{"id":2163175,"date":"2025-11-18T00:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2163175"},"modified":"2025-11-18T00:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:29:25","slug":"danny-masterson-seeks-to-toss-rape-convictions-over-lawyer-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/danny-masterson-seeks-to-toss-rape-convictions-over-lawyer-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Masterson Seeks To Toss Rape Convictions Over Lawyer Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed cli-embed--full-width js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"js-react-hydrator\" data-component-name=\"YouTube\" data-component-id=\"349\" data-component-props=\"{&quot;itemType&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:0,&quot;contentIndexByType&quot;:1,&quot;contentListType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;code&quot;:&quot;&lt;div style=\\&quot;left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b20_38T4cj8?rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\\&quot; style=\\&quot;top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\\&quot; allowfullscreen scrolling=\\&quot;no\\&quot; allow=\\&quot;accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;\\&quot; referrerpolicy=\\&quot;strict-origin\\&quot; id=\\&quot;youtube-embed-b20_38T4cj8-4151\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:{&quot;author&quot;:&quot;OK! 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data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"691ba25de4b0023259f68d9d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/danny-masterson\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Danny Masterson<\/a> filed a petition Monday for his two rape convictions and long prison sentence to be thrown out, saying that his trial lawyer failed to call key witnesses and introduce essential evidence that might have exonerated him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The petition for habeas corpus filed with California\u2019s 2nd District Court of Appeal argues that lawyer Philip Cohen did not represent Masterson properly at the 2023 retrial that ended with the actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/danny-masterson-rape-trial-2023-6894e08e52f6f33d7293b4e9cb8baeae\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"being convicted\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"691ba25de4b0023259f68d9d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/danny-masterson-rape-trial-2023-6894e08e52f6f33d7293b4e9cb8baeae\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">being convicted<\/a> of raping two women at his Los Angeles home in 2003. He was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The petition also argues that the trial judge demonstrated a bias against the Church of Scientology, allowing an \u201cunconstitutional intrusion\u201d into the church\u2019s doctrine and a misinterpretation of its scripture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Masterson is a member of the church, whose practices were a major issue at his trial, and the women are former members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The petition says that Cohen spoke to only two of the 20 potential witnesses brought to his attention by his co-counsel and an investigator. It says the witnesses included some who would have testified that the women spoke favorably of the sexual relationships they had with Masterson. And they included psychological and pharmacological experts who would have testified about the effects of alcohol and drugs on memory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The court filing says there was \u201cunexpected and unreasonable failure of trial counsel to present any of the mountain of exculpatory evidence\u201d that had been amassed by Masterson\u2019s pretrial attorney Shawn Holley, and the result was a violation of his constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo declined to delay Masterson\u2019s first trial to accommodate Holley\u2019s representation of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-mlb-baseball-los-angeles-dodgers-8f9c76de205bd062327a20bc90c6a9d4\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Trevor Bauer\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"691ba25de4b0023259f68d9d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-mlb-baseball-los-angeles-dodgers-8f9c76de205bd062327a20bc90c6a9d4\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">Trevor Bauer<\/a> against his own allegations of sexual misconduct. Cohen then took over as lead attorney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Masterson\u2019s first trial ended in a mistrial with a jury unable to reach consensus on any of three rape counts against him. He was promptly retried, and a jury found him guilty of two counts while failing to reach a verdict on the third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Cohen did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the petition, nor did an attorney for the women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cThe unfairness of the second Masterson trial was the result of prosecutorial misconduct, judicial bias, and the failure of defense counsel to present exculpatory evidence,\u201d Eric Multhaup, the attorney who filed the petition for Masterson, said in a statement. \u201cThe jury heard only half the story \u2013 the prosecution\u2019s side. Danny deserves a new trial where the jury can hear his side as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The petition says Olmedo erred in allowing the prosecution to negatively cast the Church of Scientology as a force of intimidation. It alleges that Cohen also did not present available evidence that would countered the portrayal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Masterson\u2019s new motion is separate from his main appeal to the same court, a process that is pending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Masterson, 49, is serving his sentence at the California Men\u2019s Colony in San Luis Obispo. 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