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Danny Masterson Trial: Most SHOCKING Revelations
Danny Masterson's proceedings has been declared a mistrial. The assemblage was incapable to travel to unanimous decisions for each 3 charges of forcible rape that Masterson was facing.
Per NBC News, the jury's determination connected Nov. 30 was compiled of 2 votes for blameworthy and 10 for not blameworthy successful the lawsuit of number one; 4 votes for blameworthy and 8 votes for not blameworthy successful the lawsuit of number two; and 5 votes for blameworthy and 7 votes for not blameworthy successful the lawsuit of number three.
Two of the plaintiffs, arsenic good arsenic 1 plaintiff's husband, shared their absorption to the mistrial successful a associated connection to E! News.
"We are evidently disappointed that, astatine slightest for the clip being, Daniel Masterson has evaded transgression accountability for his deplorable acts," the Nov. 30 connection read. "However, we are collectively resolved to proceed our combat for justice, including successful civilian court, wherever we person alleged that Mr. Masterson, on with the Church of Scientology, its person David Miscavige, and others conspired to systematically stalk, harass, and intimidate america erstwhile we sought to shed airy connected Mr. Masterson's actions. This ineligible combat is acold from over."
Sharing a akin sentiment, the Los Angeles District Attorney shared that they are besides “disappointed with the outcome.”
“We besides privation to springiness our heartfelt appreciation to the victims for bravely stepping guardant and recounting their harrowing experiences,” the District Attorney’s bureau said successful portion connected Nov. 30.
“We volition present see our adjacent steps arsenic it relates to prosecuting this case.”
E! News has reached retired to Masterson’s lawyer for remark but hasn’t heard back.
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Masterson—whose acting credits see That ‘70s Show and Dracula 2000—was arrested and charged successful 2020 for 3 counts of rape by unit oregon fearfulness with 3 abstracted women connected abstracted occasions betwixt 2001 and 2003, according to records obtained by E! News.
Following his arrest, Masterson's lawyer told E! News that his lawsuit is not guilty. "Mr. Masterson is innocent," his lawyer said successful June 2020, "and we're assured that helium volition beryllium exonerated erstwhile each the grounds yet comes to airy and witnesses person the accidental to testify."
In January 2021, Masterson maintained his innocence by pleading not guilty to each 3 counts.
While Masterson is simply a subordinate of the Church of Scientology, his accusers are erstwhile members who nary longer subordinate with the religion. Per the Associated Press, during the preliminary hearing successful May 2021, 1 accuser said she did not initially study her accusation against Masterson to the constabulary retired of fearfulness of being labeled a "suppressive person" by the Church of Scientology.
Later that week successful the preliminary hearing, Masterson's lawyer alluded successful tribunal that the prosecution had anti-religious bias against the Church of Scientology. Karin Pouw, a Church of Scientology spokeswoman, told the LA Times astatine the time, "Church argumentation explicitly demands Scientologists abide by each laws of the land, including the reporting of crimes."
During the trial, Masterson's lawyer asked for a mistrial specified hours into witnesser testimony, saying that prosecutor Reinhold Mueller had violated the judge's ruling wherever she allowed the notation of Scientology successful transportation to the accusers' hesitation to spell to the police.
The petition for a mistrial was denied astatine that time.
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