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John Shearer/Getty ImagesDanny Masterson has appealed against his rape conviction after being sentenced to 30 years in prison.
masterson attorney, Cliff Gardnerdivided and 246 page opening brief on Wednesday, December 18, claiming that a number of errors were made that “violated” the actor’s “rights to confrontation and a fair trial.”
Gardner also issued a statement claiming there were “two fundamental flaws in Danny Masterson’s convictions.”
In the first defect, he claimed, “the trial was rife with erroneous judicial rulings that skewed the jury’s view of the evidence against him.” And in the second, the lawyer claimed that “there was a staggering 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. He has since pleaded not guilty after being accused in June 2020 of allegedly raping three women. Four women claimed in March 2017 that Masterson had sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, claiming (…)
Gardner said that “the appeal represents only one part of Danny’s challenge to his convictions. Danny’s habeas lawyer will follow up on the opening brief with a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus documenting additional flaws in the trial process. Stay tuned as we work towards Danny’s full recovery.”
Four women in March 2017 claimed that Masterson, 48, sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, claiming that he had “raped her repeatedly” when she was dating the actor.
Masterson maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty in January 2021 to three counts of rape. His first trial began in autumn 2022, which ended in a mistrial. Masterson went back on trial in the spring of 2023 when he was found guilty of two counts of rape. In September 2023, it was transferred a sentence of 30 years imprisonment. He filed an appeal two months later; it was denied in January.
Before the conviction, Masterson was best known for his role as Steven Hyde in That ’70s Show from 1998 to 2006 as well as his role on Netflix’s The Ranch as Jameson “Rooster” Bennett from 2016 to 2018.
Bijou Phillips is looking forward to the future after parting ways with Scientology as her estranged husband Danny Masterson serves his 30-year prison sentence. “He quietly left (the religion),” a source reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t talk to her friends and family who are still (…)
Masterson’s wife, Bijou Phillips, file for divorce in September 2023 after 12 years of marriage. The following month, Us 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. It was later transferred to California’s Men’s Colonyminimum security prison in San Luis Obispo. Masterson will not be eligible for parole until July 2042, when he would be 66 years old.
