.png)
1 year ago
29
A justice declared a mistrial Wednesday aft jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked astatine the proceedings of “That ’70s Show” histrion Danny Masterson, who was charged with 3 rapes.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo had ordered the jurors to instrumentality Thanksgiving week disconnected and support deliberating aft they told her connected Nov. 18 that they could not travel to a statement astir the rape allegations aft a monthlong proceedings successful which the Church of Scientology played a supporting role.Masterson, 46, was charged with the rape of 3 women, including a erstwhile girlfriend, successful his Hollywood Hills location betwixt 2001 and 2003. He pleaded not blameworthy and his lawyer said the acts were each consensual. All 3 women were members of the religion astatine the time, and Masterson remains one.“I find the jurors hopelessly deadlocked,” Judge Charlaine Olmedo declared aft inquiring whether determination was thing the tribunal could bash to determination them person to reaching a unanimous decision.Jurors said they had voted 7 times Tuesday and Wednesday without being capable to scope statement connected immoderate of the 3 counts.The assemblage foreman said lone 2 jurors voted for condemnation connected the archetypal count, 4 voted for condemnation connected the 2nd number and 5 voted to convict connected the 3rd count.Jurors were forced to commencement deliberations from scratch connected Monday erstwhile 2 had to beryllium dismissed due to the fact that they came down with COVID-19. They deliberated for 2 days but inactive could not scope verdicts.The effect was a superior setback for prosecutors, and for the 3 women who said they were seeking long-overdue justice.The proceedings took spot amid a flurry of cases connected some coasts with #MeToo connotations, including the Los Angeles proceedings of Harvey Weinstein conscionable down the hallway from Masterson’s. In New York, Kevin Spacey won a intersexual misconduct behaviour suit brought by histrion Anthony Rapp successful New York, and a assemblage ordered manager and screenwriter Paul Haggis to wage $10 cardinal successful a civilian lawsuit there.
LOS ANGELES —
A justice declared a mistrial Wednesday aft jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked astatine the proceedings of “That ’70s Show” histrion Danny Masterson, who was charged with 3 rapes.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo had ordered the jurors to instrumentality Thanksgiving week disconnected and support deliberating aft they told her connected Nov. 18 that they could not travel to a statement astir the rape allegations aft a monthlong proceedings successful which the Church of Scientology played a supporting role.
Masterson, 46, was charged with the rape of 3 women, including a erstwhile girlfriend, successful his Hollywood Hills location betwixt 2001 and 2003. He pleaded not blameworthy and his lawyer said the acts were each consensual. All 3 women were members of the religion astatine the time, and Masterson remains one.
“I find the jurors hopelessly deadlocked,” Judge Charlaine Olmedo declared aft inquiring whether determination was thing the tribunal could bash to determination them person to reaching a unanimous decision.
Jurors said they had voted 7 times Tuesday and Wednesday without being capable to scope statement connected immoderate of the 3 counts.
The assemblage foreman said lone 2 jurors voted for condemnation connected the archetypal count, 4 voted for condemnation connected the 2nd number and 5 voted to convict connected the 3rd count.
Jurors were forced to commencement deliberations from scratch connected Monday erstwhile 2 had to beryllium dismissed due to the fact that they came down with COVID-19. They deliberated for 2 days but inactive could not scope verdicts.
The effect was a superior setback for prosecutors, and for the 3 women who said they were seeking long-overdue justice.
The proceedings took spot amid a flurry of cases connected some coasts with #MeToo connotations, including the Los Angeles proceedings of Harvey Weinstein conscionable down the hallway from Masterson’s. In New York, Kevin Spacey won a intersexual misconduct behaviour suit brought by histrion Anthony Rapp successful New York, and a assemblage ordered manager and screenwriter Paul Haggis to wage $10 cardinal successful a civilian lawsuit there.
English (US)