Leah Remini is in court for opening statements in Danny Masterson‘s sexual assault retrial.“I am attending opening arguments in the rape trial of celebrity Scientologist Danny Masterson today,” the actress, 52, tweeted on Monday, April 24. “The women who Danny raped deserve justice for what they’ve been put through, not only by Danny but by Scientology which has tried to destroy them for reporting their rapes.”The second trial began with jury selection earlier this month after Masterson’s first trial ended with a hung jury.
The That ‘70s Show alum’s legal troubles originally made headlines in 2017 when he was accused of sexual assault by multiple women.
Masterson, 47, for his part, denied the allegations against him.“From day one, I have denied the outrageous allegations against me.
Law enforcement investigated these claims more than 15 years ago and determined them to be without merit,” the actor, who shares a daughter with wife Bijou Phillips, told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “I have never been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of one.
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