Danny Masterson
The actor has started his prison sentence
Danny Masterson has started his prison sentence.
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US actor Danny Masterson has to go to prison for a long time for rape. Now he has started his prison sentence.
The US actor Danny Masterson (47), who was sentenced to at least 30 years for rape, has started his sentence in a prison in California. According to media reports, he is now being held in the North Kern state prison, the prison authorities said on Wednesday (December 27). There is also a prisoner photo that shows Masterson in an orange uniform, was published.
Sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape
The “The Roaring ’70s” actor has been in Los Angeles County Jail since September after being sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape in September. He must serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole. He was found guilty in May and has been in custody ever since.
Rape allegations were first made against Masterson in 2017, alleging that he had violently assaulted four women. In the wake of the allegations, Netflix, whose hit series “The Ranch” he starred in, fired him. The case was reopened in 2020 because three women accused Masterson of raping them in 2001 and 2003.
After the conviction, Masterson’s wife Bijou Phillips (43) filed for divorce and requested sole custody of their daughter Fianna (8).