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Actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape
www.cbc.ca ^ | Sep 07, 2023 | The Associated Press

Posted on 09/07/2023 2:19:40 PM PDT by Jonty30

A judge sentenced That '70s Show star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday for the rapes of two women two decades ago.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo handed down the sentence to Masterson, 47, after hearing statements from the women about the trauma they experienced and the suffering caused by the disturbing memories in the years since.

The actor, who has been in custody since May, sat in court wearing a suit. He watched the women without visible reaction as they spoke.

"When you raped me, you stole from me," said one woman who Masterson was convicted of raping in 2003. "That's what rape is, a theft of the spirit.

"You are pathetic, disturbed and completely violent," she said. "The world is better off with you in prison."

The other woman Masterson was found guilty of raping said he "has not shown an ounce of remorse for the pain he caused." She told the judge, "I knew he belonged behind bars for the safety of all the women he came into contact with. I am so sorry, and I'm so upset. I wish I'd reported him sooner to the police."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dannymasterson; hollywood; hyde; masterson; rape; scientology; stevenhyde; that70sshow
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To: NWFree
I’m sure your bleeding heart criminal saviors will come to the creep’s rescue and get him out of jail to rape again

I admire your certainty. I haven't been so smugly sure of myself since I was a teenager.

I would at least have to look at evidence before I decided a man needed to spend decades in prison.

101 posted on 09/07/2023 4:19:34 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

But you haven’t and never will see what the jury who convicted the little slime ball did so take your sympathy to some who who cares about convicted rapists


102 posted on 09/07/2023 4:21:35 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree
The jury said otherwise you don’t know anything

The second jury which was given false testimony that "he drugged them."

In the original trial where the women simply said "we felt woozy" after having drinks, the jury was hung and did not convict him.

So one Jury is hung resulting in a mistrial, and the second one convicts. Which is right?

103 posted on 09/07/2023 4:22:14 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: NWFree
But you haven’t and never will see what the jury who convicted the little slime ball did so take your sympathy to some who who cares about convicted rapists

You seem to have more than a casual interest in this particular topic.

104 posted on 09/07/2023 4:23:38 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

I didn’t post this crap and take up for a rapist

You did


105 posted on 09/07/2023 4:24:20 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: DiogenesLamp

He’s a convicted rapist

Deal with it


106 posted on 09/07/2023 4:25:13 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Salty Longshanks
Neither have I. It makes one wonder if perhaps he was a “closeted conservative” in LA. They’re the only ones that receive this kind of treatment.

I was wondering the same thing at first, but someone upthread indicated he was a typical liberal.

107 posted on 09/07/2023 4:26:29 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

“ The second jury which was given false testimony that “he drugged them.””

You say it’s false what did the court say?

Are you Danny’s mother?


108 posted on 09/07/2023 4:28:03 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree
I didn’t post this crap and take up for a rapist

Is there some reason you feel the need to act like an @$$?

I didn't take up for a "rapist". I questioned the accusations against a man thrown into our garbage court system on the basis of 20 year old accusations.

This is what used to be known as concern for justice in the America of bygone days.

With *YOUR* attitude, you would take the side of Christine Blassey Ford in her bullsh*t accusations against Brent Kavanaugh some 30 years ago.

We've already seen these types of lies in other examples, among them the fake accusations against Judge Roy Moore in Alabama, the fake accusations against Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and also the fake accusations against President Trump by that stupid kook bitch in New York.

We are long past the point where we should just accept what women accuse people of without proof.

I don't want to live under *YOUR* ideas of justice.

109 posted on 09/07/2023 4:32:49 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: NWFree
He’s a convicted rapist

Deal with it

People think you and our garbage court system are @$$es.

Deal with it.

110 posted on 09/07/2023 4:33:46 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: NWFree
You say it’s false what did the court say?

Why don't you find out and get back to us? We are all eagerly anticipating your opinion on this topic.

111 posted on 09/07/2023 4:34:53 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

They did not.
Supposedly, the Church of Scientology told them not to report it.
His first trial had a hung jury.


112 posted on 09/07/2023 4:48:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: PGR88
Thanks for your concern cupcake.LOL!
113 posted on 09/07/2023 4:50:47 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: DiogenesLamp

Scientologists are not conservatives.


114 posted on 09/07/2023 4:52:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: smokingfrog
They did not. Supposedly, the Church of Scientology told them not to report it.

If they didn't feel strongly enough about it to report it to the police, that's on them, and it should have been the end of it.

His first trial had a hung jury.

Yup. I read earlier that in the first trial the women said they felt "woozy" after drinking with him. In the second trial they said "He *DRUGGED* us."

The judge shouldn't have allowed that without proof.

115 posted on 09/07/2023 4:57:33 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: dfwgator
Scientologists are not conservatives.

I don't have any love for Scientologists. So far as i'm concerned they are a cult.

But I want justice served, even for people I don't like.

116 posted on 09/07/2023 4:58:31 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
L. Ron Hubbell

Hubbard.

L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbell is Chelsea Clinton's father ...

117 posted on 09/07/2023 5:00:05 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain
Hubbard.

L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbell is Chelsea Clinton's father ...

You are right. I apparently got my creeps mixed up.

118 posted on 09/07/2023 5:20:09 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
Stop being an ignoramus trying to compare a convicted Hollyweird rapist to a Supreme Court judge

You sound like a sicko

119 posted on 09/07/2023 5:27:30 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: JBW1949

What is wrong with you? He is a soulless ginger. About as far from black as you can get.


120 posted on 09/07/2023 5:37:09 PM PDT by AlanSC (Bleach Demon)
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