A Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after the jury was deadlocked in the case of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, who faced three counts of rape, according to multiple news reports.
that Masterson’s ex-girlfriend said she was told by a church official that it was not possible for someone to rape their girlfriend, and that it was her duty to “give him sex whenever he wanted.”Olmedo insisted that the trial not be dominated by talk of the church and its alleged scare tactics. The L.A. Times
that after the first witness testified, Olmedo chastised the prosecution for its line of questioning: “I understand these witnesses’ lives may have been completely inundated with Scientology,” Olmedo said. “This trial is not going to be inundated with Scientology.”, Mueller pointed to what he saw as a pattern in Masterson’s alleged behavior: “If you were incapacitated in his bed, he would rape you,” Mueller said. “If you were incapacitated elsewhere in the house, he would come and find you.
Cohen drew attention to some inconsistencies between details the accusers provided in statements predating the trial and what they said while testifying.In addition to the criminal case, some of Masterson’s accusers also brought a lawsuit against him and the church, . The newspaper reported that the accusers’ attorney, Brian Kent, previously stated that “the facts of what happened, why certain things happened, who was involved … it’s so interwoven that certain parts of the trial will necessarily have to involve Scientology.”
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