Attorneys working for Masterson contacted jurors from the actor’s rape trial despite a judge’s order meant to limit publicly available information about their identities.
“That ‘70s Show” actor Danny Masterson and his then-wife, Bijou Phillips, arrive at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles in May 2023. LOS ANGELES — Attorneys working for Danny Masterson contacted jurors from the actor’s rape trial despite a judge’s order meant to limit publicly available information about their identities, drawing alarm from the jurors and Masterson’s victims, court records show.
One of the actor’s lawyers, Shawn Holley, said three jurors had agreed to meet voluntarily. She said nothing “harassing or improper” had occurred, and all three jurors volunteered their cellphone numbers when contacted. The foreperson of the jury that convicted Masterson said Holley, one of the actor’s lead defense attorneys, called him at his job last year, two months after they returned a guilty verdict, according to an email submitted to the court.
Multhaup confirmed one of his investigators approached a juror at their home on Sept. 15 and “comported herself in complete compliance with Code of Civil Procedure.” He disputed the idea that jurors’ identities were meant to be kept secret, arguing Olmedo’s ruling only hid information contained in “the forms that the jurors fill out relating to their jury service.”
“In short, up until September 17, it was fine for defense representatives to contact jurors directly, subject to … requirements of reasonable time and place,” he said. “Broad daylight is eminently reasonable.”“I made it clear to all 3 jurors with whom I spoke—and ultimately met— that they were under no obligation to speak with me or to meet with me, and they all were more than willing to do so.
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