Church of Scientology Accused in Lawsuit of Trying to ‘Derail’ Danny Masterson’s Rape Trial, Church Says Claim Is False

A new legal document states that people acting on the actor’s behalf stalked the prosecutor and broke into their home and car

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The Church of Scientology has been accused of trying to “derail” actor Danny Masterson’s rape trials, according to legal documents filed in December 2023 and obtained by TheWrap. He was convicted in those trials for raping two women in 2001 and 2003 whom he had met through the church.

Masterson’s rape victims filed legal documents in December 2023, obtained by TheWrap, claiming the church launched a “campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at one of the prosecutors assigned to Defendant Masterson’s trial” in an effort to “derail Masterson’s criminal trial” as well as his second criminal trial.

The prosecutor’s name wasn’t revealed in the document, though the charges do match similar ones discussed in a speech by L.A.

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