Prosecutors retried Masterson on all three counts earlier this year. The case went to trial last year with Masterson facing three counts of rape, but an initial jury failed to reach a verdict and the judge declared a mistrial. Most recently he had appeared on the 2016 Netflix comedy The Ranch, but was written off the show when it was revealed in March 2017 that he was under investigation by the Los Angeles police for rape. The attacks took place in Masterson’s Hollywood-area home in 2003, when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox network sitcom That 70s Show. The women whose testimony led to Masterson’s conviction said he gave them drinks and they then became woozy or passed out before he violently raped them. I wish I’d reported him sooner to the police.” She told the judge, “I knew he belonged behind bars for the safety of all the women he came into contact with. The other woman Masterson was found guilty of raping said he “has not shown an ounce of remorse for the pain he caused”. “The world is better off with you in prison.” “You are pathetic, disturbed and completely violent,” she said. “That’s what rape is, a theft of the spirit. “When you raped me, you stole from me,” said one woman whom Masterson was convicted of raping in 2003. The actor, who has been in custody since May, watched the women without visible reaction as they spoke. On Thursday, Masterson sat in a Los Angeles courtroom wearing a suit. Prosecutors argued during the trial that Masterson, a prominent scientologist, used his role in the church to avoid accountability for the attacks. The trial, in which the Church of Scientology repeatedly took center stage, marked the rare prosecution of a Hollywood figure in the #MeToo era. This story was published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission.The sentencing comes after a jury found Masterson guilty of two counts of rape in May. In an interview with local media, the father of one of the victims said: ”Justice still needs to be done because not all those who were responsible have been identified.” The uncle of one of the girls was told by guests ”don’t call the police or you will ruin the party,” according to The Sun. The girls were examined at Matera’s Madonna della Grazie hospital. It was only then that we understood what had happened.” “When we were serving the cake, the uncle of one of the British girls arrived and started talking. “When I saw them arrive, I wondered what they were doing here. Everyone knows them here, they are a bit degenerate, even though some of them come from good families,” he said. “The party was going well until at some point I saw the boys from Pisticci arrive. “We were wrong in publishing the invite on Facebook and send it to some WhatsApp groups, but we could not have imagined ,” the organiser said, according to The Sun. The party’s organiser said an invitation had been posted on Facebook, which is why many people showed up. Surveillance footage released by authorities showed the suspects heading toward the field and coming back shortly after as they tried to leave the villa. “A guy tried to record the whole scene with the phone, but I can’t tell if he managed to do it,” one of the teens reportedly added. They took off their trousers and I tried to defend myself by biting the penis of one,” she said. They hit me and, in turn, took advantage of me. The girl added: “They pushed me towards a car. “I don’t know what my friend was doing but I remember that she was also with a boy.” “I tried to go back to the party, but I remember they started kissing and touching me, pushing me towards the back,” she continued.
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