Latest Danny Masterson News

Danny Masterson rape retrial deliberations drag on more than 6 days, will resume next week

May. 26, 2023 20:00 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors have deliberated for more than a week without reaching a verdict in the rape retrial of “That '70s Show” star Danny Masterson, and will have to return and resume talks after the long holiday weekend. The Los Angeles County jury of seven women and five...

Jury deliberates, no verdict yet in Danny Masterson rape retrial

May. 17, 2023 19:06 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in Danny Masterson’s rape retrial finished their first day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the case against the former “That ’70s Show” star. The jury of seven women and five men got the case in the morning when...

Danny Masterson’s rape retrial: Key things to know

May. 17, 2023 16:11 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in six months, a Los Angeles jury is debating whether actor Danny Masterson, former star of “That '70s Show," is guilty of raping three women on between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors chose to retry him after a deadlocked jury on all three counts led to a...

Danny Masterson used drugging, Scientology to get away with rape, prosecutor says

May. 16, 2023 19:59 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danny Masterson drugged women’s drinks so he could rape them, then relied on his prominence in the Church of Scientology to avoid consequences for years, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in closing arguments at the actor’s trial. “The defendant drugs his...

Danny Masterson lawyer challenges new details in rape story

Apr. 26, 2023 21:14 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Danny Masterson challenged his former longtime girlfriend during cross-examination Wednesday on why her trial testimony alleging the actor raped her in 2001 included several new details that were missing from the accounts she gave authorities at the beginning of...

Danny Masterson's ex says rape came years into relationship

Apr. 25, 2023 18:38 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former girlfriend of actor Danny Masterson testified Tuesday that he had grown increasingly abusive and controlling during their five-year relationship when he raped her in their bed in November of 2001. The woman, a model who had begun dating Masterson in...

Actor Danny Masterson drugged, raped women, prosecutor says

Apr. 24, 2023 20:38 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Danny Masterson drugged then raped three women at his Hollywood-area home between 2001 and 2003, a prosecutor told jurors Monday in his opening statement in the retrial of the star of “That ’70s Show.” Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller said...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18

Mar. 06, 2023 09:31 AM EST

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18: March 12: Actor Barbara Feldon (“Get Smart”) is 90. Actor-singer Liza Minnelli is 77. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 75. Singer Bill Payne of Little Feat is 74. Actor Jon Provost (TV: “Lassie”) is 73. Bassist Steve Harris of...