LOS ANGELES - US actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson on Wednesday was found guilty of raping two women at his home in the Hollywood Hills. The star of television’s That ‘70s Show and The Ranch was convicted of two counts of forcible rape between 2001 and 2003, while...
after Los Angeles police confirmed they were investigating multiple rape allegations against the actor.
Prosecutors at the time dropped two further sexual assault cases against Masterson over lack of evidence and the statute of limitations passing. During closing arguments earlier this month, prosecutors said Masterson “drugged and raped each one of these victims” and called on the jury to hold him “accountable for what he has done.”
The three alleged victims were also members of the Church of Scientology at the time, and Masterson met them through the secretive group. Two of them said church officials had discouraged them from contacting law enforcement. Masterson’s lawyers in his closing argument questioned why the court had heard “so much about Scientology,” and the defence has suggested that bias against the Church could have been a motivating factor.The jury deliberated around seven days. The third rape charge, on which no verdict was reached, involved a former longtime girlfriend of Masterson. - AFPThe women who survived Danny Masterson's predation are heroes.
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