ABC Nightline’s, Martin Bashir interviewed Scientology cult spokesman Tommy Davis (son of actress Ann Archer) last night.

He interviewed ex Scientology members Marty Rathbun, Amy Scobee and Bruce Hines. Ex members Mike Rinder and Tom DeVocht although not present for the taping of the interview, did answer questions for ABC. 

Rathbun and Scobee along with ex members Tom DeVocht and Mike Rinder were recently interviewed by the St. Petersburg Times. Their interviews with the SP Times revealed scathing allegations of  the physical and mental abuse of Scientology members  that they witnessed at the hands of current Scientology cult leader David Miscavige. If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Although there was no mention of why cult leader David Miscavige was not present, Tommy Davis did a pretty wonderful job of looking far from credible. You don’t have to be a body language expert to notice Davis’ constant shifting eyes, how he constantly looks away, the fidgeting with his hair, clasped hands, along with his stuttering to know that he was not too comfortable with the questions that Bashir was asking him.

Bashir and Davis discussed a bunch of allegations levied against the cult, including family disconnection within the cult of Scientology’s Sea Organization, as well as a punishment called the Rehabilitation Project Force aka The RPF for short.

It was great that Davis did not deny that there was an actual RPF within Scientology’s Sea Organization, but Davis claims that the RPF is a VOLUNTARY punishment. This statement sent me through the roof.

Davis said that Sea Org members are put on such a punishment if they fail in their duties. What he didn’t mention, was that a Sea Org member can be put on RPF for something as tiny as looking at someone the wrong way. I also would love to know what Sea Org members would voluntarily put themselves on a punishment which involves lack of sleep, low quality food, not being able to talk to anyone, wearing black clothing to further separate you from others, being shamed, ridiculed, and being forced to run everywhere rather than to walk. The RPF usually means that you will be put on some sort of  manual hard labor which can go into all hours of the night and this punishment can literally last for YEARS.

Just one trip to the ex Scientology kids website will validate these claims about the RPF. Or you can pick up books written by ex Scientology members. Books like The Complex by John Duignan and Blown For Good by Marc Headley(which we recently did an article on) are just two examples of ex members shedding more light on this abusive cult. There is also a new book which just came out, called My Billion Year Contract by ex Scientology member Nancy Many who dedicated for 27 years of her life to Scientology.

Nancy’s book title derives from the contract you sign when joining Scientology’s Sea Organization. You must sign a billion year contract with Scientology in order to join the Sea Org. I kid you not. Click here to see an actual copy of Scientology’s Sea Org contract.

So back to the interview….
The ex cult members that were interviewed, dedicated 20+ years of their lives to the cult, and luckilly were able to escape. Although mentally, they are still suffering. 

One of the MANY things I found VERY disturbing about this interview, was the subject of family disconnection within the Sea Org. The mention of family disconnection itself is disturbing on its own.

But when Bashir asked Davis about Sea Org members who get married, (this is where Davis really starts to squirm) and if there are controls put in place on how often members are allowed to see their families, Davis said “there are “specific policies” that  apply to the RPF which governs what they do and what their schedule is“. Bashir then asks Davis how many times in a week would they be allowed to see their family members and Davis said “he didn’t really know off the top of his head“. 

Why would a spokesman for the “church” not know the policies of his own ”church” after being a member of Scientology for practically his entire life? And when Bashir asks Davis what was a fair guess of how many times a week Sea Org members get to see their family members, and asks if it once a week is correct, Davis said “once a week sounded about right“. Davis also said he thought seeing family members once a week was appropriate. LOVELY “church” isn’t it?

Where or where are the family protective services in all this?

If you are horrified, then please also understand this his statement is not entirely true. It’s worse. Some members can go years without seeing their family. Davis is also referring to Sea Org members whose family members are WITHIN the Sea Org and stationed at the same Org. And even then, members still don’t get to see their family. Davis is also not referring to any Sea Org members who have family members that are not in Scientology. There are people who haven’t seen their children in years. The cult fears outside interaction with family members. They fear that family will try to persuade their members to get out of the cult. To cut off members from their families is of course in pure cult fashion.

Sea Org members who are stationed at Golden Era Productions aka Gold Base in Ca., are not allowed to leave that property at all. Hard to believe that this is allowed to happen in the US today. But it does.

Also what Davis said doesn’t apply to many Sea Orgers that have other family members in the Sea Org stationed elsewhere in other countries. Many of these Sea Orgers are not on RPF, they just will never get the chance to see their family period. Members will never be spared the time to do so, nor can they afford to travel on their .25 cents an hour pay. Besides, Scientology is afraid they will flee.

According to ex Sea Org member Bruce Hines, (who was also physically abused by cult leader David Miscavige) gets a little tearful during the interview discussing his past life in Scientology. There were periods of time that he was not allowed to see his son while he was on RPF. He said at times he would wave to his son from afar if he saw him running by. His son was attending the Scientology school near by. Not being able to see you parents is considered child abuse in my book. Thankfully Bruce’s son also left the cult.

Hines also discusses his divorce and how divorce is encouraged in Scientology, and also the disconnection from other family members he still experiences today. How sad is this? 

Another one of the ex members being interviewed was Marty Rathbun. He mentioned that cult leader David Miscavige owned a beagle dog, and that Miscavige ordered a custom made military type outfit to be made for the dog complete with epaulettes. Rathbun also stated that if members didn’t salute Miscavige’s dog, then there would be big trouble. And if the dog barked at any member, than that member was considered to be “out ethics”. Amy Scobee also confirmed this claim . And a little visit to the Why We Protest site revealed a comment by BFG aka Blown For Good, aka Marc Headley, in which he also talks about Miscavige’s dogs. Here’s the snipette from WWP:

In terms of the dog – there was actually at least 4 of them. Safi, Jelly, Lucy and Daisy. Lucy was the one that did the barking at “out-ethics” people.

