Actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in jail after being convicted of raping two ladies twenty years in the past. Los Angeles superior court docket decide Charlaine F. Olmedo handed down the sentence to Masterson, 47, after listening to statements from the ladies in regards to the trauma and struggling they skilled, The Guardian reported.
Masterson was discovered responsible of two counts of rape in Might. The Church of Scientology was talked about prominently within the trial, which was a uncommon prosecution of a Hollywood determine within the #MeToo period. Reportedly, Masterson used his function within the Church to keep away from accountability for the fees.
Masterson starred in That 70s Present alongside Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher. One of many ladies who accused him of rape mentioned, “While you raped me, you stole from me.” “That’s what rape is, a theft of the spirit.” “The world is healthier off with you in jail,” she mentioned.
Reportedly, Masterson gave them drinks to make them woozy earlier than raping them violently. The assaults passed off in his Hollywood space residence in 2003. Masterson, in 2016 appeared in one other comedy The Ranch, however was written off the present in 2017 when it got here to mild that he was underneath investigation by the Los Angeles police for rape.
Masterson’s lawyer Shawn Holley mentioned that the previous’s life along with his daughter shall be impacted by the sentence.
