A judge sentenced 91裸聊视频淭hat 91裸聊视频�70s Show91裸聊视频� show star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday for raping two women, giving them some relief after they spoke in court about the decades of damage he inflicted.

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91裸聊视频淵ou are pathetic, disturbed and completely violent,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淭he world is better off with you in prison.91裸聊视频�

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo handed down the sentence to the 47-year-old Masterson after hearing statements from the women, and pleas for fairness from defense attorneys.

The actor, who has been in custody since May, sat in court wearing a suit. Masterson watched the women without visible reaction as they spoke. He maintains his innocence and his attorneys plan to appeal.

The other woman Masterson was found guilty of raping said he 91裸聊视频渉as not shown an ounce of remorse for the pain he caused.91裸聊视频� She told the judge, 91裸聊视频淚 knew he belonged behind bars for the safety of all the women he came into contact with. I am so sorry, and I91裸聊视频檓 so upset. I wish I91裸聊视频檇 reported him sooner to the police.91裸聊视频�

After an initial jury failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape in December and , prosecutors on all three counts earlier this year.

Masterson waived his right to speak before he was sentenced and had no visible reaction after the judge91裸聊视频檚 decision, nor did the many family members sitting beside him. His wife, actor Bijou Phillips, was tearful earlier in the hearing.

At his second trial, of two of three rape counts on May 31. Both attacks took place in Masterson91裸聊视频檚 Hollywood-area home in 2003, when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox network sitcom 91裸聊视频淭hat 91裸聊视频�70s Show.91裸聊视频�

They could not reach a verdict on the third count, an allegation that Masterson also .

The judge sentenced the actor after rejecting a defense motion for a new trial that was argued earlier Thursday. The sentence was the maximum allowed by law. It means Masterson will be eligible for parole after serving 25 1/2 years, but can be held in prison for life.

91裸聊视频淚 know that you91裸聊视频檙e sitting here steadfast in your claims of innocence, and thus no doubt feeling victimized by a justice system that has failed you,91裸聊视频� Olmedo told Masterson before handing down the sentence. 91裸聊视频淏ut Mr. Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person91裸聊视频檚 voice, and choice. One way or another you will have to come to terms with your prior actions, and their consequences.91裸聊视频�

The defense sought to have sentences for the two convictions run simultaneously, and asked for a sentence of 15 years to life. The prosecution asked for the full 30 years to life sentence Masterson was eligible for.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 his life that will be impacted by what you decide today,91裸聊视频� Masterson91裸聊视频檚 lawyer Shawn Holley told the judge before the sentencing. 91裸聊视频淎nd the life of his 9-year-old daughter, who means the world to him, and to whom he means the world.91裸聊视频�

After the hearing, Holley said in a statement that 91裸聊视频淢r. Masterson did not commit the crimes for which he was convicted.91裸聊视频� She said a team of appellate lawyers has identified 91裸聊视频渁 number of significant evidentiary and constitutional issues91裸聊视频� with his convictions, which they are confident will be overturned.

Prosecutors alleged that Masterson used his prominence in the Church of Scientology 91裸聊视频� where all three women were also members at the time 91裸聊视频� to avoid consequences for decades after the attacks, and the women blamed the church for their hesitancy in going to police about Masterson.

At the sentencing hearing, one of the women, who like Masterson was born into the church, said she was shunned and ostracized for going to authorities in 2004.

91裸聊视频淚 lost everything. I lost my religion. I lost my ability to contact anyone I91裸聊视频檇 known or loved my entire life,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 didn91裸聊视频檛 exist outside the Scientology world. I had to start my life all over at 29. It seemed the world I knew didn91裸聊视频檛 want me to live.91裸聊视频�

The church said in a statement after the trial that it has 91裸聊视频渘o policy prohibiting or discouraging members from reporting criminal conduct of anyone 91裸聊视频� Scientologists or not 91裸聊视频� to law enforcement.91裸聊视频� It has also denied ever harassing any of the women.

No charges came from the woman91裸聊视频檚 2004 police report, but she returned to authorities when she learned they were investigating Masterson again in 2016. The other two women had waited more than 15 years before reporting him to anyone other than church officials.

The women testified at both trials that in 2003, they were at .

They said Thursday that the trauma plagued them for the decades that followed, hurting their relationships and filling their lives with fear. But they said his sentencing game them some relief.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 have to carry your shame around with me anymore,91裸聊视频� the first woman who spoke said. 91裸聊视频淣ow you have to hold that shame. You have to sit in a cell and hold it.91裸聊视频�

Masterson starred with Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace in 91裸聊视频淭hat 91裸聊视频�70s Show91裸聊视频� from 1998 until 2006.

He had reunited with Kutcher on the 2016 Netflix comedy 91裸聊视频淭he Ranch,91裸聊视频� but was written off the show when the Los Angeles Police Department investigation was revealed the following year.

While that investigation began before a wave of women shook Hollywood with stories about Harvey Weinstein in October 2017, the conviction and sentencing of Masterson still represents a major #MeToo era success for Los Angeles prosecutors, along with the himself last year.

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