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John Shearer/Getty ImagesDanny Masterson appealed his rape conviction after being sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
Masterson’s attorney, Cliff Gardnershared a An introductory brief overview of 246 pages on Wednesday, December 18, claiming that there were several errors that “violated” the actor’s “confrontation and due process rights.”
Gardner also issued a statement citing “two fundamental errors in Danny Masterson’s conviction.”
The first flaw was that “the trial was rife with erroneous judicial decisions that distorted the jury’s view of the evidence against him.” And in the second, the attorney argued that “there was an overwhelming amount of exculpatory evidence that was never presented to the jury.”
Danny Masterson made headlines in 2017 when he was first accused of sexual assault. After being accused of allegedly raping three women in June 2020, he pleaded not guilty. Four women claimed in March 2017 that Masterson sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, claiming that (…)
Gardner stated that “the appeal represents only one part of Danny’s questioning of his convictions. Danny’s habeas attorney follows up the opening briefing with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus documenting other flaws in the trial process. Stay tuned as we work towards Danny’s full exoneration.”
In March 2017, four women claimed this Masterson, 48, sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, claiming that while she was dating the actor, he “repeatedly raped her.”
Masterson maintained his innocence and in January 2021 pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape. His first trial began in the fall of 2022, which ended in a mistrial. Masterson returned to court in the spring of 2023 when he was convicted of two counts of rape. It was handed over in September 2023 30-year prison sentence. He appealed two months later; it was rejected in January.
Before his conviction, Masterson was best known for his role as Steven Hyde in the film That show from the 70s from 1998 to 2006, as well as his role on Netflix Ranch as Jameson “Rooster” Bennett from 2016 to 2018.
Bijou Phillips is looking forward to the future after breaking with Scientology as her estranged husband Danny Masterson serves a 30-year prison sentence. “She quietly left (religion),” a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t talk to his friends and family all the time in (…)
masterson’s wife Bijou Phillips, filed for divorce in September 2023 after 12 years of marriage. next month Our confirmed that Masterson had agreed to give Phillips, 44, full legal and physical custody of their daughter Fianna, 10.
In December 2023, Masterson was admitted to the prison system and began his sentence at North Kern State Prison in Delano, California. He was later transferred to the California Male Colonyminimum security prison in San Luis Obispo. Masterson will not be eligible for parole until July 2042, when he would be 66 years old.
