Nearly three years after Danny Masterson was first arrested on three counts of forcible rape — and six months since the first trial ended in a mistrial — the That ’70s Show star was convicted on two of the three charges Wednesday, according to Variety. The jury first started deliberations …
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Danny Masterson‘s rape retrial began on Monday with opening statements. Prosecutors once again told jurors in court in Los Angeles during their opening statements that the That ’70s Show star forcibly raped three women nearly 20 years ago. Masterson, who has denied the claims and pleaded not guilty, faces 45 …
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Alex Gibney, perhaps the world’s most prolific documentary filmmaker at the moment, has an obsession with power — and hubris. He’s taken on everyone from corrupt corporate execs (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and the Church of Scientology (Going Clear) to Theranos grifter Elizabeth Holmes (The Inventor) and …
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“I’m literally shaking right now as I’m talking to you,” Valerie Haney says, speaking by phone from Florida. Her 22 years in Scientology’s hardcore elite unit, the Sea Organization, has left her with what her therapist has diagnosed as PTSD, she explains. And a court ruling on March 15 had …
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Speaking to Rolling Stone ahead of his third Oscar-hosting stint, Jimmy Kimmel relayed that him and his late-night writing team had been putting in hours and hours of prep work for cinema’s biggest night. Well, it finally came. And Kimmel didn’t disappoint. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! funnyman kicked off his …
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In 2018, Cheers and Look Who’s Talking actress Kirstie Alley showed up in a Church of Scientology publication called Freewinds. The magazine is named after Scientology’s private cruise ship, which sails the Caribbean and caters to wealthy church members who know it’s the only place where they can receive the …
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Two years after Danny Masterson was charged with three counts of forcible rape, and about 20 years after the incidents would’ve occurred, the That ’70s Show star’s case was declared a mistrial on Wednesday, Nov. 30. A jury of six women and six men, who began deliberations at Clara Shortridge …
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Following the news that Danny Masterson‘s rape trial ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury, Leah Remini took to Twitter to slam the Church of Scientology, claiming its practices and policies have stifled the civil process for women to come forward and attempt to get justice. In the lengthy …
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After nearly three days in deliberation, the jury on Danny Masterson‘s rape trial in Los Angeles has not yet reached a verdict, and the jurors have been ordered to return to continue deliberating the week after Thanksgiving. Lawyers gave their closing statements earlier this week, and the jury started deliberations …
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After a month of intense, often emotional testimony from witnesses, prosecutors and Danny Masterson’s defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments at court in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, once again detailing the alleged incidents tied to the three forcible rape charges Masterson faces. The prosecution implored jurors to hold Masterson …
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