The dogs DO travel with Dave. They at least went to Clearwater all the time. These dogs make Paris Hilton’s dogs look like ghetto strays. Clothes, special food, People to walk them and pick up their crap and take care of them. Those dogs easily have more money spent on their weekly food than 10 RPFers combined!

So correct me if I am wrong…. but it sounds like Miscavige’s dogs live and eat better than the Sea Org members? And the cult spends MORE money on these dogs then their own Sea Org members?
Who by the way are the very people who have to take care of these spoiled mutts. Talk about utter DISGUST and OUTRAGE.

ABC stated that members of Scientology wrote several affidavits denying that Miscavige was an abusive person and that Rathbun was the abusive person. Of course members and staff will do what they are told to do, or suffer the consequences. Rathbun does not deny that he was abusive, but blames Miscavige for  his actions.

Speaking of cult leader David Miscavige, where is he? He is the current leader of this so called “church”, so why wasn’t he interviewed?

Perhaps his last defensive interview with Ted Koppel back in 1992 was all he can manage with his “busy” schedule.

You would think now more than ever, that Scientology members would want some reassurance from their “leader”. (I use the term VERY lightly)  But Miscavige seems to be MIA. Rumors are, that Miscavige is seeking refuge in Columbia. With all the pending court cases against Scientology, ex members speaking out and with more members leaving, it’s clear that Miscavige is not the “church” leader that he professes to be and is hiding. What could possibly be his excuse for not granting another interview for over seventeen years now? Hiding on Scientology’s Tone Scale is VERY low. *snicker*

Back to wonder boy…

But wait, there’s more…

How many times out of the goodness of your heart, have you donated to a good cause? Did you ever wonder if the good cause you donated to was on the up and up? Have you ever checked out a charity before donating your hard earned money? Well you should.

Just because it looks like a charity is on the up an up or sponsored by celebrities, doesn’t mean your money is going where you think it may be.

Glosslip is about to give you a small lesson in the many front groups of Scientology. If you are thinking that there is no way that you have have given cash to Scientology, think again. It happened to me, only I didn’t realize it until YEARS later. I will get to that later.

As you may or may not know, the cult of Scientology THRIVES on deception and secrecy. It has hundreds of front groups. Some of the better known front groups you may have heard about are, CCHR, Narconon, Criminon, Applied Scholastics, WISE, ABLE, FASE, and The Way To Happiness. 

While all the proceeds from these groups end up going to the same place, which is Scientology of course, the names of these groups usually are attached to a business, an inmate betterment program, a drug treatment program, a dentist or chiropractor’s office (we will get to that) or a school which teaches L. Ron Hubbard tech, like Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s school, the New Village Academy.

But there are a whole slew of names that you may not be aware of that are in fact Scientology.  Scientology’s deception runs so deep, that your own town officials may have some of these programs implemented and your tax dollars are ending up in Scientology’s pockets without you even knowing it. Yes, your tax dollars may be funding a Scientology drug rehabilitation program. Sad but true. It has happened in many states in the U.S. and just recently in New Mexico.

Ask Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez whose tax payers paid over $1.5 million dollars to run the now defunct Second Chance program which was run in their old Westside Jail. This program used Scientology’s teachings and the very dangerous Purification Rundown, which is also used by all Scientologists. This of course is the same program used in Narconon AND Criminon AND the NY Fire Fighter’s Detoxification program, just to name a few. ALL the same program, only with different names.

FYI…The Second Chance program left in the middle of the night and not only stole items, but left an outstanding bill. They owe more than $600,000 in tax liens, about $400,000 is due to the IRS, and more than $200,000 to the state. I would  like to know why Joy Westrum, who ran that particular Second Chance, is not being brought in for questioning? Crazy, isn’t it?

I know if that was MY money going towards a Scientology phony baloney drug rehab, I would be slightly miffed, to say the least.

Some of these programs that you may not be aware of are: The Drug Free Marshals, (this program is for children, and a new chapter just opened in Cincinnati) STOMP (Stop Torture of Mental Patients), World Literacy Crusade, Riders Against Drugs, The Association for Peace in the Middle East, Cry Out, Artists For A Better World, Slums To Schools, Racing For Human Rights Awareness & Education, Educating Children International, Fight for Kids, Author Services Inc., Volunteer Ministries, Guardian Art, Youth For Human Rights, Human Rights International, The NY Fire Fighters Detoxification Program, (created after 911, a front group for Narconon) Poets for Peace And Poets For Human Rights, and the list goes on and on and on. Narconon has MANY front groups and has recently been handing out pamphlets and information in many schools across the US. Tell your school no thank you!

Other names for Narconon front groups are stopaddiction.com, cocaineaddiction.com, ecstacyaddiction.com, methamphetamineaddiction.com, addiction2.com, just to name a few. Click here for more of Scientology’s front groups to watch out for.

Disturbing enough, the front groups names I just listed are merely  a drop in the bucket. Scientology has hundreds more and has successfully eked their way into law enforcement positions, government positions, our jail systems, our schools, our colleges, Hollywood, football teams, soccer teams, the arts and entertainment world, and yes, even NASCAR.

NASCAR driver, Kenton Gray, founded the Dianetics Racing Team in 2001. The name Dianetics Racing Team was a title taken from a book by founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard.

Kenton drove a car sponsored by Bridge Publications, (another Scientology front group) which publishes Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s “Dianetics”, the biggest book of dribble I have ever had the misfortune of trying to read.

