A fourth alleged rape victim of Danny Masterson will be permitted to testify in the That ‘70s Show actor’s Los Angeles trial.
20.10.2022 - 21:03 / deadline.com
The cross-examination of Jane Doe #1 in the Danny Masterson rape trial continued Thursday and at times turned into a battle of wills between the witness and the defense, with the judge having to step in on a number of occasions.
With a degree of parrying between Jane Doe #1/Jen B and lead defense lawyer Phillip Cohen from the start of this morning’s proceedings in Los Angeles Superior Court, the attorney wasted little time seeking to shred the witness’ reconsideration of whether or not an alleged September 2002 sexual encounter with the That ’70s Show actor was consensual. It was a theme Cohen came back to again and again this morning.
Repeating his own questions when Jen B failed to give him the response he sought, a pacing Cohen also attempted to paint Jen B from the jump as looking to squeeze Masterson for cash in the pending civil lawsuit against him and the Church of Scientology.
Going through a list of damages in the 2019-filed case against the church over alleged surveillance and intimidation, Cohen elicited a “yes” over and over from the witness. However, with gentle guidance from Judge Charlene Olmedo on his approach, Cohen didn’t get every “yes” he wanted.
“I don’t know as I sit here,” Jen B responded when Cohen asked if she and her fellow civil plaintiffs, all ex-Scientologists, were seeking the possible big bucks of treble damages under California law.
First arrested in 2020 and free on just over a $3 million bail price tag, Masterson is looking at a possible maximum sentence of 45 years to life in California state prison if found guilty. The actor, who subsequently was fired from Netflix’s comedy The Ranch at the end of 2017 as claims became known, always has denied he had nonconsensual sex.
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A fourth alleged rape victim of Danny Masterson will be permitted to testify in the That ‘70s Show actor’s Los Angeles trial.
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UPDATED with afternoon session: A Los Angeles police officer testified Thursday during Danny Masterson’s rape trial that while didn’t remember the specifics of an initial meeting with Jane Doe #1 in 2004 at the LAPD Hollywood station, he did take her claims about being attacked by Masterson in his Hollywood Hills home in April 2003 “to be a sexual assault.”
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