Masterson waived his right to speak before he was sentenced and had no visible reaction after the judge's decision, nor did the many family members sitting beside him.
At his second trial, Masterson was found guilty of two of three rape counts on May 31. Both attacks took place in Masterson’s Hollywood-area home in 2003, when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox network sitcom That ’70s Show.
“I know that you’re sitting here steadfast in your claims of innocence, and thus no doubt feeling victimised by a justice system that has failed you,” Olmedo told Masterson before handing down the sentence. “But Mr. Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s voice, and choice. One way or another you will have to come to terms with your prior actions, and their consequences.
After the hearing, Holley said in a statement that “Mr Masterson did not commit the crimes for which he was convicted”. She said a team of appellate lawyers has identified “a number of significant evidentiary and constitutional issues” with his convictions, which they are confident will be overturned.where all three women were also members at the timeto avoid consequences for decades after the attacks, and the women blamed the church for their hesitancy in going to police about Masterson.
The church said in a statement after the trial that it has “no policy prohibiting or discouraging members from reporting criminal conduct of anyoneNo charges came from the woman's 2004 police report, but she returned to authorities when she learned they were investigating Masterson again in 2016. The other two women had waited more than 15 years before reporting him to anyone other than church officials.
“I don’t have to carry your shame around with me anymore,” the first woman who spoke said."Now you have to hold that shame. You have to sit in a cell and hold it.”
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