The hood of the car that Kenton drove read “Dianetics”, along with a volcano graphic. The slogan is “Ignite Your Potential”. *rolls eyes*

Poor Kenton has no idea what he has gotten himself into. I am sure a lot of his prize money will be going towards Scientology courses and auditing so he can climb his way up Scientology’s Bridge To Total Freedom or what we here at Glosslip refer to as “The Bridge to Nowhere and Financial Ruin.”

Scientology has also been infiltrating other countries for years now. They are looking for “fresh meat” to join their Sea Organization and their Volunteer Ministries. They have snaked their way into India, Africa, Russia, Thailand and even the Czech Republic and many more. They typically go into countries with using their front groups The Way To Happiness and Volunteer Ministries ostensibly to help the underprivileged. Many unsuspecting people have joined the Volunteer Ministries through Scientology’s “World Crusades”  events that Scientology holds thinking they were helping people, completely unaware of the negative influence they were spreading until it’s too late.

Scientology also creeps into businesses through companies like Sterling Management, Hollander Consultants, Silkin Management Group, (formally called Hollander Consultants) and Stellar Consultants, these are just a few. They are ALL affiliated with WISE, which stands for World Institute of Scientology Enterprises.

How is Scientology able to achieve getting into businesses? They contact the owners and tell them that their employees productivity will increase greatly if they take their courses. Of course they are Scientology courses. Scientology courses which were written up by L. Ron Hubbard. They also tell the owner that they too will also make money depending on how many employees they get on course, so naturally some business owners jump at the chance to make more money. The owners must pay a licensing fee to WISE for use of the course materials and also a pay a percentage to WISE.

What is being taught in these courses? L. Ron Hubbard tech of course! And why? MONEY for Scientology and hopefully indoctrination into Scientology down the line. It’s all a a very slow deceptive process.

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But wait, there’s more…

Father and Daughter, plus something extra, extra icky!

I wasn’t going to touch this story with a latex glove and a ten foot pole, but on second thought, I think it begs to be addressed.

Apparently, recovering drug addict and sometimes actress Mackenzie Phillips has revealed in her new book that she consensually engaged in an incestuous relationship with her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas.

Why she couldn’t have taken that little nugget to the grave with her is something we may never know, but I for one could have lived the rest of my life NOT knowing this, proving that Mackenzie is crazier and more effed up than previously thought.

More from CNN:

Phillips, the 49-year-old former child star and daughter of the Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips, says she had sex with her father the night before she was to marry Jeff Sessler, a member of the Rolling Stones entourage, in 1979, according to People.com.

“On the eve of my wedding, my father showed up, determined to stop it,” writes Phillips, who was 19 at the time and a heavy drug user, according to People.com. “I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad’s bed.”

Phillips, best known as Julie Cooper on the sitcom “One Day at a Time,” says the sexual relationship became consensual as her life began to spiral out of control.

During her time on the hit CBS comedy, which ran from 1975 to 1984, she battled drug addiction and underwent drug rehabilitation. She later was fired from the show in 1980 because of her drug abuse.

Eventually, she and her father went to rehab together and she later toured with him in a band called the New Mamas and the Papas, according to People.com.

“I was a fragment of a person, and my secret isolated me,” she writes, according to People.com. “One night Dad said, ‘We could just run away to a country where no one would look down on us. There are countries where this is an accepted practice. Maybe Fiji.’ ”

Phillips will reportedly unleash the secret she has kept to herself for 31 years in an interview on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air Wednesday. Phillips’ book, “High on Arrival,” comes out the same day.

Phillips has led a troubled life that has included substance abuse and a 2008 arrest at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of cocaine and heroin possession.

She later pleaded guilty to one count of cocaine possession and was ordered to a drug rehab program.

The interview features Phillips discussing the time she spent hiding in her home, compulsively purchasing items from a television shopping channel as well as the events surrounding her arrest.

In a promotional clip for “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Phillips also says her father shot her up with drugs. John Phillips, who died in 2001, had a well-documented drug problem and was convicted of drug trafficking in 1981. He told many stories of his drug abuse in his memoir, “Papa John.”

Mackenzie Phillips also tells Winfrey about an encounter she purportedly had with rock ‘n’ roll legend Mick Jagger.

Look I am all for people trying to educate the public into matters of child abuse, which would certainly include incest, but this is beyond the boundaries of taste and decorum. I honestly can’t think of one good reason Mackenzie would have for sharing this with the public except as a desperate effort to sell her book using salacious and sensationalistic private details to garner interest.

I am offended and grossed out even having to ponder all of this. There is NOTHING good that can come from this knowledge, NOTHING. There are people in this world (a large number of them in Hollywood) who are so morally depraved they are beyond reason. While I feel sorry for her for having a debilitating drug problem, under no circumstances does that excuse her for allowing this to continue. 19-years old is an adult and she should have known better, and for this type of illegal and immoral relationship to carry on for another decade…cripes, WTF is wrong with her?

This may be the most powerful anti-drug PSA ever!

Now excuse me, I have to go hose myself down in bleach, I have a bad case of the grosses.

Multiple news sources are reporting Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was found dead in his NY apartment from an apparent drug overdose on Friday.

This is extremely haunting and sad news, as Adam and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were the only two survivors of a deadly plane crash which claimed four lives almost a year ago on Sept. 19, 2008.

