[3] Ronald Reagan, who was providing information to the FBI about fellow actors, joined HICCASP at the same time, part of a broader struggle over the political orientation and future of the organization.
Other accounts claim that LaCour was kicked out of the Communist Party because she was in therapy with psychologist Phil Cohen, who was known for encouraging clients to inform.
LaCour met future husband Adrian Scott, when she was working as the stage manager of a mass meeting in support of the Hollywood Ten.
[5] With Adrian Scott unemployable because of the blacklist, LaCour began to seek work, initially as his front.
[6] But in the early 1950s, while she was employed as executive secretary of the Television Writers of America union, a Hollywood columnist wrote an attack piece alleging that Scott was part of a plot to get Communist propaganda into TV scripts.
For Joan and Adrian Scott, caring for their mentally ill adopted son meant that relocation to Europe was not possible.
Adrian wrote a letter to Weinstein, "You will not accuse me of nepotism, I know, if I recommend my wife, Joan, who though new to TV has just cracked through with some excellent scripts.
"[8] Over the next few years, the Scotts contributed more than a dozen scripts to Sapphire Productions' The Adventures of Robin Hood and Lancelot.
[6] Joan and Adrian Scott's papers can be found at the American Heritage Center in Laramie, Wyoming.