Jury selection has started in the rape trial of “That ‘70s Show” star Danny Masterson, who’Three women were raped at his Hollywood home in 2001 and 2003.
Before the trial began, the actor was seen entering a Los Angeles courthouse via a sidedoor.
Masterson’s ex-girlfriend Chrissie Bixler is one of the alleged victims expected to testify.
“My job as his girlfriend was to give myself to him whenever he wanted. I cannot say no, I lay there and take it,”Bixler stated this in an interview.
Masterson is a member of Church of Scientology. All three accusers were also members of Church of Scientology at the time of the alleged attacks.
One accuser claims that the church encourages Scientologists in settling legal disputes with other members of the church. You could even be excommunicated if that happens, she said. One high-ranking official of the church is called the “chief justice”Scientology.
A Scientology spokesman said, in part, in a statement, “The Church has no policy prohibiting or discouraging members from reporting criminal conduct of Scientologists, or of anyone, to law enforcement. Quite the opposite. Church policy explicitly demands Scientologists abide by all laws of the land.”
It is anticipated that the jury selection for Danny Masterson’s rape trial will take several days.
Masterson pleaded not guilty and claimed that the sex was voluntary. He claims the money motivated accusers have also filed civil lawsuits.