Adam, 36, was a recovering drug addict, having spent the last 9 years of his life leading a clean and sober existence and using his experience and recovery to try and help others overcome their addiction. Adam dated reality TV star Nicole Ritchie and singer/actress Mandy Moore. Adam was also a very respected club DJ and worked on several albums for major artists. Here’s a bit of his bio from Wiki:

Goldstein was a member of the rock band Crazy Town, known for their hit “Butterfly”. He has also scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, Will Smith, and Shifty and played concerts with Jay-Z. He has played private events for celebrities like Jim Carey, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, and Kate Hudson.[10] He had had a one-year contract with Las Vegas’ Pure Nightclub inside Caesar’s Palace to play at the venue every Friday and opening a nightclub at Caesars Atlantic City called Dusk.

I loved Crazy Town’s “Butterfly”, featuring Shifty Shellshock’s awesome vocals (also featured on Paul Oakenfold’s “Starry Eyed Surprise.)

Some sources are stating Adam was distraught over a recent break-up with his girlfriend Haley Wood, and it is well known both he and fellow crash survivor Travis Barker have struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder from their brush with death, which including horrific burns requiring hospitalization.

Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein and Travis Barker of Blink-182

Out of respect for DJ AM, who came across as a very sincere and grounded guy, we won’t get into the lurid details of his death. There’s plenty of sources for that.

RIP Adam, I hope you found a respite from the pain in the great beyond, the world will miss your tremendous talent and your friends and family will miss your presence.

We have watched the endless barrage of stories surrounding the death of pop icon Michael Jackson, who died exactly two months ago. News has centered around the speculation of who will get his three children, whose DNA both maternally and paternally are in question (so far Jackson’s mother Katherine has custody according to his will), what will happen to his estate (including a mountain of debt), to the ultimate question of who or what killed the Thriller star.

If we have learned one thing about celebrity deaths (specifically, Anna Nicole Smith) it has been to wait for the autopsy results before drawing any definitive conclusion. That time seems to be approaching, with news reports suggesting Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide — though at this time the LAPD and DA’s office have refused to confirm this information.

At the center of the battle to determine how Jackson died is his personal doctor, Conrad Murray, who according to his own admission, administered what many have concluded was a lethal dose of strong sedatives, creating a toxic cocktail causing Michael to go into cardiac arrest. CNN reports:

The Los Angeles coroner has concluded preliminarily that singer Michael Jackson died of an overdose of propofol, a powerful sedative he was given to help him sleep, according to court documents released Monday.

Los Angeles coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran reached that preliminary conclusion after reviewing toxicology results carried out on Jackson’s blood, according to a search warrant and affidavit unsealed in Houston, Texas.

The affidavit, used to outline probable cause for search warrants of the offices of doctors who are believed to have treated Jackson, disclosed many details of drugs given to Jackson in the weeks before his death.

Jackson family lawyer Londell McMillan said the report “reaffirms the very sad reality that there was a tragic and gross violation of duty and care for Michael Jackson.”

The publicist for Jackson’s family said the “family looks forward to the day that justice can be served.”

The irony of the Jackson family’s statement is not lost on me, because if justice were TRULY to be served, they would be turning the finger-pointing on themselves as well. It should come as news to NO ONE, Michael’s family has been sponging off of him for years, while turning a negligent eye towards their cash cow’s declining health. While it seemed most of the world was shocked by the death of Jackson, anyone with a keen eye could see the man was on death’s door, regardless of insider information.

According to the Washington Post, Dr. Murray’s actions prior to and just after Jackson’s death had a direct bearing on the 50-year old star’s death:

Conrad Murray, the Las Vegas cardiologist whom Jackson called his personal physician, told detectives that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks, and had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night using an intravenous drip, the report notes. The affidavit was unsealed in Houston, where Murray has an office that was raided by U.S. agents on July 22.

Murray said he feared that Jackson was forming an addiction to the drug, which the singer allegedly referred to as “milk,” and that he was trying to wean him off of it. So he lowered Jackson’s propofol dosage to 25 milligrams, mixing it with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam, according to the report. On June 23, two days before the singer’s death, he reportedly gave Jackson lorazepam and midazolam, withholding the propofol.

On the day Jackson died, Murray tried to induce sleep at 1:30 a.m. with Valium; at 2 a.m. with lorazepam; and at 3 a.m. with midazolam, according to the affidavit. After Murray failed to put Jackson to sleep with additional doses over the next few hours, Jackson then demanded propofol. At 10:40 a.m., the report notes, Murray administered 25 milligrams of the drug and continued to monitor Jackson for 10 minutes, until Murray left for the restroom. Murray told investigators that he returned after no more than two minutes and noticed Jackson had stopped breathing.

What happened next is pivotal in building a homicide case against Murray. At question is why Murray waited so long to call for an ambulance (reportedly 40 minutes after finding Jackson unresponsive), why Murray didn’t use a heart monitor while administering such a strong sedative (required for use of the drug) and legally significant, was Murray responsible for obtaining the lethal drug, propofol (Diprivan). Tracing the source has proven difficult, despite multiple search warrants of Murray’s offices. Let’s not forget the lengthy paper trail of Jackson using several aliases to get strong prescription drugs for his personal use. Bottom line, Jackson had a severe drug problem and if Murray hadn’t given him the drugs he wanted, Michael was hell bent on finding a doctor who would.

Dr. Murray is without a doubt guilty of a dereliction of duty in the care of Jackson, and quite likely bears the ultimate responsibility for Jackson’s death, but should he carry that burden alone? Behind Murray is a long list of shady characters who CHOSE not to do what was best for the man whom they were all “enabling.” Doctors, family members, hangers on, music executives, promoters, and of course, Michael himself.

Murray may have administered the final deadly dose, but if we look at this case with an discerning eye, Michael was dead long ago.

[Editors note: Please let this be a cautionary tales to all celebrities - you are only as good as the people you surround yourself with. Hearing only what you want to hear is the beginning of the end. Trust.]

