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      <title>‘That 70’s Show’ actor Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rapes</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women about 20 years ago in a case that stirred controversy around the Church of Scientology.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 47-year-old actor and prominent Scientologist, who starred in the retro TV comedy for eight seasons until 2006, was convicted in June in a second trial. A jury deadlocked on a charge that he raped a third woman.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judge Charlaine Olemdo announced the sentence in Los Angeles Superior Court.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The case drew attention in part because Masterson met the women through the Church of Scientology, and his accusers said the organization discouraged them from contacting law enforcement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Church of Scientology denied that claim and said Masterson’s religion should not have been an issue in the case.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The women said Masterson drugged and raped them in separate incidents between 2001 and 2003 at his house in the Hollywood Hills.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Allegations against Masterson hurt his career. When he was first accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in 2017, he was fired from the Netflix series “The Ranch.”&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women about 20 years ago in a case that stirred controversy around the Church of Scientology.</strong></p>
<p>The 47-year-old actor and prominent Scientologist, who starred in the retro TV comedy for eight seasons until 2006, was convicted in June in a second trial. A jury deadlocked on a charge that he raped a third woman.</p>
<p>Judge Charlaine Olemdo announced the sentence in Los Angeles Superior Court.</p>
<p>The case drew attention in part because Masterson met the women through the Church of Scientology, and his accusers said the organization discouraged them from contacting law enforcement.</p>
<p>The Church of Scientology denied that claim and said Masterson’s religion should not have been an issue in the case.</p>
<p>The women said Masterson drugged and raped them in separate incidents between 2001 and 2003 at his house in the Hollywood Hills.</p>
<p>Allegations against Masterson hurt his career. When he was first accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in 2017, he was fired from the Netflix series “The Ranch.”</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:25:30 +0500</pubDate>
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        <media:title>Actor Danny Masterson arrives at Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Gangster Squad” premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, January 7, 2013. Reuters
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