70s Show star Danny Masterson will be held in the same solitary confinement unit as OJ Simpson in the Los Angeles County Jail after being convicted of rape.
Masterson, 47, was found guilty of the rape of Jane Doe One and Two on Wednesday and will be held in LA County Jail until his sentencing hearing.
He will be placed in “administrative isolation”, according to TMZ – the same unit that OJ Simpson and Suge Knight spent time in.
Masterson will have access to the prison library, but will not have access to a television. He will also be allowed out of his cell for two hours a day and will have three hours of leisure time per week, according to TMZ. He will also be able to shower every other day.
The actor is due back in court on August 4.
Masterson, 47, was found guilty of the rape of Jane Doe One and Two on Wednesday and will be held in LA County Jail until his sentencing hearing.
He will be held in “administrative segregation,” according to TMZ — the same unit where OJ Simpson and Suge Knight spent time in
Wednesday’s verdicts came on the eighth day of jury deliberations. Jurors found him guilty of the rape of victims Jane Doe One and Jane Doe Two.
On Jane Doe Three’s third rape charge, the jury was “hopelessly deadlocked” at eight in favor of guilty and four in favor of not guilty.
Masterson’s attorney, Philip Cohen, argued that his client should be allowed to remain free on bail, wear an electronic monitor and be placed under 24-hour house arrest.
But Judge Olmedo dismissed his plea saying Masterson’s offenses were “serious and violent crimes” and called him a “potential flight risk”.
Reinhold Mueller, the assistant prosecutor, told the court he agreed with Judge Olmedo’s decision to revoke Masterson’s bail, echoing his comment and saying, “These were serious and violent offenses “.
On the Jane Doe 3 rape charge – which jurors clung to – the judge asked “if there is a reasonable possibility of reaching a verdict”.
The president of the jury replied “No”, adding that the jury had voted five times without being able to reach a unanimous decision.
Masterson will have access to the prison library, but will not have access to a television. He will also be allowed out of his cell for two hours a day and will be entitled to three hours of leisure time per week. He will also be able to shower every other day.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement after the verdict: “In April 2003, Masterson raped a 28-year-old woman and between October and December of the same year he sexually assaulted a 28-year-old woman. 23-year-old he had invited to his Hollywood Hills home.
“We want to express our gratitude to the three women who came forward and courageously shared their experiences. Their courage and strength were an inspiration to us all.
“While we are disappointed that the jury did not convict on all counts, we respect their decision. Jury verdicts in this case were undoubtedly elusive and we thank the jurors for their service.
Masterson – who played Steven Hyde on That ’70s Show – was accused of raping the three women in his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges and he was considering a 45-year to life sentence if convicted of all three.
Her accusers, whom DailyMail.com identifies only as Jane Does 1 to 3, are all former Scientologists. In their civil case, they claim they have been harassed and intimidated since reporting it to the police.
A hearing on the status of this case is scheduled for June 28.
A jury found Danny Masterson guilty on two of three counts of rape on Wednesday. He was seen entering court on Wednesday with his wife Bijou Phillips
They said church officials warned them not to use the word rape; that reporting a fellow Scientologist to law enforcement was considered a “great crime”; and if they disobeyed this doctrine, they could be declared “repressive people” – cast out by the church and left alone, cut off from family and friends.
In the second trial, prosecutors placed much more emphasis than in the first on their claims that Masterson drugged his alleged victims by doping the drinks he gave them before raping them.
Calling Masterson a “predator,” Assistant District Attorney Ariel Anson said in closing argument, “It all starts with a drink.” It’s his playbook.
“The defendant drugged his victims to maintain control. When he drugs them, he is quite capable of controlling them. And he does it again and again.
His prosecuting associate, Mueller, added – pointing to Masterson – “After they were drugged, they were raped by this man here.
“There is no doubt that this man drugged these women and raped them. It’s time to hold Masterson accountable for what he did.
Masterson’s lawyer on Wednesday objected to the prosecution’s frequent dismissals of his client who drugged his alleged victims before raping them and called for a mistrial, saying ‘drugging does not constitute forcible rape’ .
Masterson played Steven Hyde on That ’70s Show from 1998 to 2006
But Judge Olmedo denied her motion to quash, telling her that when it comes to drugs and the use of force in a rape case, “one doesn’t necessarily exclude the other.”
Cohen, stressed there were no toxicology reports to back up the 20-year-old’s drug allegations against his client – who has always maintained that sex with the three Jane Does was “consensual”.
Another difference between the two trials was the addition in the second of the testimony of another “victim” – a woman who claimed that Masterson had raped her in Toronto in 2000, although he was never charged with the alleged assault.
Prosecutors added her to the witness list to establish a pattern of Masterson’s “prior bad acts.”
But Cohen rejected that move, saying the new accuser was called in for the new trial to “save the case” for the prosecutor.
