Danny Masterson Rape Trial Sees Defense Clash With Jane Doe #3 Over Inconsistencies In Testimony
27.10.2022 - 23:05
/ deadline.com
Determined to expunge almost any mention of Scientology from Danny Masterson’s rape trial, defense attorney Phillip Cohen told the jury from the beginning that consistency would be core of his client’s case. That vow was very much on display Thursday as the lawyer sought to spotlight the supposed inconsistencies in the testimony of Jane Doe #3.
Still, Cohen didn’t appear to be able to shake the witness’ conviction of what occurred with then-boyfriend Masterson in an alleged sexual assault at his Hollywood Hills home in December 2001. “If someone has sex with you when you are unconscious, that is rape, sir!” Jane Doe #3/CB said this morning, sweeping aside a discussion of whether she had too much to drink and frequently blacked out that particular night.
“I was hoping he would fix what he did, and he did not,” the witness added of the couple’s eventual February 2002 break-up.
Picking up where the downtown Los Angeles trial left off Tuesday, Cohen methodically went through the timeline of the alleged assault laid out previously by Jane Doe #3. To that end, the lawyer elicited a “I don’t remember” over and over from the witness, who was in a relationship with Masterson from 1997 to late 2001.
“I don’t know,” Jane Doe #3 answered when asked by Cohen if she ever told the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office or the LAPD if Masterson “ever peed” on her, as she testified earlier this week.
“It is your position you did not intentionally hide information …correct?” inquired Cohen, running down a list of law enforcement and prosecution officials the witness had communicated with over the years, as well as a Texas rape hotline.
“I just remember answering their questions honestly,” Jane Doe #3 replied in a halting