After a mistrial was declared with a hung jury last year, Danny Masterson’s second rape trial began with a more aggressive and pointed approach from the prosecution who repeatedly told the ne…
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Speaking of one of the Jane Doe’s, the deputy D.A. told the jury she was “drugged and sodomized while unconscious.” In Mueller’s opening statement, he claimed Masterson anally raped many of the women who will testify. “When she awoke in bed, she was confused, she was disoriented, she was in a lot of pain. … She asked, ‘What happened last night?’ … He laughed at her and said, ‘Oh, I had sex with you there.’ She questioned him if she was unconscious.
This trial will introduce a new woman: The fourth accuser , will testify as a “prior bad acts witness,” in order to establish a pattern of Masterson’s behavior, though her accusations are not tied to any charges and the jury will not deliberate on her testimony. Cohen’s opening statement largely aimed to highlight inconsistencies in the women’s stories, telling the jury that they will hear differing details regarding the women’s memories of the alleged events. He also said that three Jane Doe’s all spoke with each other before going to the LAPD, suggesting that they joined forces to create a larger case against Masterson.
The Church of Scientology was a significant theme during Monday’s opening statements with prosecutors telling jurors about the role they allege that Scientology played in the women’s reluctancy to report their alleged rapes. According to the prosecution, the Church of Scientology forbids women from going to the police to report sexual assault, and if they do, they could be declared a “suppressive person” by the Church and “lose essentially your whole life,” which has “devastating” consequences.
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