re: Danny Masterson Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison After Rape Convictions

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Wasn't he in a long term relationship with one of the victims? Not saying you can't commit rape in those situations but allegations from an ex need to be taken with a heavy grain of salt, especially if raised years later.

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Yes but I believe the jury did not convict for her against Masterson. Her story evolved from 2017 to 2022 according to Masterson's lawyer.

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Holley dwelled on each of these elements in her cross-examination, asking why she had not mentioned in her initial interviews with Los Angeles police detectives and a prosecutor in 2017 that she had said that she was merely trying to go to sleep when she found Masterson trying to have sex with her.

“That’s the same thing to me,” she responded, “I’m Southern, we say trying to when we mean you’re doing it.”

Holley also suggested that her testimony didn’t make physical sense when she said Masterson was looking at her with “dead eyes” the entire time while also putting his full body weight on her.

“I’m trying to understand how a person’s dead weight can be on your body and how his head can be suspended above your head?” Holley said.

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Masterson retrial - AP