{"id":2025387,"date":"2023-09-08T01:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-danny-masterson-gets-30-years-to-life-in-prison-for-rapes-of-2-women\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T01:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:51:43","slug":"actor-danny-masterson-gets-30-years-to-life-in-prison-for-rapes-of-2-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-danny-masterson-gets-30-years-to-life-in-prison-for-rapes-of-2-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for raping 2 women."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factor-danny-masterson-gets-30-years-to-life-in-prison-for-rapes-of-2-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Actor Danny \u200dMasterson Sentenced \u200dto 30 Years \u2063to Life in Prison for Rape<\/h2>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014In a landmark ruling, Los Angeles Superior Court \u2064Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo sentenced &#8220;That &#8217;70s Show&#8221; star Danny Masterson to 30 years\u2062 to life in prison on Thursday for \u2064the rape\u200d of\u2063 two women. The courtroom was filled\u2063 with tension as \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-danny-masterson-gets-30-years-to-life-in-prison-for-rapes-of-2-women\/\" title=\"Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for raping 2 women.\">judge heard \u200cemotional statements<\/a>\u200c from the\u200b victims and pleas for \u200bfairness from the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Masterson, \u200cwho has\u200b been in custody\u2062 since May, appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-derek-chauvin-trial-coverage-to-ninth-day\/\" title=\"The Derek Chauvin Trial \u2013 Coverage to Ninth Day\">court wearing<\/a> a suit. Despite maintaining his innocence, he listened\u2064 intently\u200b as the women \u200cbravely\u2063 shared\u2064 their stories. His attorneys have announced plans to\u200d appeal the\u2062 verdict.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/couple-convicted-of-murdering-man-after-one-night-stand-rape-allegation-5479174\">Couple Convicted of Murdering man After One-Night Stand Rape \u200cAllegation<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-murdering-elderly-garden-grove-woman-in-attempted-rape-5460749\">Man \u2064Gets \u2063Life in Prison for Murdering Elderly Garden\u200b Grove Woman in Attempted\u200b Rape<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/12\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the victims, who \u2062Masterson was found guilty of raping, expressed her disappointment in\u2062 his lack of remorse. She told the judge, &#8220;I knew he belonged behind bars for \u200bthe safety of all the \u200bwomen he came into contact with. I am so sorry, and I&#8217;m so \u200cupset. I wish I&#8217;d reported him sooner to the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After an initial mistrial, prosecutors \u2063retried Masterson on all\u200c three counts of rape \u200cearlier \u200bthis year. The jury found him guilty on\u2063 two counts, while \u2064the third count resulted in a hung jury.<\/p>\n<p>Before the sentencing, Masterson \u2064waived \u2063his right to speak. He showed no visible reaction to the judge&#8217;s decision, nor did his family members \u200bwho were present in the courtroom. However, his wife, actor Bijou Phillips, was \u2064visibly tearful \u200bduring the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents occurred in 2003 at Masterson&#8217;s Hollywood-area home\u200d when he was at the \u2063height of\u200c his fame on &#8220;That &#8217;70s \u200cShow.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-who-murdered-mollie-tibbetts-sentenced-to-life\/\" title=\"Illegal immigrant who murdered Mollie Tibbetts sentenced to life\">judge handed<\/a> down the maximum sentence allowed by \u200claw, meaning Masterson will be eligible for parole after serving 25.5 years but \u200bcould potentially remain in \u2062prison \u2064for life.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing Masterson directly, Judge Olmedo \u2064stated, &#8220;I know that you&#8217;re sitting here\u2063 steadfast in your claims of innocence, and \u2064thus no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-70s-show-actor-danny-masterson-sentenced-to-30-years-to-life-on-two-counts-of-rape\/\" title=\"Danny Masterson, star of 'That 70s Show,' gets 30 years to life for rape.\">doubt feeling victimized<\/a> by a justice system that has failed you. But Mr.\u2063 Masterson, you\u200b are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person&#8217;s voice and choice. One way or another, \u2062you will\u200d have to come to terms with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-jews-are-under-terrorist-rocket-fire-the-media-rush-to-apply-their-anti-semitic-moral-equivalency\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Media Caught Peddling Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories Amid Israel Being Rocketed By Muslim Terror Groups\">prior actions<\/a> and their consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The defense requested\u200c concurrent sentences for the two convictions\u200c and asked for a sentence of 15 years to life. However, the prosecution argued for the full 30 years to life sentence that Masterson was eligible for.<\/p>\n<p>Masterson&#8217;s lawyer, Shawn Holley, emphasized the\u2064 impact of \u200bthe \u200csentencing on his life and\u2062 the \u200blife of\u200c his 9-year-old daughter. \u2064Following the hearing, Holley released a \u2063statement asserting Masterson&#8217;s innocence and expressing \u200dconfidence \u200din the appeal process.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors alleged that \u2062Masterson \u200bused his influence in the Church\u200c of Scientology, where all three women were also members, to \u2064evade consequences for\u200d years. The victims blamed\u2063 the\u200b church for their reluctance to report the crimes to the police.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200c the sentencing hearing, one of \u2064the victims, who was\u2062 also born into the\u200d church, revealed the devastating aftermath of her decision to go to the\u200b authorities in 2004. She said, &#8220;I lost everything. I lost my religion. I lost my ability to contact anyone I&#8217;d known or loved my entire life.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sentenced to 30 years to life in prison, was convicted of raping two women. Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo delivered the sentence after considering the victims&#8217; statements and defense attorneys&#8217; pleas for fairness. Danny Masterson, known for his role in &#8220;That &#8217;70s Show,&#8221; now faces a lengthy prison term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2025388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}