waytoocheerful
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Post by waytoocheerful on Aug 8, 2013 23:24:51 GMT -4
I think Co$ bought LAPD. They didn't see her anymore than I did. The detectives who "investigated" are probably clams.
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eveschmeve
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Post by eveschmeve on Aug 8, 2013 23:47:36 GMT -4
By nearly all accounts, Shelly isn't dead, she's just holed up in some Scieno compound. Miscavige got rid of her because she was actually doing things effectively and he wanted to get with his "Communicator," who is now his girlfriend/mistress.
I think Leah filing the missing persons report was more symbolic than anything else. But I love that she isn't leaving Scientology quietly and has decided to speak out. Her book should be pretty interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2013 23:49:39 GMT -4
I think Co$ bought LAPD. They didn't see her anymore than I did. The detectives who "investigated" are probably clams. I agree, it's VERY suspicious. The "Shelly is missing" rumors have been around for so long, why not just have her make a statement or at least show a recent picture of her or something? And even if the cops did meet with her face-to-face (which I doubt), I bet they don't know for sure if she's being held against her will.
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waytoocheerful
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Post by waytoocheerful on Aug 9, 2013 0:02:46 GMT -4
If I had been reported missing and the people I love were basically being accused in the media by anyone of making me disappear and people were worried about me and my welfare, I wouldn't stay gone. Let's say I am Shelly and I am happy in my marriage to Tammy's boyfriend, but my good friend Leah is raising a stink because no one has seen or heard from me in years because I am happily slaving away at the Co$ slave labor camp, I would say, "Give me the phone and let me talk to her so she will shut up and go away. I'll be good and not act brianwashed or scared."
I wouldn't continue to hide and not make a very public showing that I am alive, well, and happy. But I've never been a member of a cult.
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Post by gitsie007 on Aug 9, 2013 6:16:01 GMT -4
Gawd I wish the feds would step in and raid this cult.
Yeah, I think the LAPD is pretty much bought off by the clams. I knew this investigation would go nowhere.
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waytoocheerful
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Post by waytoocheerful on Aug 9, 2013 10:43:53 GMT -4
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Post by kostgard on Aug 12, 2013 23:45:21 GMT -4
ShamWow guys thinks Leah is a hero, and that the clams are scaryI didn't realize he had left the church, I thought he was still active. That link is one of those TMZ runs up to a guy on the street and asks him questions thing, and he clearly doesn't want to talk about the clams much, but he clearly implies that they are scary, that he had to make a deal with them not to talk about them when he left so they would leave him alone, and that he thinks Leah leaving in such a big way is impressive.
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Post by bklynred on Aug 13, 2013 9:15:55 GMT -4
That is so odd. I know it's been said to death, but no REAL CHURCH would silence or intimidate its members this way. They must have some great government secrets that keep them running.
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Post by LurkerNan on Aug 13, 2013 12:46:47 GMT -4
For so many years I wouldn't even watch anything with Leah in it, because she was such a prominent member of an organization I consider basically evil. But now that she's left the church and made such a clear move to hurt them, I am wondering if I didn't give her the benefit of the doubt...
Maybe she was really a believer. I consider so much of what they teach to be self-help muddled nonsense, but she might have really been into it. So she stood by it. And now she thinks the good the church has done is being overshadowed by the bullshit the leaders are doing, so she's standing by that now too. Which means she's been true to her ethics the whole time. I can respect that.
And now maybe I can go watch all those episodes of the King of Queens I never got to see.
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Post by canuckcutie on Aug 13, 2013 13:01:51 GMT -4
I cut Leah more slack because she was raised in the cult so she was brainwashed from an early age and didnt know better. People who join as adults like Cruose & Travolta I have zero sympathy for.
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