British Actress Lucy Gordon, was found hanged in her Paris apartment in what police feel was an apparent suicide.

Lucy had a small role in Spider Man Three as well as a few other films (see below). An autopsy will be performed which perhaps may shed some light on this unfortunate and sad event.

Gordon would have turned 29 tomorrow, and only heaven knows what reason this young gal would have to take her young life.

E! Online reports:

Lucy Gordon, a rising British actress whose biggest claim to fame was a minor role in Spider-Man 3, was found dead of an apparent suicide in her Paris apartment Wednesday—two days before her 29th birthday.

Per French police, Gordon hanged herself while her boyfriend was sleeping. No word what may have motivated her to take her own life. An autopsy was pending.

Born in Oxford, Gordon worked as a model before making her feature film debut in 2001’s Perfume.

Aside from her role as a reporter in the Spidey sequel, credits included John Cusack’s romantic vehicle Serendipity, The Four Feathers opposite the late Heath Ledger and the John Krasinski-directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, which debuted in January at the Sundance Film Festival.

Before her death, she had completed Serge Gainsbourg’sA Heroic Life, a biopic on the late French entertainer, in which she played the role of British thespian Jane Birkin.

Perhaps in time this mystery will be unraveled. We send Lucy’s family and friends our sincerest condolences.

I am wearing a neckbrace today and it’s all Lindsay Lohan’s fault. Lilo necklash that’s what it is. What caused this disability you ask? The countless times I’ve had to shake my head in horror, disgust, pity and embarrassment on behalf of our little “Firecrotch.”

As if participating in a lesbian fauxmance wasn’t enough of a spectacle, Lindsay has lost that final proton of dignity she had left in the wake of being dumped by her best friend turned “lover”, DJ Samantha Ronson.

Let’s see if we can unravel this mess one dumpster load at a time.

After months of news reports featuring Lindsay and GFF Samantha Ronson’s lovespats, including blowing-off hosting gigs (the only job Lindsay can get these days) and full-on domestic disturbances, we are now left with the grand finale – restraining orders and Lindsay telling her story all over Us Magazine.

Here’s all the tawdry details straight from the Blohan’s mouth:

In the newest issue of Us Weekly, Lindsay Lohan opens up about her heartbreaking split from Samantha Ronson, the “humiliating” weekend showdown with Ronson’s family, and says that friends’ fears she is suicidal are unfounded.

“It’s absolute hell,” Lohan told Us on Monday in a far-ranging interview over several lengthy phone calls and emails where she was agitated, crying and baffled by the turn of events.

Ronson broke it off with her girlfriend of nearly two years last Friday, and hired five security guards to keep Lohan out of an afterparty for her sister Charlotte at the Chateau Marmont. (Lohan was staying directly one floor above the Ronsons with her mom Dina and sister Ali.)

The next day, Ronson changed the locks on the Hollywood Hills home she shared with Lohan. On Monday, Ronson’s mom and sister asked police about obtaining a restraining order against Lohan, Beverly Hills Sgt. Nutall confirms to Us.

Lohan says she’s “so alone” without Ronson.

“Everyone’s turned on me,” says the actress. She tells the magazine that the night of the Chateau showdown, Nicole Richie walked by her and said “Uck,” and Drea De Matteo said, “Come at me, bitch.”

Sources tell the magazine Ronson had repeatedly tried to break up with Lohan over the past month, but each time, “Lindsay threatens to kill herself — she cares about her but wants out.”

Lohan laughs upon hearing that, saying she’s okay.

“I’m just really hurt!” she says. “The whole situation is sick.

I don’t even know where to begin, but let’s start with the fact she’s spilling her dirty laundry all over the highway of stupidity. First rule of thumb, don’t confirm any spurious rumors by speaking to the tabloids. These people are NOT your friend, they don’t give a crap about you and likely already have an obit waiting to go live at any moment. DUMB!

So, because Lindsay gave them an interview, now we all know Lindsay was dumped, her circle has abandoned her and she’s a menace to herself and those around her. If she had ever hoped to get her career back on track, she just burned that bridge. Trust me, Hollywood execs already know she’s a mess, but now the public has is confirmed straight from addict’s own cooked brain.

Last May when I was in LA, we met up with a friend of my husband who works in the movie industry. They gave me a scoop about Lindsay’s last real film, Labor Pains (straight to DVD, do not pass go.) According to this source, Lindsay was so unmarketable and so unmanageable that despite having a ready-made comedy with potential for the damaged star, they couldn’t get her insured for the film, this despite Lindsay supposedly having completed rehab, which they confirmed DID NOT WORK. Really? I so assumed she was cured of her addiction to virtually all vices.

But I sat on that info, which eventually was leaked by other tabloids a month later. Dumb on my part perhaps, but I have my own code of ethics. For some strange reason, I have continuously crossed my fingers for Lindsay. Go back and read any post I’ve written about her and you will find I defend her, her talent and her ability to get her crap together. To certain extent, she’s been gravely handicapped by the hand she was dealt. She’s young, her mother is the Devil, her father a self-obsessed attention whore and those around her continue to suck every ounce of life from her increasingly desiccated soul.

Don’t ask me why, despite all evidence to the contrary, I want to believe there is hope for Lindsay. I guess I am just the eternal optimist. This doesn’t mean Lindsay isn’t a complete f*ck up, a craven drug-addict and a desperate attention whore, because she is. But we can’t forget that Hollywood is the open abyss of hell waiting to swallow the innocent at every corner. Greater beings that Lindsay have been ruined by that town and the vultures who hover picking at the rotting corpses. Hey, at least she’s not a Scientologist. Yet.

