Prosecutors echoed violent allegations that Danny Masterson drugged and raped three women during their closing arguments at the actor’s retrial on Tuesday
“You don’t want to have sex? You don’t have a choice. The defendant makes that choice for these victims. And he does it over and over and over again.”
Masterson, first arrested in 2020 on three counts of forcible rape dating back to allegations from 2001 to 2003, pleaded not guilty and denied the allegations. He faces 45 years in prison if convicted. This is the second trial Masterson faces on the rape charges after the first trial ended in aas the jury was deadlocked and couldn’t unanimously agree on verdicts for any of the charges. The jurors’ votes on all the charges last trial, however, leaned majority to acquit Masterson.
As Anson reflected in the closing argument and was a notable change compared to the first trial, prosecutors told jurors directly that Masterson drugged the three women who accused him of rape.
Beyond the new drugging claims, the trial has been noteworthy because of its links to the Church of Scientology; Masterson is a prominent member of the organization, and all of the women who’ve accused him of rape are former Scientologists. The accusers have repeatedly claimed that the Church of Scientologywith their allegations and protected Masterson. Going to the police was against the organization’s laws and could result in severe consequences, the accusers have alleged.
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