Yeah, and the letter they wrote defending him was a pathetic deflection. They pretty much admitted that he was a rapist but shouldn't get a harsh punishment because he's their friend. I lost respect for the parents of That 70s Show as well for defending Masterson too.
Show me exactly, EXACTLY what credible evidence they had after 22 years of waiting to come forward other then "He said, she said"?? In 2024, you're Guilty until YOU prove your Innocence, NOT the other way around.. Sort of like how all of WINC right off the bat thought Vince McMahon was Guilty over some chick who took hush $$$$ payments in the form of $3 Million dollars and she knew what she was doing and could've blown the whistle on him a long time ago but chose not to, thus, making her not exactly squeaky clean in this either.. Jesus, you'd be terrible on a Jury with that kind of mentality.. "GUILTY YOUR HONOR!!! I GO BY MY FEELINGS NOT EVIDENCE" HANG HIM!!
They were able to prove that Scientologists tried to shut the victims up.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo had ruled on March 28 that she was giving the prosecution more leeway to bring in evidence of Scientology’s practices and policies, which she more narrowly limited in the first trial.
She based that ruling on two concepts: It had become obvious after the first trial that the jury could use more information about Scientology to understand why the three alleged victims — who were Scientologists at the time of the attacks, between 2001 and 2003 — had felt restrained by the church’s policies, and two of them didn’t report to law enforcement for nearly two decades. And second, that discussing Scientology’s rules about keeping things from police would not violate Masterson’s religious rights as a lifelong Scientologist.