Scientology is on trial with former member Laura Ann Decrescenzo alleging forced abortion and slavery against David Miscavige and the church, and we discuss the details with Scientology investigators Tony Ortega and Mark Ebner. Speaking about the misdeeds and abuses of Scientology, the homophobia of L. Ron Hubbard and Dianetics, freeloader debts and the brainwashing and intimidation used by the Scientology and the Sea Org, and what PT Anderson “got wrong,” with The Master-it is another look at the controversial group on Media Mayhem hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.

Tony Ortega is a former editor of The Village Voice who is working on a book on Scientology and blogs at tonyortega.org. He lives in New York.

Mark Ebner is an investigative journalist who has covered celebrity and crime culture for such publications as Rolling Stone, Maxim, Details and Spy. Mark has investigated such controversial subjects as Scientology, dog fighting and the Ku Klux Klan. A published author, Mark co-wrote the New York Times bestseller “Hollywood, Interrupted” with Andrew Breitbart and Six Degrees of Paris Hilton. Most recently he co-authored “We Have Your Husband,” a story about a kidnapping in Mexico. Mark was a consultant on the Emmy nominated episode of South Park’s “Trapped in the Closet” and also consulted for NBC/Dateline on the Paris Hilton Tapes report.