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Closing arguments are anticipated to start Tuesday on the second trial of That \u201970s Show<\/em> actor Danny Masterson<\/a>, who’s charged with raping three girls at his Los Angeles residence between 2001 and 2003.<\/p>\n

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Lawyers for either side rested their instances Friday, three weeks into the trial. Masterson\u2019s defence lawyer declined to name any witnesses.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old\u2019s first trial resulted in a mistrial in December, with jurors hopelessly deadlocked<\/a> on all three counts.<\/p>\n

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The actor has pleaded not responsible. He may get 45 years in jail if convicted on all three counts.<\/p>\n

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Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo has allowed the prosecution to immediately say that Masterson drugged every of the victims. Olmedo solely allowed secondary proof of it on the first trial.<\/p>\n

The Church of Scientology has performed an excellent bigger position within the second trial than it did within the first; Masterson is a member of the church, and all three girls within the trial are former members, however the church itself shouldn’t be a defendant within the trial.<\/p>\n

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The decide allowed a former member of the church\u2019s management to testify as an skilled on the establishment\u2019s insurance policies about going to police. The plaintiffs claimed church officers saved them from going to authorities with their accusations about Masterson. The church has denied having any insurance policies forbidding members from reporting different members to regulation enforcement.<\/p>\n

Last week, a courtroom controversy broke out throughout the trial over an unaffiliated Scientology lawyer apparently having possession of trial proof<\/a>. Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller advised the court docket that he obtained an e-mail on May 2 from a lawyer belonging to the church, Vicki Podberesky, that contained 12 information of discovery materials from the continued trial. The e-mail criticized the retrial, although the invention materials connected was supposed solely to be seen by the prosecution, defence legal professionals and the court docket. It is unclear the place the alleged leak got here from.<\/p>\n

Actor Leah Remini<\/a>, a former Scientologist, mentioned she has been visiting the Los Angeles courtroom all through the trial. The retrial has garnered ample consideration from the general public partially due to Remini\u2019s outspoken commentary.<\/p>\n

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She shared information of the alleged discovery materials leak to Twitter on Thursday and wrote that the church had \u201cno reason at all\u201d to own the knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cScientology, which SHOULD be a co-defendant in this trial, has repeatedly lied, saying it has no covert involvement in this trial,\u201d Remini, 52, accused in an extended thread.<\/p>\n

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3. Scientology has no cause to have felony discovery supplies in its possession. <\/p>\n

No cause in any respect. <\/p>\n

Scientology, which SHOULD be a co-defendant on this trial, has repeatedly lied, saying it has no covert involvement on this trial.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Leah Remini (@LeahRemini) May 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Remini, who left the Church of Scientology in 2013, mentioned the obvious leak is proof the church is \u201ccolluding\u201d with Masterson and his legal professionals.<\/p>\n