![]() Inside the wholesome life of Bianca Censori before she met 'kooky Kanye' as her glamorous mum is seen for first time since her 'wedding' to West Jane McDonald 'is top choice to replace Phillip Schofield on Dancing On Ice' after impressing bosses at British Soap Awards Rebel Wilson partakes in a TWERKING contest during drag show as she celebrates Pride Month with pals in West Hollywood Yesterday's verdict found Masterson guilty on all but one of those charges, and deadlocked on the third. In June 2020, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office officially charged Masterson with three counts of rape. In total, four women came forward alleging that Masterson had raped them in the early aughts - in the years immediately preceding the beginning of his relationship with Bijou. In December 2017, Netflix announced that the streaming giant had fired Masterson from The Ranch, a sitcom starring his former That 70s Show castmate Ashton Kutcher.Ī month later, United Talent Agency also cut ties with Masterson. ![]() The allegations gained even more traction in the public sphere amid the uproar at the outset of #MeToo by fall of 2017. However, when other Scientologists gave accounts that seemed to contradict her narrative, the case was closed.įast-forward to March 2017, when Scientology watchdog The Underground Bunker reported that the LAPD had reopened their investigation, prompted by a second woman filing a report that Masterson had raped her in 2001. The actor's legal woes date back to 2003, when a woman - also a Scientologist - filed a police report alleging that Masterson had raped her the year prior. Masterson was raised in a Scientologist family, and ultimately persuaded Bijou to also join the controversial church, which has long been likened to a cult. The That 70s Show star proposed to Bijou in 2009, and the pair tied the knot during an intimate ceremony at an Irish castle in 2011. ![]() The couple's relationship dates back to 2004, when the pair met at a poker tournament in Las Vegas. Phillips, an actress and former socialite whose Manhattan antics with the Hilton sisters made for tabloid gold, was inconsolable as her husband was led away in handcuffs - and was ordered by the judge to 'maintain her composure' or leave the courtroom. Masterson's attorney, Philip Cohen, argued that his client should be allowed to remain on bail, wearing an electronic monitor and being kept on 24-hour house arrest.īut the judge rejected his plea, saying that Masterson's offenses were 'serious and violent felonies' and called him a 'potential flight risk.'īijou and Masterson are both Scientologists, and their faith featured heavily in the trial - with all three accusers testifying that the reason they took so long to report the actor to the police is out of fear of retribution from the Church of Scientology. On the third charge of raping Jane Doe Three, the jury was 'hopelessly deadlocked' at eight in favor of guilty and four in favor of not guilty. Jurors found him guilty of raping victims Jane Doe One and Jane Doe Two. The verdicts on Wednesday came on the eighth day of jury deliberations. She can't even make sense of it.'ĭ has contacted representatives for Masterson and Bijou for comment. 'It is to Bijou something that is catastrophic to her current way of life. 'Her life has completely changed knowing that her husband and the father of their daughter Fianna may be in jail for the rest of his life,' they said. Masterson now faces up to 30 years in jail when he is sentenced and the friend of the couple noted that Bijou 'can't make sense of' what her life - and that of their eight-year-old daughter, Fianna - will look like if he is locked away behind bars for all those years. 'She was convinced he was telling the truth and that the jury would agree.' 'She's had Danny's back through this whole process and never thought this would be the result,' the source continued. Masterson looked stunned as jurors delivered their unanimous verdicts on two of the three charges, before he was handcuffed and taken to the cells, having been denied bail by the judge.Īccording to the insider, his wife was equally horrified by the jury's decision, having 'convinced' herself that they would find her husband innocent.
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