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Mom of 3 Children Found Dead in East LA is Arrested on Suspicion of Murder LOS ANGELES—The mother of three children found dead in an East Los Angeles home has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. Sandra Chico, 28, was taken into custody as a “person of interest” after deputies found her children unresponsive in the home Monday afternoon. She was booked at 11 p.m., records show. She is being held at the Central Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. Chico is due in court on Wednesday, the She...

The women say the church harassed them after they went to police alleging they were raped by the actor. The church says they gave up the right to sue.

The women say the church harassed them after they went to police alleging they were raped by the actor. The church says they gave up the right to sue.

Karin Pouw telling the  Times that the allegations are “nothing more than a money shakedown.” Charlaine F. Olmedo ruled that the accusers provided substantial evidence during the four-day preliminary hearing. Olmedo also concluded, according to the  Times, that “Scientology has ‘an expressly written doctrine’ that ‘not only discourages, but prohibits’ its members from reporting one another to law enforcement.” The judge determined that the church’s policy is largely responsible for why the women stayed silent regarding Masterson’s alleged crimes for more than a dec...

Though the Church of Scientology works hard to keep its business out of the public eye, officials were unable to stop their practices from being debated in open court.