Danny Masterson (That 70s Show) Convicted of Two Rape Counts

[ralphc1]

Wrong. The LAPD has confirmed they received no allegations of a crime in the early 2000's when the crimes allegedly took place. The anti-Scientologists have claimed one of the victims relayed her allegation to Leah Remini at the time, and was encouraged to go the police, but did not. Remini met with the LAPD in the current day to allege this. There is no record of her account.
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrit...sons-sexual-assault-trial-everything-to-know/
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Us in March 2017 that they were investigating claims that Masterson sexually assaulted multiple women in the early 2000s. No charges had been filed at the time.

No, that line doesn't make sense within the context of his statement. I specifically addressed the problematic insinuation of the context in my post.

This is not at all analogous to the Cosby situation. Masterson has five accusers. That's fewer than the number against Trump, and none of them are credible. The Jean Carroll verdict is an example of a recent travesty from a person fabricating lies decades later about a crime that never took place.

Furthermore, three were Scientologists, and we have entered a phase where this is an active movement of former members badgering the cult. Even if that is a righteous endeavor that sort of coordinated effort can also lead to injustice as those with a chip on their shoulders scrape for every ounce of ammunition they can get, and recruit former members in their crusade. They are zealots aligned against the cult. They don't necessarily care about the truth, or whether or not innocent people get hurt. They only care about tearing the cult down-- usually because they have personally suffered. Even righteous causes can become ugly in this fashion. History has shown this.

L A Police have been accused of covering up crimes for years. Didn't one of the women say she told the police and received a visit from Scientologists almost immediately like the police just reported her to Scientology?

 

[Madmick]

L A Police have been accused of covering up crimes for years. Didn't one of the women say she told the police and received a visit from Scientologists almost immediately like the police just reported her to Scientology?

That's a claim she made in the present. There is no record of it.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

I actually bought the 70s Show Entire Series on BluRay and only made it about 6 episodes in, so far.

The show is really hard to watch knowing what 'Hyde' did.

That said, 'Donna' is really hard to watch too, because she's incredibly unfunny.

 

[ralphc1]

How Sherdog works:

Thread made about a woman accusing man of sexual assault. Sherdoggers say, “I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt unless he ends up guilty as decided in court”.

Man is accused of sexual assault and then is ruled guilty in the case. Sherdoggers still question the validity of the accusations made against him.

Then y’all wonder why women don’t speak up sooner. Like it doesn’t take nerve to finally stand up to an abuser as well as all those who will stand up for him, or constantly interrogate you over something traumatic that happened to you. That’s not all you have to go through though if/when you decide to go to the police and drag it out through court. I’ll tell you now, when I was 17 I was involved in an attempted murder. Went straight to the police after. But I’m telling you now, after that, anything else that happens I handle myself. Imo going through the justice system was damn near just as traumatic as the event itself. So going from my own experience I can totally understand why most women I know don’t come forward at all, and the ones that do, yeah, it’s not right away.

Scientology has brainwashed it's subjects that bad things that happen are their own fault. Cults take control of people and they will believe almost anything to stay in the cult.

 

[Madmick]

I actually bought the 70s Show Entire Series on BluRay and only made it about 6 episodes in, so far.

The show is really hard to watch knowing what 'Hyde' did.

That said, Donna is really hard to watch too, because she's incredibly unfunny.

Review the facts. It's a pure he said she said case.

The first accuser serially attended his house parties and took drugs. She claims he rufee'd her the night he raped her. She didn't file a report until over a year later.

The second accuser was his girlfriend of five years. She continued dating him for months after the alleged incident.

The third accuser, well, here's what she had to say-- she went over to his house with his explicit expectation that she would take her clothes off:

On Thursday, the third accuser spoke, alleging that Masterson demanded that she come over to his home one night and later raped her, according to the AP. When he told her to take her clothes off, she said she listened because "I didn't want any violence to take place, I didn't want things to escalate. I was giggling, trying to say, 'No, I don't want to.'"

The AP reported that she said she listened to what he asked of her that night partly because of his position of authority he held based on the high level he had reached in the Church of Scientology.

*Edit* And in case you don't visit the above link:

“You went over to Danny Masterson’s house knowing full well you would be taking your clothes off, right?” Thomas Mesereau asked.

