Global Courant
STORY: Actor Danny Masterson, best known for his role on “That 70s Show,” was convicted by a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday of raping two women between 2001 and 2003.
Three women, all former members of the Church of Scientology, have accused the actor of sexual assault at his Hollywood home.
Allegations that came to light in 2017 during the height of the #MeToo movement.
A jury was stuck on another charge that Masterson raped a third woman during the same period.
The 47-year-old actor pleaded not guilty to the rape allegations.
Attorney Philip Cohen had urged jurors to acquit his client.
According to City News Service, a regional news outlet covering Southern California, Cohen questioned the credibility of the women, saying their stories had been modified over the years.
The rape allegations drew attention in part because Masterson had met the women through the Church of Scientology, which prosecutors say prevented them from filing a police report.
The Church of Scientology has rejected that claim.
In a statement quoted by City News Service, the church said it “has no policy that prohibits or discourages members from reporting criminal conduct by anyone, Scientologists or not, to the police.”
