Danny Masterson

Danny Masterson has filed a petition seeking to overturn his rape convictions and sentence, citing problems with his attorney. More

November 19, 2025

Actor Danny Masterson, convicted for two rapes he committed in 2003, has been transferred to a prison that once housed Charles Manson. More

February 2, 2024

Actor Danny Masterson was admitted to North Kern State Prison in California to begin serving his sentence for two rape convictions. More

December 28, 2023

Prior to Danny Masterson's sentencing, Bijou Phillips wrote the judge, 'I can say that Danny has literally been a life-saving partner to me.' More

September 20, 2023

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are apologizing for the 'pain' they caused over letters they wrote in support of Danny Masterson. More

September 12, 2023

UPDATE: A judge sentenced Danny Masterson to serve 30 years to life for the rapes of two women two decades ago. More

September 7, 2023

Danny Masterson faces 30 years to life in prison on charges of forcible rape, stemming from the assaults of two women at his home in 2003. More

August 4, 2023

Jury found "That '70s Show" star Danny Masterson guilty of 2 out of 3 counts of rape in a retrial where Scientology played a central role. More

May 31, 2023

UPDATE: In their closing argument, prosecutors urged jurors to find actor Danny Masterson guilty of raping three women. More

May 16, 2023

Danny Masterson drugged then raped three women at his Hollywood-area home between 2001 and 2003, said prosecutors. More

April 25, 2023

The 'That '70s Show' actor will not reprise his role as Steven Hyde after being charged with three rape counts. More

January 19, 2023

Los Angeles prosecutors will retry “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson on 3 rape counts after a deadlocked jury led to a mistrial in his first trial. More

January 10, 2023

A judge declared a mistrial in Danny Masterson's case after the jury said they were 'not even close' to coming to a decision on any of the counts. More

January 4, 2023

The judge set a March date for a retrial in Danny Masterson's triple rape trial in Los Angeles Superior Court. More

December 1, 2022

Two deliberating jurors at the rape trial of 'That ’70s Show' star Danny Masterson were dismissed because they were diagnosed with COVID-19. More

November 28, 2022

Danny Masterson, wearing a brown tweed suit, looked at the jury from the defense table with no visible reaction. More

November 16, 2022

“He laughed at me, and he said he had sex with me…I asked him if I was unconscious the whole time and he said 'yes'," Chrissie Bixler testified. More

October 26, 2022

The #MeToo movement is having another moment in the spotlight as high-profile sexual assault trials play out in courtrooms from coast to coast. More

October 20, 2022

The first accuser to testify said at one point she grabbed Danny Masterson's hair to try to pull him away, but he shoved a pillow into her face. More

October 20, 2022

The defense urged the jurors not to consider Danny Masterson's affiliation with the Church of Scientology and its relationship to the case. More

October 19, 2022

One of the accusers had been Danny Masterson's longtime girlfriend. Another was a longtime friend, and the third a newer acquaintance. More

October 18, 2022

After three days of dramatic and often emotional testimony from three women who said “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson raped them nearly 20 years ago, a judge on Friday found that he must stand trial. More

May 24, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman testified Wednesday that she was five years into a relationship with actor Danny Masterson when she awoke to find he was raping her as she slept and took drastic measures to get him to stop. “I tried pushing him off me and saying […] More

May 20, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In hours of often tearful testimony, a woman told a judge Tuesday that she was slipping in and out of consciousness on a night 18 years ago when she said she found actor Danny Masterson raping her. “When I came to, he was on top […] More

May 19, 2021

By Andrew Dalton AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday are set to begin presenting evidence to a judge as they attempt to show “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson should stand trial in the rapes of three women. Masterson, 45, who has pleaded not guilty and has been free on bail since his […] More

May 18, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson pleaded not guilty on his behalf Wednesday to the rapes of three women in the early 2000s. Defense lawyer Tom Mesereau entered the plea for Masterson, who was not present in court, to three charges of […] More

January 21, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, charged with raping three women, made his first appearance Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where his attorney declared his innocence and denounced the charges against him as “politicized.”   Masterson, 44, who has been free on bail since […] More

September 21, 2020

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was charged with the rapes of three women in the early 2000s, Los Angeles prosecutors said Wednesday, the culmination of a three-year investigation that resulted in a rare arrest of a famous Hollywood figure in the #MeToo era. The […] More

June 18, 2020