“No,” she said firmly.

Mesereau had just played a recording where the woman had told police Masterson had texted her to come to his house, take her clothes off and get into his hot tub on a night late in 2003.

 

[ralphc1]

That's a claim she made in the present. There is no record of it.

There wouldn't be if the police didn't keep a record. Do you understand how corruption works?

LAPD Hollywood Division Busted: Caught Red-Handed ...

 

[Madmick]

There wouldn't be if the police didn't keep a record. Do you understand how corruption works?

LAPD Hollywood Division Busted: Caught Red-Handed ...

So why didn't the bury her report 15 years later-- one that came out before the #metoo hysteria?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Review the facts. It's a pure he said she said case.

The first accuser serially attended his house parties and took drugs. She claims he rufee'd her the night he raped her. She didn't file a report until over a year later.

The second accuser was his girlfriend of five years. She continued dating him for months after the alleged incident.

The third accuser, well, here's what she had to say:

There has to be more than just that. A 12-person jury found him guilty, and a judge basically gave him a life sentence.

There's numerous examples of previously unknown-to-the-media evidence presented at trial.

I get he wasn't very funny on 70s Show, but to send him to prison for being unfunny, that's a bit excessive.

 

[Madmick]

There has to be more than just that. A 12-person jury found him guilty, and a judge basically gave him a life sentence.

There's numerous examples of previously unknown-to-the-media evidence presented at trial.

I get he wasn't very funny on 70s Show, but to send him to prison for being unfunny, that's a bit excessive.

One would hope so, and generally I tend to assume the same, when having not waded that deeply into the weeds, but #metoo has destroyed my faith in society's capability to handle mere accusation against men fairly. My cynicism is compounded when the courts, judge, and population deciding on hearsay are of a robustly liberal character. Although I hadn't read anything about this particular judge.

 

[Dizzy]

Like a moth to a sexual assaulting flame.

 

[Brother Numsi]

I actually bought the 70s Show Entire Series on BluRay and only made it about 6 episodes in, so far.

The show is really hard to watch knowing what 'Hyde' did.

That said, 'Donna' is really hard to watch too, because she's incredibly unfunny.

Yeah Donna got them curves that’s why she gets a pass

Kitty and even Jackie are much funnier

 

[GarbageGuy]

about time rapists start getting legit sentences

 

[eddymotto]

Like a moth to a sexual assaulting flame.

strong "I think rape is bad but in every single case the woman is at fault" vibes. must be fun at parties.

 

[Brother Numsi]

How can you convict someone with no circumstantial evidence for a crime that may or may not have happened two decades ago?

Masterson could very much well have committed these assaults but it’s literally a coin flip

 

[deadshot138]

How can you convict someone with no circumstantial evidence for a crime they may or may not have happened two decades ago?

Masterson could very much well have committed these assaults but it’s literally a coin flip

For a millionaire with the funds to hire a high powered attorney, there had to have been more evidence we weren't privy to. There's no way a competent lawyer would allow a conviction to happen based on heresay.

 

[Sad Dad]

Lol
Imagine the lack of game that manlet must have had. Famous, young, rich in LA...still resorted to rape

Rape is rarely about not being able to get laid, it’s sickness and power and sometimes obsession.

 

[Brother Numsi]

For a millionaire with the funds to hire a high powered attorney, there had to have been more evidence we weren't privy to. There's no way a competent lawyer would allow a conviction to happen based on heresay.

Some truth here

But that also kind of makes it even more head scratching

I’m not defending Danny by any means but this justice system just continues to baffle me

 

[deadshot138]

Some truth here

But that also kind of makes it even more head scratching

I’m not defending Danny by any means but this justice system just continues to baffle me

Maybe the jury was 12 radical feminists

 

[Madmick]

For a millionaire with the funds to hire a high powered attorney, there had to have been more evidence we weren't privy to. There's no way a competent lawyer would allow a conviction to happen based on heresay.

By that logic, Trump raped E. Jean Carroll.

 

[clutchCAT420]

Wouldn't except less from shertards defending a rapist. Shertards know more than a 12 person jury and a judge who were actually at the case.