{"id":3942,"date":"2023-09-07T19:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:04:39","slug":"judge-to-sentence-actor-danny-masterson-to-prison-for-two-rapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=3942","title":{"rendered":"Judge to sentence actor Danny Masterson to prison for two rapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"e1j2237y5 bbc-q4ibpr ebmt73l0\">\n<div class=\"bbc-1atl7vu euvj3t14\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"bbc-ccegd7 euvj3t12\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"bbc-1a3w4ok euvj3t11\">By Regan Morris in Los Angeles and Max Matza <\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"bbc-1p92jtu euvj3t10\">BBC Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"e1j2237y6 bbc-q4ibpr ebmt73l0\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-07\" class=\"bbc-1dafq0j e1mklfmt0\">7 September 2023, 16:18 BST<\/time><\/p>\n<p><time datetime=\"2023-09-07\" class=\"bbc-1dafq0j e1mklfmt0\">Up to date 54 minutes in the past<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-1ka88fa ebmt73l0\">\n<figure class=\"bbc-1qdcvv9 e1aczekt0\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-172p16q ebmt73l0\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-189y18v ebmt73l0\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-e2e=\"image-placeholder\" class=\"bbc-997y1y eihqrxw0\"><amp-img fallback=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/142B7\/production\/_129951628_0a2ed6a1-a306-4ace-9673-bd2b736e4615.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/142B7\/production\/_129951628_0a2ed6a1-a306-4ace-9673-bd2b736e4615.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/142B7\/production\/_129951628_0a2ed6a1-a306-4ace-9673-bd2b736e4615.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/142B7\/production\/_129951628_0a2ed6a1-a306-4ace-9673-bd2b736e4615.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/142B7\/production\/_129951628_0a2ed6a1-a306-4ace-9673-bd2b736e4615.jpg 800w\" alt=\"Actor Danny Masterson arrives at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 with wife Bijou Phillips\" attribution=\"Getty Images\" layout=\"responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/142B7\/production\/_129951628_0a2ed6a1-a306-4ace-9673-bd2b736e4615.jpg\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\" data-hero=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p role=\"text\" class=\"bbc-1s1cxbv ewbcsnk0\"><span class=\"bbc-m04vo2\">Picture supply, <\/span>Getty Photographs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-3edg7g ebmt73l0\"><figcaption dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-1woqkw9 e6i104o0\"><span class=\"bbc-m04vo2\">Picture caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Danny Masterson seen with spouse Bijou Phillips on 31 Could previous to his conviction<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\"><b>A choose in Los Angeles is because of determine the jail sentence for US actor Danny Masterson, who was convicted in Could of raping two girls within the early 2000s.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The star of That &#8217;70s Present, a TV sit-com sequence, faces as much as 30 years or life in jail. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Prosecutors argued Masterson, 47, had relied on his standing as a outstanding Scientologist to keep away from accountability. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Masterson was discovered responsible at a re-trial after the primary jury was unable to achieve a verdict in 2022. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">On Thursday, Choose Charlaine Olmedo will enable the victims to ship influence statements earlier than the sentencing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The sentencing listening to started at 08:30PDT (16:30GMT). His spouse, Bijou Phillips, was seen getting into courtroom with relations because the listening to acquired underway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Previous to the sentencing listening to, a movement for a brand new trial by Masterson&#8217;s defence crew was denied by the choose, in response to an LA courtroom official.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The actor was convicted on 31 Could after three girls testified that he had sexually assaulted them at his Hollywood house from 2001-03 &#8211; in the course of the top of his tv fame. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The jury heard testimony that he had given them medicine earlier than he assaulted them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">He was discovered responsible of rape towards two of his three accusers. The costs introduced by the third accuser had been declared a mistrial and prosecutors mentioned they don&#8217;t plan to retry the case. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">After his conviction, Masterson was deemed a flight danger and was taken into jail custody. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Masterson was first accused of rape in 2017 in the course of the top of the #MeToo motion. He denied the accusations and mentioned every of the encounters was consensual. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Costs got here after a three-year investigation by the Los Angeles Police Division. Prosecutors didn&#8217;t file fees in two different circumstances due to inadequate proof and the statute of limitations expiring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">All through the trial, prosecutors argued that the Church of Scientology had helped cowl up the assaults &#8211; an allegation the organisation has categorically denied. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">On the time of the assaults, Masterson and all three of his accusers had been Scientologists. A number of of the ladies mentioned it took them years to come back ahead as a result of Church of Scientology officers discouraged them from reporting the rape to police. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Scientology officers informed one survivor she could be kicked out of the Church except she signed a non-disclosure settlement and accepted a fee of $400,000 (\u00a3320,000), in response to prosecutors. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Throughout the trial, Choose Olmedo allowed either side to debate the dogma and practices of Scientology, angering the non secular neighborhood.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">In its assertion after the decision, the Church mentioned there was &#8220;not a scintilla of proof supporting the scandalous allegations that the Church harassed the accusers&#8221;. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-66744480.amp\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Regan Morris in Los Angeles and Max Matza BBC Information 7 September 2023, 16:18 BST Up to date 54 minutes in the past Picture supply, Getty Photographs Picture caption, Danny Masterson seen with spouse Bijou Phillips on 31 Could previous to his conviction A choose in Los Angeles is because of determine the jail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4486,4487,190,4488,1249,4489,1118],"class_list":["post-3942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-actor","tag-danny","tag-judge","tag-masterson","tag-prison","tag-rapes","tag-sentence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}