The jury is the second to hear the case against 'That '70s Show' actor Danny Masterson, who was charged in 2020 with three counts of rape by force or fear involving the three women on separate alleged occasions.
Prosecutors confirmed in January that they wanted to retry the actor, and Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo rejected a defense effort to have the charges dismissed.
Defense attorney Philip Kent Cohen questioned why the panel had heard "so much about Scientology," asking jurors if there could be problems with the government's case against Masterson. In his rebuttal argument, Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller told the jury that there was "absolutely no proof" to bolster the defense's contention that the women had a motive to lie about what had happened to them as a result of a pending civil lawsuit or animus against the church to which they once belonged. He said it was "normal" that the women may not have initially given police all of the details about what had allegedly happened to them.
In December 2017, Netflix announced that Masterson had been fired from the Emmy-winning scripted comedy "The Ranch" amid sexual assault allegations.
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