Look for the pressure to intensify even more to get the victims to drop their charges

With yesterday’s big losses in court, look for the pressure to intensify even more to get the victims to drop their charges against the actor. There used to be a lot of respect for one of the lawyers on the tea, but they saw all that easy cash and were willing to do the bidding of the paymasters, no matter what.

The judge in the case might want to think about 24/7 security for themselves too.

Danny Masterson

Scientology

Danny Masterson Loses Bid to Toss Felony Rape Case

Actor Danny Masterson lost a major bid to capsize his criminal rape case Tuesday when a judge rejected claims his probable cause hearing last May waded too far into Church of Scientology doctrine in violation of the First Amendment.

Los Angeles County Judge Ronald S. Coen shot down the dismissal motion after Masterson’s lawyers tried in vain to convince the court that a different magistrate, Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo, made critical errors nine months ago when she heard testimony from the actor’s three rape accusers and ruled there was enough evidence to send Masterson to trial.

Defense lawyer Philip Cohen argued Tuesday that Olmedo improperly resolved alleged inconsistencies in the women’s accounts by relying on two exhibits, including a church manual titled Introduction to Scientology Ethics. He said Judge Olmedo specifically mentioned “the exhibits received” before finding it “credible” that the women, all former Scientologists, believed that membership in the church prohibited them from going to authorities.

When Judge Coen suggested Olmedo only used the exhibits to properly assess the alleged victims’ states of mind after their purported attacks, Cohen replied that the “only way” to do that would be to “analyze and interpret” Scientology doctrine in violation of the Constitution’s separation of church and state.

Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller vehemently disagreed with Cohen, highlighting the fact that it was Masterson’s own defense team who first pulled out a copy of Introduction to Scientology Ethics during their cross-examination of Chrissie Carnell Bixler, who has publicly identified herself as one of Masterson’s alleged victims. – Source