So Lindsay here’s some good advice from a mother to a child, (since clearly your vile, soulless, bile-inducing piece of crap of a mother can’t bother to give you any):

But wait, there’s more…

In a change that can only be described as stunning, Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzl pled guilty to all the charges against him, including the murder of his infant son.  Now that he has admitted to murder, it is very likely that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars:

Josef Fritzl, the Austrian engineer who held his daughter Elisabeth captive in an underground prison for 24 years, today admitted he was responsible for the death of one of the seven children he fathered with her.

In a shock move on the third day of his trial, the 73-year-old calmly pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him, including negligent homicide and enslavement. He had already admitted four of the charges against him: incest, rape, coercion and false imprisonment.

For the first time since his arrest last April, he also expressed regret for what he had done.

Fritzl’s lawyer suggested his change of heart came as a result of the psychological impact of yesterday’s gruelling court session, in which he watched a recording of Elisabeth giving evidence.

“All I know is that he asked to see a psychiatrist in his cell [after hearing yesterday's testimony] and after that decided to give a full confession,” Rudolf Mayer told the Guardian.

It was said that Elisabeth herself came to court to see her monster father one last time, despite giving videotaped testimony so that she would never have to see him again:

Responding to reports that Elisabeth had been in court in person yesterday and today watching proceedings from an adjacent room especially set up for victims of sexual attacks, Mayer said he could not confirm that because it would breach the rules of in camera proceedings.

“You can draw your own conclusions from that. I’m the wrong person to ask. If she was there [yesterday], it could have been the straw that broke the camel’s back, in terms of his confession,” he told the Guardian.

Today, a 30-strong scrum of photographers followed a van leaving the court after the case was adjourned. The vehicle reportedly contained Elisabeth.

Fritzl was said to have changed his mind about his plea after viewing video of his daughter detailing the extent of his abuses:

Opening the proceedings, the judge, Andrea Humer, said she wanted to return to Elisabeth’s testimony from yesterday.

“Do you have anything to say to me?” Humer asked Fritzl. “I recognise that I am guilty,” he responded, adding, “I regret it.”

“Why are you saying that now?” asked Humer. “Because of the videotape testimony of my daughter,” said Fritzl.

Referring to the murder charge, Humer asked why Fritzl had not done more to help his newborn baby boy, Michael, who died from breathing difficulties shortly after being born in the cellar in 1996.

“Did you not realise he was gravely ill?”

Fritzl responded: “I just overlooked it. I thought the baby was going to survive. I should have realised. It was only yesterday I realised for the first time how cruel I was to Elisabeth. I had never realised it before.”

Fritzl had previously admitted burning the child’s body in an incinerator in his back garden, but had denied he was responsible for its death. The surviving twin, Alexander, was one of three of Elisabeth’s seven children who “appeared” above ground at the Fritzls’ house in Amstetten, west of Vienna. Alexander was the last of the three children to be raised by Fritzl and his wife, Rosemarie.

Fritzl also changed his plea from partial to full guilt on the rape charge and admitted the enslavement charge.

For the first two days of his trial, Fritzl had also denied that he enslaved Elisabeth in the purpose-built cellar he constructed under his own home.

The jury has been told that Elisabeth was imprisoned under Ybbsstrasse 40 at the age of 18. Her father forced her into the cellar on 29 August 1984 after putting a cloth over her nose and mouth. He then secured a chain around her stomach so she could not escape. The next day he raped her. As she bore his children over the next 24 years, he repeatedly raped her in front of them, the court heard.

Christiane Burkheiser, the prosecuting lawyer, described the cellar as Fritzl’s ­”playground”, where he used his daughter like a “toy”.

There were also new details about just how Elisabeth was able to survive and detail her life in the dungeon, and shocking testimony from her brother who told of sick porno magazines and even sicker actions:

Elisabeth told how his rapes and sexual assaults “often went on for hours, often causing great pain”.

He told her: “If you do not do as I say, your treatment will get worse — and there is no way you can ever escape the cellar.”

Elisabeth tried to keep a record of the abuse by scrawling notes on tin can labels. She told how she first became pregnant by her father in the summer of 1986 but miscarried after ten weeks.

She said: “My soul was in tatters.” And she was plagued with suicidal thoughts.

She went on to give birth to Stefan in 1990, Lisa in 1992, Monika in 1994, Alexander and Michael in 1996 and Felix in 2002.

Fritzl brought food to the cellar. But he often neglected his responsibility and the family went hungry. The court in St Poelten also heard a 40-minute video testimony from Elisabeth’s older brother Harald — her closest confidant before Fritzl incarcerated her.

Harald, who had no idea where she had gone, was the only other member of the Fritzl family prepared to give evidence against him.

He portrayed his father as a violent tyrant who broke his nose when he was a teenager because he had a glass of wine at a party.

Harald, now 46, told how the young Elisabeth was “terrified” of Fritzl, who pleasured himself in front of her and forced her to look at porn magazines.

At the family’s holiday home in Mondsee, the father forced her to go with him into woodland, where he made her undress and fondled her.

If it was true that Elisabeth came to face her father down one last time, hopefully that will show her that he no longer has hold of her and that she truly is free.  Sometimes, it is only by coming face to face with what we fear most that we can get control over it, and not let it have control over us.

And hopefully he will be put away forever, never to hurt anyone again.

I know this isn’t really celeb or entertainment news, but the title of this article caught my eye.  It talks about how the trial of Austria’s Josef Fritzl is so traumatic for him that he is being offered counseling to deal with this horrible experience:

The self-confessed incest rapist is being held at St Poelten prison, next to the court, and its vice president Erich Huber-Gunstofer said his most famous incumbent was being offered psychiatric support.

