“That 70s Show” actor Danny Masterson faces accusations from a woman, who claims that he choked her so hard during sex that she thought she was going to die, while he raped her.
The woman, using the name Jen B. in court, described the sexual encounter she had with Masterson in April 2003, when she said he raped her.
The accuser is one of three who are testifying at trial that Masterson raped them. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.
Jen B., now 48, said, “We were at his LA home. I had gone there with him and other people I knew through the Church of Scientology after a birthday party.”
“I went in and out of consciousness after being given a drink by him, but I remember he seemed angry and he pushed me onto a bed after he dragged me out of the shower,” Jen B. continued to tell what happened. “I woke up with Masterson on top of me and I felt his penis in my vagina. I struggled to break free, but only managed to pull his hair. I even tried to grab a pillow and push him back, but it didn’t work.”
“He shoved the pillow back on my face with all of his body weight on me, smothered. I could not breathe,” Jen B said as she sobbed to the jury at Los Angeles County Superior Court. “He grabbed both my wrists and held them over my head with one hand. then he placed the other hand around my neck and started choking me. He squeezed really, really hard.”
When asked by Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller what she was thinking at that point, Jen B. answered, “That I was going to die. That he was going to kill me.”
Overwhelmed with emotions and struggling to speak, Jen B said, “I can’t do this.”
Judge Charlaine Olmedo called for a short break and allowed her to regain her composure outside of the courtroom.
After returning to the stand, Jen B. continued the rest of her story, yet still a bit emotional while retelling her traumatic experience with Masterson.
“I remember he was still on me when he said, “‘You like this.’ He said, ‘You’re not going to tell f—ing Lisa (Marie Presley). You’re not going to f—ing tell Paige (Dorian).’”
During earlier testimony the accuser explained how she was brought up as a Scientologist and testified she belonged to a “tight-knit” group of people from the religion in Hollywood which included Masterson, the actor’s best friend, Luke Watson, Presley and Dorian, her assistant, at the time.
Jen B. said the next thing she recalled was a male voice in the distance, Masterson reaching into the nightstand and pulling out a handgun. While she testified Masterson did not point the gun directly at her, the actor put the gun about a foot away from her body and then placed it back into a drawer.
“I don’t know if he was yelling back at the man at the door,” Jen B. said. “I put my hand inside the drawer and he slammed it really hard. He said, ‘Don’t f—ing move … Do you understand? Don’t f—ing move.’”
“After he got up from the bed, I tried to pull myself up, but I felt like I couldn’t control my body. I crawled to the floor and then to the closet. I tried to leave, but he picked me up and put me back in the bed,” Jen B. recalled. ” The only thing I remember after that was waking up the next morning and he was gone.”
Instead of Masterson she found Watson who told her to report to the “president’s office” at the Scientology Celebrity Center, where his mom was president at the time.
Jen B. didn’t go to the Celebrity Center that day, but described how her relationship with her group of friends began to deteriorate from there, saying she was served with regular Knowledge Reports, these are special reports given to Scientology members who have “stepped out of line,” and are usually given after someone has reported them to their bosses.
Jen B. said she also was summoned to the Church’s ethic’s office where she felt pressured to take responsibility for the rape incident and to not blame Masterson.
“I was forced to make peace and bury the hatchet so we could be cool,” Jen B., who has since left Scientology, said of Masterson. “You can never be a victim. Nothing ever happens to you without being your fault.”
Lawyers for Masterson have said they plan to show how his three accusers’ stories have changed over time, and that they have “contaminated” the case by talking with each other about their experiences.
Defense attorney Philip Cohen said, “You’re going to hear that after they were ordered, instructed and admonished by Los Angeles Police Department [LAPD], these women spoke to each other and spoke to other witnesses. There stories have all shown signs of being blended together. I think you will hear through those conversations that these ‘themes’ start to take place.”
Masterson, 46, is facing three counts of forcible rape over incidents which took place between 2001 and 2003. If convicted of all the charges, the actor could face a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison.
Very Simple, just Castrate him ? saves all future problems with this low life ?
He is lucky that he stopped when he did. He should lose his nads and squeal like the pigs we castrated on the farm. I proudly received a honorable discharge from the military because i kept my eyes and ears open and my mouth shut. Thank you for your service.
He is lucky that he stopped when he did. He should lose his nads and squeal like the pigs we castrated on the farm. I proudly received a honorable discharge from the military because i kept my eyes and ears open and my mouth shut. Thank you for your service.