Did prosecutors leave a Danny Masterson fan on the retrial jury?

Judge Charlaine Olmedo succeeded yesterday in sticking to her schedule by seating a jury for the Danny Masterson retrial after a couple of long days of voir dire. By about 4 pm yesterday we had a sworn jury of seven women and five men, and eight alternate jurors evenly split between men and women. Opening statements in the trial will begin Monday morning.

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Jury selection in the Danny Masterson retrial: Today, the attorneys take over

[Defense attorney Shawn Holley and Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller]

It’s Day 4 at the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, and Judge Charlaine Olmedo has indicated that she’s hoping she can get a jury seated by the end of the day so we can take tomorrow off.

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Judge Olmedo begins quizzing prospective jurors in the Danny Masterson retrial

It’s Day Three of the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, and jury selection is going to start getting a lot more involved. In the first two days, Judge Charlaine Olmedo had four sets of prospective jurors fill out questionnaires. Today, she’ll begin quizzing them individually about their answers.

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Day one at the Danny Masterson retrial was wild, what’s in store for day two?

[Attorney Shawn Holley and former Sea Org official Claire Headley]

We had wondered how the Danny Masterson retrial might be different than the first trial, which ended in a hung jury on November 30. And wow, on day one of the retrial yesterday, we really got some confirmation that the differences could be pretty stark.

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Danny Masterson, the retrial: Jury selection begins this morning and we’re on scene

[Masterson and his defense attorney, Philip Cohen]

Jury selection begins this morning in the Danny Masterson retrial at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles.

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Group Therapy, Ep. 16: The full gang is back, with an episode for everyone!

With the Danny Masterson retrial starting tomorrow, we’re shifting gears and preparing for some hard work in the weeks ahead.

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VIDEO: Scientology’s post-pandemic comeback starts right here, space cadets!

There’s nothing like a Scientology hype video to get our blood pumping, and we knew you’d want to see this latest offering from the church.

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The Bad Cadet: New book looks at Scientology in a coming-of-age story

We first heard from Katherine Spallino several years ago, and we’re happy to see that the book she’s been working on, The Bad Cadet: Growing Up in the Church of Scientology’s Sea Organization, is now available for you to buy at Amazon.

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Pre-trial Scientology special: The new episode of Up the Bridge, for everyone!

In 2013 we began a very popular series at the Underground Bunker which lasted more than a year.

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Scientology quietly acquires $13.5 million converted church near Big Blue: But why?

[The former church at 4975 Sunset Blvd]

We’re certainly used to hearing that Scientology has acquired new buildings, but the location of a new $13.5 million acquisition has us a bit puzzled: It’s a set of creative offices in a converted church just a few blocks west of the “Big Blue” Scientology headquarters complex on Sunset Boulevard in East Hollywood, also known in Scientology as “Pacific Area Command.”

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