“He is being offered psychiatric care to help him through the ordeal of the trial,” he said.

“He can watch television because he has access to TV in the communal areas and he can also read the daily newspapers.

“He has told us that he doesn’t want to exercise in the yard during the trial but he can do afterwards if he wants to.

“He has two people to protect him at all times. They don’t discuss the trial with him but we are offering him therapists and he does share a cell with two other inmates.

“There is no special treatment for Josef F.”

OH no, no special treatment for him…other than the fact that he’s being offered therapy for the stress of the trial, which is more than he offered his own daughter Elisabeth for the stress of being raped over 3000 times while living in a dark, cold, damp basement for 24 years.  And certainly no therapy for her during that horrific time, while she was going through the worst experiences of her life, just oversized sex toys and the fact that he was considerate enough (I really hope you see that as the sarcastic remark it is) to add on another room to the dungeon so he wouldn’t have to rape her in front of her children.  What a guy.

I’m not going to go into all the details of his horrific crimes…suffice it to say they are legion.  If you’re really interested, you can always do a Google News Search.  But here is the basic gist of life for his poor daughter Elisabeth while she was living in that hole:

Mrs [Christiane] Burkheiser repeated several words over and over again in the space of her hour-long outline of the crimes of Fritzl.

He would rape Elisabeth in the darkness and leave. ‘Lights off. Rape. Lights on. Mould. Damp. Leave.’

To give jurors an idea of the smallness of the cellar she pointed to the box they were seated in.

‘About 18 square metres, that was the size of the cellar. The size of the box you are seated in.’

‘I have been to the cellar twice,’ she told jurors as Fritzl stared ahead at Judge Andrea Humer, his back to the press and public.

‘It smells. It is incredibly damp. It has a morbid atmosphere that hits you as you crawl through the 83 square centimetre entrance hole.

‘The damp creeps in within minutes. There is wet rot. And he was the absolute ruler of this kingdom. He had complete control.

‘She had no washbasin, no bath, no shower, often no heat. He would come, switch the lights off, rape her, leave.

‘There was no fresh air. In those first years the air came through gaps in the walls. He used her like a toy. He came, he took her, he left.

‘He decided what would be eaten and what medicines would be available. These were aspirin and cough mixture.

‘Often the electricity would be switched off or there would be a power failure and she would be left in the dark, sometimes for hours, sometimes for ten days. There were no candles, no torches.

‘It was bitingly cold in winter, blisteringly hot in summer. She had to care for and feed babies here.

‘But worse than the rapes, worse than the food shortages, worse than the darkness, was always the uncertainty. How long would he be gone? How long would he stay when he returned?

‘Would he ever come back from his long holidays?

‘This uncertainty was the worst thing of all.’

Quite frankly, how her mother could have either be so incredibly blind and naive, or could have possibly turned a blind eye, is beyond anything I can imagine.

The trial continues through this week.  Hopefully, there will finally be justice for Elisabeth, who only survived her ordeal because of incredible strength of character.  I sincerely hope that she can finally have a chance at life.

Rihanna and Chris the night of the fight, after the Annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party

Singer Chris Brown had his day in court on Thursday, answering to charges that he gave his girlfriend Rihanna a serious beatdown:

Chris Brown appeared at Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday (March 5) but did not enter a plea on two felony counts of assault and making criminal threats, stemming from his alleged altercation with girlfriend Rihanna on February 8. Rather, at the request of attorney Mark Geragos, Brown was granted a continuance in the case, meaning his arraignment has been pushed back until April 6. [...]

After granting Brown’s continuance request, the judge ordered the 19-year-old singer “not to annoy, harass, molest, threaten or use force or violence against anyone,” before asking Geragos if there were a “no-contact order” in place, to which he replied, “Miss Fenty does not request such an order.”

Outside the courtroom, Etra told E! News that Rihanna did not need a no-contact order and that the 21-year-old singer “is doing well, and she is making sure her rights are protected at every stage of the proceedings. … What will happen to Chris Brown is up to the district attorney in court.”

If Brown is convicted on the felony charges, his sentence could range from probation to up to four years in prison, CNN quoted the DA’s office as saying.

It seems the judge issued what is known as a Level One Order, which means that the two can talk and see one another but he can’t do something like threaten, hit, or fight with her without serious legal repercussions.  Rihanna did not appear in court, although her name did come up; it seems that for the trial to move ahead, Rihanna may have to testify against Chris, even though she seems to have forgiven him:

“So much of [the trial] hinges on the testimony of the victim or her willingness to testify and it’ll be interesting to see whether she cooperates with the prosecution or not,” he told reporters outside the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse this afternoon. “If she refuses to testify they’re probably not going to be able to get in whatever statements she’s already made to the police and then they have no case probably.”

When asked whether or not Rihanna could possibly face retribution for refusing to appear, he explained the legalities: “The prosecution is very familiar with continuing to prosecute domestic violence cases when the complaining witness changes her mind and doesn’t want to testify- they have often in past years sent people to jail or been willing to send people to jail if they refuse to testify. It’s just the way the law is constructed. Now there’s a real question as to whether they can do that to her.”

As for why Geragos requested a continuance, Goldman threw out two possible options. One, there could be a plea deal in the works, or two, the lawyers just need more time.

It seems that everything started when Chris got a text message from another woman; he and Rihanna started arguing, and it all went downhill from there:

*Rihanna read a three-page text message on Brown’s phone from a woman. 

*An argument followed. Brown allegedly tried to force Rihanna out of the car.

*Brown then allegedly shoved Rihanna’s head against the passenger window. Brown punched her, then continued punching Rihanna while driving.

