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How the Scientology drama in Danny Masterson’s prelim appeared to a former Sea Org official

[Attorneys Sharon Appelbaum and Tom Mesereau with Danny Masterson during his Sept 18 appearance]

We asked Chris Shelton to look at the Scientology highlights we pulled out of Danny Masterson’s preliminary hearing. We wondered how these concepts being raised in a criminal rape proceeding might look to someone who was actually a former Sea Org official. […]

Holy Xenu, even we didn’t expect Scientology to be this big in Danny Masterson’s hearing

[Masterson after the ruling, from video by Bunker reader Melissa J. Bratten]

Well, that was some week and we want to thank all of our loyal readers for going through it with us. The comments section has really been a rollicking good time while we were reporting from Los Angeles for the Danny Masterson preliminary […]

Day four of the Danny Masterson prelim: The arguments and a ruling!

[Mueller vs. Mesereau]

Well, it all comes down to this. We’re beginning a little later today, 10:30 am, but the testimony and cross-examining is finished, and now we’ll get to see Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller and defense attorney Tom Mesereau give their closing […]

Day three of the Danny Masterson prelim: Jane Doe 3’s cross-examination continues

[Yesterday’s strange moment: Mesereau brings Hubbard in!]

We were struck by a comment made after yesterday’s session by our friend TX Lawyer. He pointed out that it is the job of Danny Masterson’s defense attorney Tom Mesereau not only to push the witnesses but also the […]

Day two of the Danny Masterson prelim: Jane Doe 1’s cross-examination continues

[Judge Olmedo, and Danny Masterson at his Sept 18 appearance]

News organizations normally have a policy of not naming sexual assault victims in their stories. For some reason, however, some of the media outlets covering yesterday’s preliminary hearing in the Danny Masterson rape case chose to ignore this policy, and they used the abbreviated version of […]

Jane Doe 1’s brutal testimony about alleged rape by Danny Masterson on Day 1 of prelim

[UPDATE: See our reports from the courtroom below, after the victim descriptions.]

We’re on the scene this morning in Los Angeles, bringing you coverage at Los Angeles Superior Court as Danny Masterson faces a preliminary hearing on charges that he raped three different women. […]

With lawsuit in limbo, Danny Masterson accusers still trying to serve David Miscavige

[Danny and Dave]

So here’s the situation: We’re now only ten days away from the all-important preliminary hearing in the criminal rape prosecution of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson, and everything he and defense attorney Tom Mesereau have thrown at the case has failed to push that date […]

IN HER OWN WORDS: Danny Masterson accuser rips LAPD miscues in 2017 letter

[Danny Masterson in 2017]

We’ve been telling you for four years now that Danny Masterson’s accusers have overcome incredible obstacles to get heard in a court of law, and now we have for you one of the most eye-opening pieces of evidence of […]

Danny Masterson prosecutor: ‘Scientology is inextricably connected to this case’

[Danny Masterson and Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller]

Danny Masterson’s criminal defense attorneys Tom Mesereau and Sharon Appelbaum were back in court yesterday for a hearing that wasn’t listed on the publicly available docket. We learned about it through the court’s media relations department, who told us that Masterson had made yet another attempt to delay the […]

Why Danny Masterson’s attacks on Leah Remini aren’t helping him in court

For months Danny Masterson’s criminal defense attorney Tom Mesereau has been making boisterous speeches in court, complaining about press interest in the case that has the That ’70s Show actor facing 45 years to life in prison for violently raping three different women. Mesereau has repeatedly accused the prosecution and police of leaking information to […]

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