Ahead of the Me Too movement gaining traction in the fall of 2017, That ’70s Show star Danny Masterson faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. In March 2017, reports revealed that Los Angeles police were investigating three women’s claims Masterson had sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. The actor, who is also a high-ranking member of Scientology — a church with dozens of Hollywood actor members — denied their allegations, effectively claiming that bitter ex-Scientologists had an ax to grind, pointing toward former Scientologist Leah Remini and her show Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. The allegations intensified, as did the fallout. In November 2017, HuffPost reported the number of accusers had grown to four and that the alleged evidence was with Los Angeles prosecutors. Netflix announced in December 2017 that Masterson was being removed from his show The Ranch.
Several days after this announcement, Netflix’s then-director of children’s programming, Andy Yeatman, was fired after allegedly telling one of Masterson’s accusers the streaming giant didn’t believe the claims. Later that month, a fifth woman accused Masterson of sexual assault. More than three years after allegations surfaced, Los Angeles prosecutors announced on June 17, 2020, they were charging Masterson with forcibly raping three women in separate alleged encounters from 2001 to 2003. On October 11, Masterson will go on trial in Los Angeles, starting with jury selection. Masterson...
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