1970s. Her 22 years in Scientologys hardcore elite unit, the Sea Organization, has left her with what her therapist has diagnosed as PTSD, she explains. And then Haney submitted another 15 names of Scientologists, many of them very well-known, others more familiar to the readers of Scientology news stories. I knew that she was in deep s***. "Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned. This is just harassment. I knew Jessica when she was married to [former Scientology spokesman] Tommy Davis. Since questioning the church's leader is in itself a transgression against the church, it's possible that someone in Shelly's position would convince themselves that they do not want to leave. Leah is calling for an investigation into Cory's relationship with the Church of Scientology as well as the "LAPD's interactions with Scientology overall," ending her Twitter thread with the question, "Where is Shelly?". Further to those concerns, Shelly took it upon herself to complete several outstanding tasks relating to the organisation structure of SeaOrg, the churchs controversial religious order, which has been described as a brutal boot camp. The former Village Voice editor runs a blog called The Underground Bunker, which features interviews with defectors and whistleblowers as well as satirical content including videos, cartoons and memes. By subscribing, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. Two weeks earlier she had been checked into a psychiatric ward after having been discovered naked and disoriented after a car crash in Clearwater, Florida. The former Scientologist asked police to investigate Shellys whereabouts, but they later confirmed they had spoken to her and closed the case, although it was never confirmed whether this was done in person. Shes fought back in interesting ways: Since the arbitration requires that she nominate an arbitrator, shes suggested names like Tom Cruise, Elisabeth Moss, and Jenna Elfman a total of 19 well-known and less well-known Scientology figures, drawing the ire of the churchs attorneys. One is the whereabouts of former Scientology first lady Michele Shelly Miscavige wife of supreme leader David Miscavige who vanished in bizarre circumstances 11 years ago. Before she could qualify for such sensitive work, she was interrogated about her sexual history. Im literally shaking right now as Im talking to you, Valerie Haney says, speaking by phone from Florida. Remini filed what is known as a "knowledge report" within Scientology, filing an official complaint about everything that had happened at the wedding. Who Are Danny Masterson's Parents and What's Happening With His Trial? The filing alleges that starting from 2005, David became increasingly hostile and verbally abusive towards his wife, after which she was removed as his assistant. Miscavige is objecting to that ruling, and District Judge Thomas Barber will soon rule on whether Miscavige is still a defendant in the lawsuit, and also whether the lawsuit will be forced into Scientology arbitration. The last people to see Miscavige alive all agree that she . Kanye West Fallout Sparks Class Action Lawsuit Against Adidas One of them was Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and Going Clear author. As former Scientologist Mike Rinder explained in an interview, the conditions in The Hole were brutal. Upper-level Scientologists are known to scream at their subordinates. After years of grinding away at his acting career, Pedro Pascal is enjoying sudden fame and near-universal adulation thanks to his dual streaming blockbusters The Last of Us and The Mandalorian. However, the officer has never been named and her location never disclosed, leading to accusations of corruption and cover-up. As an anti-Scientology activist explained to Insider, someone like Shelly Miscavige knows too much to be allowed to leave Scientology. As described in an expos by Vanity Fair, Shelly was in charge of at least 12 staff members and worked closely with Scientology's leader on almost everything. Valerie Haney, former Scientologist turned whistleblower. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. #GoldenGlobes host Jerrod Carmichael makes a dig at Scientology: "Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returnedI think maybe we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige." Leah was informed by various people that "you don't have the f--king rank to ask about Shelly." As explained by former high-ranking Scientology member and activist Mike Rinder, Scientology has Marty Rathbun (a Scientologist whistleblower who has since been pulled back into the cult's orbit) release a video in which he says that all claims that Shelly Miscavige is missing are a part of a scam by Scientology's critics to get rich and discredit the church.
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