With a jury finally selected and seated, Danny Masterson’s trial on multiple rape charges began today with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office putting the Church of Scientology front and center
From the beginning, Assistant D.A. Reinhold Mueller proclaimed the trial as “three different sexual assault cases, in fact three different case of forcible rape.” With mere minutes to go before the noon lunch break and after the prosecution had completed its opening statement, defense lawyer Phillip Cohen gave an indication of the hard tone this trial could take on.
Starting with a description of the alleged September 2002 rape by Masterson of an intoxicated “Jen B” in his Hollywood Hills home, Mueller noted the complexity of the case and the external forces at play.
In the corresponding sequence of events, Masterson announced he was taking an increasingly nauseous “Jen B” upstairs to help her vomit. Soon afterwards, according to the Assistant D.A., Masterson moved the in and out of consciousness “Jen B” into the shower and, even as she tried to fight him off, carried her into the next door master bedroom.
“If you are going to tell me this is rape, it is not rape, “Jen B”s immediate Scientology supervisor Julian Schwartz told her when she went to him with the matter, according to Mueller. “In fact, you are not even allowed to say the word rape. You are not allowed to go to police or anyone.” In a tie and non-matching blazer and pants, Masterson watched in the near silent courtroom as Mueller then detailed his relationship with “Christina B,” their dating, and the increasingly violent sex he supposedly forced on her.
Taking pains to educate the jury on the “difficulties” rape victims can have “processing” what has happened to them, Mueller noted they will learn of the fear the victims had of the Church of Scientology. on three counts of forcible rape that allegedly occurred in 2001 and 2003 at his Hollywood Hills home. Out on $3.3 million bail, the Tom Mesereau-defended actor is looking at a possible maximum sentence of 45 years to life in state prison if found guilty.
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