*Blood splattered all over Rihanna’s clothing and in the interior of the car. Her mouth was filled with blood. Brown allegedly told Rihanna, “I’m going to beat the **** out of you when we get home. You wait and see.”

*Rihanna called her assistant and left a message saying, “I am on my way home. Make sure the cops are there when I get there.” Brown allegedly then replied, “You just did the stupidest thing ever. I’m going to kill you.”

*The report also says Brown punched Rihanna, bit her on her ear, her fingers and put her in a headlock.

Possibly the most disturbing thing to come out of this is the news that this may not be the first time he has abused her, this is just the first time Chris got caught at it.  It seems that not only has this happened before, but that there are even worse photos of the incident than the one which has been released:

Multiple law enforcement sources tell TMZ, the night of the attack Rihanna told cops she was the victim of escalating violence — and the perp was Brown.

LAPD cops interviewed Rihanna after the attack and she told them Brown had been violent toward her in the past and that the attacks were getting “more violent” as time went on. [...]

And there’s something else. The photo that TMZ obtained showing Rihanna battered, bloody and bruised is mild compared to other photos. We’ve learned additional pics were taken on February 9, the day after the attack, and they are far more gruesome — the bruises and swelling far more pronounced. We’re told these photos show injuries that could be devastating in a case against Brown.

Radar has photos of what the interior of the car looked like after the fight; there are bloodstains spattered inside the car and there are definite signs of a struggle.  There is also news (from a police report) that it took Chris nine days to apologize.

But what bothers me the most is that it seems nobody can reach Rihanna through previously open channels:

US: Have you seen the new police report that details Brown biting, hitting and threatening to kill Rihanna?
Fenty: I haven’t seen anything. I hear so many things. I don’t know what to believe until I see it myself. Rihanna’s mother is telling me that she hasn’t heard anything from her [Rihanna]. She said the last she heard Rihanna was well.

US: If those reports are true, how upset are you?
RF: I don’t know what to say, honest to god. I’ve been hearing so many stories. I don’t feel any pain anymore. I’ve gone numb. I’ve heard so much. But I can’t get on to her. Her mother can’t get on to her, her brother told me she changed her email. Somebody has a stranglehold on her. I’m lost.

US: I know you’ve been speaking with your daughter over text. Is she no longer reachable?
RF: I’ll text the old numbers she had, and I call them. One girl answered, and she said, “This is not Robyn’s number anymore.” I asked, “Do you work for Robyn? Do you deal with Robyn?” And the girl hung up, so I don’t know what’s going on anymore. I’m lost.

Us: What was her last text to you?
RF: [She] said, “Daddy, I miss you.” And that’s it. And I could not reply. I saw a number and texted back, “I miss you too.” And I didn’t get another reply from her.

Very typical behavior both for someone who is abusive and their victim…the abuser will often cut off the lines of communication to loved ones and friends; sometimes, the victim even cuts off communication on their own because they don’t want to be talked out of what they know deep down is a bad decision.  In the article I wrote earlier in the week, I said that if he abuses you once, he will abuse you again…which sadly seems to have come true in this case.  It doesn’t matter what the problem is, there is no excuse for abuse.  Rihanna has gone back to Chris, her abuser, and it can be inferred that this isn’t the first time she’s gone back to him after he has abused her in some way.

I realize, as a parent, we try to be a good role model for our children; but I’d be pretty stupid if I didn’t realize that children and young people also look up to people such as sports players, musicians, singers, and movie stars.  I worry that, as a woman that other young women admire, Rihanna’s actions send the wrong message…that it is okay if you lose it with someone you supposedly care for and use them as a punching bag, as long as you say you are really really sorry after the fact.  After all, “fan” is just short for “fanatic”, and often fans just don’t see when the object of their adulation is making bad choices.

Now, having said that, do I believe that all abusers are too far gone to ever be rehabilitated?  No, I don’t.  But I also realize that an abusive person is not changed overnight.  It takes a long time to change behavior patterns, learn new ways of handling problems, and learning how to not abuse others…it certainly isn’t something that you learn in less than a month.  Rihanna going back to Chris in less than a month’s time, in my opinion, just doesn’t give her the perspective she needs to see this event in its true light.  He beat the crap out of her; she goes back in less than a month’s time.  And don’t forget, he didn’t just beat her up, he totally went psychotic and smashed her face against a car window, tried to shove her out of the car, put her in a headlock that caused her to start to pass out, and bit her repeatedly.  Read the police report.  Something is definitely not right here.

And, quite frankly, for the abuser, it takes more than words to change; it even takes more than making a decision to change.  Words are cheap, it’s actions that show one’s true character.  An alcoholic has to do more than say they won’t drink again; a drug addict has to do more than decide not to pick up the needle; someone addicted to porn has to do more than make up their mind not to look at those images; an abuser has to do more than talk the talk.  And it is not just a one-time thing, but an every day decision…sometimes, even a moment to moment decision.  This is something that takes time…it’s a long healing process, not a quick band-aid.

If this has happened over and over, it is painfully obvious to everyone BUT Rihanna that Chris hasn’t changed, he’s just managed to once again charm his way back into her good graces.  He needs to change, and he is the only one who can make himself change.  We’re talking therapy, counseling, whatever it takes, for a long time…perhaps years.  A lifetime of learned abusive behavior isn’t going to suddenly turn into love and respect overnight.  She needs to stay far, far away from him while he works to get his life straightened out, and even then I’m not so sure I’d advise her to go back.  He also definitely needs to be punished for what he did to her.  It might be okay, it might not, but only time will tell, and time is what they aren’t giving it.

Only in fairy tales does it take solely the love of a good woman to change the beast to a prince…in reality, the woman has to love herself enough first to decide that she’s too good to be treated like dirt.