Mar. 16, 2025
Warning: This story contains graphic details of alleged rape.
A verdict has been reached in the rape retrial involvingDanny Masterson.
A jury at Los Angeles Superior Court determined that Masterson, 47, is guilty of two counts of rape, per theLos Angeles Times.
After jurors deliberated for more than seven days, a third count of rape resulted in a hung jury with 8-4 jurors voting in favor of conviction, according toVariety.
Mar. 16, 2025
Danny Masterson, who was convicted in May of raping two women, has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for his crimes, PEOPLE confirms.
Before Masterson was sentenced, the two women he was convicted of raping gave victim impact statements.
“When you raped me, you stole from me,” said Masterson’s 2003 victim,the Associated Press reported. “That’s what rape is, a theft of the spirit.”
“You are pathetic, disturbed and completely violent,” she said.
Mar. 16, 2025
AfterDanny Masterson’s alleged victims testified in court this week, a Los Angeles judge ruled that theThat ’70s Showactor must stand trial on three counts of rape.
Masterson’s lawyer did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
All three of his accuserstestified before the judgethis week, detailing disturbing allegations against Masterson, 45.
On Tuesday, the first accuser said that 18 years ago, she was drugged at Masterson’s house and woke up to the actor raping her, according to the AP.
Mar. 16, 2025
Warning: This story contains graphic details of alleged rape.
Danny Masterson’ssexual assault trialconcluded with closing arguments on Tuesday.
Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller called theThat ’70s Showalum, 46, “a man who was controlling and a man for whom no never meant no” in the prosecution’s closing statement.
Mueller continued to detail the actor’s alleged behavior, saying, “If you were incapacitated in his bed, he would rape you. If you were at his home and you were not yet intoxicated, he would offer you the alcohol to get you there and he would forcibly rape you.
Mar. 16, 2025
Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips.Photo:Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic, Jesse Grant/Getty
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic, Jesse Grant/Getty
Danny Mastersonhas given his estranged wife full custody of the couple’s daughter.
When she filed for divorce from Masterson in September, Phillips requested legal and physical custody of their daughter, asking that she receive spousal support and to “terminate the court’s ability to grant support” to Masterson.
Her request for divorce came after Masterson was sentenced to30 years to life in prisonin his rape retrial in September.