Actor Danny Masterson found guilty on two counts of rape in retrial

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A Los Angeles jury found actor Danny Masterson, best known for his role as Steven Hyde on the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” guilty of raping two women at his home in California in the early 2000s. The jury was deadlocked on a third count of rape.

All three accusers said the alleged rapes occurred at his house in Hollywood Hills, Calif., and that they, as well as Masterson, belonged to the the Church of Scientology when the alleged crimes occurred.

by the New York Times. She soon felt sick and disoriented, and he raped her in his bedroom, according to the brief.The second accuser, a model and ex-girlfriend of Masterson’s, testified in the first trial that Masterson raped her twice in 2001, though he is only charged with one alleged instance. She said she woke up to find him sexually assaulting her. This was the count of rape for which the jury was deadlocked, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The three accusers, who are no longer members of the Church of Scientology, said the organization discouraged them from reporting the rapes, according toThe church has been a part of both trials. At the start of the retrial, an alleged victim accused a Scientology attorney witness of intimidation in her testimony.

 

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