That ‘70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of rape

[MrDawn]

Your thoughts about this?

That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which the Church of Scientology played a central role.

Masterson’s wife, actor and model Bijou Phillips, gasped when the verdict was read and wept as he was taken into custody, while a group of family and friends who sat stone-faced behind him throughout both trials.

The jury of seven women and five men reached the verdict after deliberating for seven days spread over two weeks. They could not reach a verdict on the third count, that alleged Masterson raped a longtime girlfriend. They had voted 8-4 in favor of conviction.

Masterson, 47, will be held without bail until he is sentenced. No sentencing date was set.

“I am experiencing a complex array of emotions — relief, exhaustion, strength, sadness — knowing that my abuser, Danny Masterson, will face accountability for his criminal behavior,” one of the women, whom Masterson knew as a fellow member of the church and was convicted of raping at his home in 2003, said in a statement.



A second woman, a former girlfriend, whose count left the jury deadlocked, said in the statement: “While I’m encouraged that Danny Masterson will face some criminal punishment, I am devastated that he has dodged criminal accountability for his heinous conduct against me.”

A spokesperson for Masterson declined to comment, but his attorneys will almost certainly appeal.

After a deadlocked jury led to a mistrial in December, prosecutors retried Masterson, saying he drugged and forcibly raped three women in his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003. They said he used his prominence in the church — where all three women were also members at the time — to avoid consequences for decades.

“We want to express our gratitude to the three women who came forward and bravely shared their experiences,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement after the verdict Wednesday.

That ‘70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of rape

 

[Daltonio]

Good. I was worried that scientology was gonna get him off scot free somehow. Bye bye Danny.

 

[Nebulous]

@ Danny Masterson: Peace out loser.

 

[PGen98]

Guess he'll find out what it's like to be his victims very shortly.

 

[MrDawn]

@ Danny Masterson: Peace out loser.

Too bad he can't take Ray Stevenson's place in death. We lose all of the good people and get stuck with shit heads like Danny.

 

[Bluezone777]

Guess he'll find out what it's like to be his victims very shortly.

I doubt it as he will be put into protective custody immediately and be well protected due to the nature of his crime as well as his celebrity status. If something happened to him, it would be all over the news and no prison would want that story all over the news of the prison allowing something to happen to him while in prison.

 

[Webster]

Your thoughts about this?

Have fun dropping the soap with Bubba in prison, Danny...

 

[PGen98]

I doubt it as he will be put into protective custody immediately and be well protected due to the nature of his crime as well as his celebrity status. If something happened to him, it would be all over the news and no prison would want that story all over the news of the prison allowing something to happen to him while in prison.

Tue, very true.

 

[Webster]

I doubt it as he will be put into protective custody immediately and be well protected due to the nature of his crime as well as his celebrity status. If something happened to him, it would be all over the news and no prison would want that story all over the news of the prison allowing something to happen to him while in prison.

True but given the nature of his crimes and the celebrity status he has/had, any prisoner worth his bones would kill (no pun intended) to attack him and make their bones inside.

Remember, sex offenders are treated like shit inside prison and other than child sex offenders, a celebrity convicted of such a crime (like Harvey Weinstein, for instance) are lower than the average SO.

 

[MrDawn]

True but given the nature of his crimes and the celebrity status he has/had, any prisoner worth his bones would kill (no pun intended) to attack him and make their bones inside.

Remember, sex offenders are treated like shit inside prison and other than child sex offenders, a celebrity convicted of such a crime (like Harvey Weinstein, for instance) are lower than the average SO.

Sadly I fear the prison guard will just put him in an isolation pod like they did Damian Echols for 18 years.

 

[Webster]

Sadly I fear the prison guard will just put him in an isolation pod like they did Damian Echols for 18 years.

Damien Echols was ultimately exonerated over what he was accused of.
Masterson, not so much.

 

[Nebulous]

I doubt it as he will be put into protective custody immediately and be well protected due to the nature of his crime as well as his celebrity status. If something happened to him, it would be all over the news and no prison would want that story all over the news of the prison allowing something to happen to him while in prison.

You're probably right. He'll probably have a TV and other modern comforts in his cell too, which is unfortunate.