Posted on 05/31/2023 2:22:47 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Danny Masterson has been found guilty of rape.
The jury found the Scientologist actor guilty on two of three rape counts on Wednesday. The jurors were deadlocked on the third count.
Masterson - who played smart-mouthed Steven Hyde on That '70s Show - was accused of raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges and he was looking at a sentence of 45 years to life in prison if he was convicted on all three, plus plus forced registration as a sex offender. Throughout both trials he had been free on $3.3 million bail.
His accusers - whom DailyMail.com is identifying only as Jane Does 1 through 3 - are all former Scientologists and are also suing the actor and the Church of Scientology in civil court, claiming that they've been harassed and intimidated since reporting him to police. A status hearing on that civil case is scheduled for June 28.
Scientology was front and center during both criminal trials. All three women testified that the reason they took so long to report him to the police was their fear of retribution from the Church of Scientology.
They said that church officials warned them not to use the word rape, that turning in a fellow Scientologist to law enforcement was considered a 'high crime', and if they disobeyed that doctrine, they could be declared a 'suppressive person', cast out by the church and left alone, cut off from family and friends.
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I got no use for Scientologists but would it have been written as Presbyterian if that was the case?
If the Presbyterian church was actively trying to silence the accusers, as was done in this case, sure.
thank Billy Bob Clinton for that.
Here is some information about the rapes - did you even graduate from high school? You come across as a complete idiot as well as a rapist enabler.
https://people.com/tv/danny-masterson-charged-rape-timeline-of-allegations/
wow your a nasty one ..please just pass over any of my posts in the future ..
thanks
The chicks organized after the me too thing to cash in. Twenty year old event… recently remembered. Impossible to defend yourself. They lied for money.
The guy has a long history of sexual assaults compounded with his ‘religion’ threatening the victims. Although your remark was tasteless, my response to your post was as well and I apologize.
Thanks. The way I read the article is if new DNA evidence emerges, a prosecution may be made at any time after the offense is alleged to have occurred. Otherwise, the 10-year statute of limitations still applies.
When your own expensive lawyer thinks this is what’s best for you, you are a rapist:
“Masterson’s lawyer, Philip Cohen, objected Wednesday to the prosecution’s frequent referrals to his client drugging his alleged victims before raping them and called for a mistrial, saying, ‘drugging does not constitute forcible rape.’”
This “Religion” needs to go down hard.
That was you?!
You’ll be hearing from my lawyer!
Read the article.
You're right, I'm wrong. I retract the post.
I can't believe I took an NPR headline at face value.
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