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Los Angeles Times: In Danny Masterson rape case, accuser says Scientologists tried to protect actor.
By JAMES QUEALLY, RICHARD WINTON
MAY 19, 2021 5 AM PT
In Danny Masterson rape case, accuser says Scientologists tried to protect actor
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About two weeks had passed since actor Danny Masterson allegedly raped her, when the woman recalls entering an office at the Church of Scientology’s Hollywood celebrity center.
She was racked with panic, she testified in a Los Angeles court Tuesday, having told only a few people about the night she says Masterson allegedly assaulted her at his Hollywood home in 2003. Fellow Scientologists had rebuffed her attempts to talk, directing her instead to speak with high-ranking church officials, the woman said.
Her attempt to report the attack to an authority figure in the church that she’d been born into was met with a stern warning, she testified.
“If you’re going to say the word ‘rape’ don’t say it now,” she recalled the man admonishing her. “We don’t use it.”
The woman recounted the alleged rape and what she described as efforts by Scientology officials to silence her during nearly six hours of sometimes tearful testimony Tuesday in a hearing to determine whether the case against Masterson will proceed to trial. She is one of three women Masterson is charged with raping between 2001 and 2003. The other two accusers are expected to testify later this week.
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By JAMES QUEALLY, RICHARD WINTON
MAY 19, 2021 5 AM PT
In Danny Masterson rape case, accuser says Scientologists tried to protect actor
* * * * * BEGIN EXCERPT * * * * *
About two weeks had passed since actor Danny Masterson allegedly raped her, when the woman recalls entering an office at the Church of Scientology’s Hollywood celebrity center.
She was racked with panic, she testified in a Los Angeles court Tuesday, having told only a few people about the night she says Masterson allegedly assaulted her at his Hollywood home in 2003. Fellow Scientologists had rebuffed her attempts to talk, directing her instead to speak with high-ranking church officials, the woman said.
Her attempt to report the attack to an authority figure in the church that she’d been born into was met with a stern warning, she testified.
“If you’re going to say the word ‘rape’ don’t say it now,” she recalled the man admonishing her. “We don’t use it.”
The woman recounted the alleged rape and what she described as efforts by Scientology officials to silence her during nearly six hours of sometimes tearful testimony Tuesday in a hearing to determine whether the case against Masterson will proceed to trial. She is one of three women Masterson is charged with raping between 2001 and 2003. The other two accusers are expected to testify later this week.
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