The actor was charged with the rape of three women, including a former girlfriend, in his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
But at the Masterson trial, as at the Haggis trial, #MeToo implications were largely eclipsed by the specter of Scientology, despite the judge’s insistence that the church not become a de facto defendant.
Church spokesperson Karin Pouw said Mueller had misrepresented church doctrine and beliefs and the Jane Does made false allegations about Scientology. “You always wonder as a lawyer if what you’re doing in court every day is making any inroads ... with the jury,” Cohen said. “Clearly we made inroads.”
An ex-girlfriend said she awoke to finding Masterson having sex with her without her consent. The defense said her claims were undermined because she later had sex with him after they broke up.
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