Danny Masterson will spend New Year's Eve in his new cell at North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, where he was transferred last week to begin serving his lengthy sentence for raping two women.
The former actor, 47, will have a limited schedule as he gets used to the rules and regulations of the medium-security prison in the California desert.
According to TMZMasterson will have to go through a receipt and classification process, which can take up to 90 days.
During that time he will be part of what the prison privilege group calls U.
Danny Masterson, 47, will be given limited privileges at North Kern State Prison during his first 90 days in prison where he will serve his 30-year sentence for rape while he waits for the classification process to be completed.
Restrictions include no family visits, limited access to entertainment and no access to personal property.
The California Department of Corrections will allow one call there the first week, but after that it will be limited to one per month until the classification process is complete.
The former That '70s show star will have access to the garden and leisure facilities during that time.
The newspaper reported that sources close to Masterson say he demonstrated “exceptional strength of mind and spirit” while incarcerated in the LA County Jail, and that he is hopeful his conviction will be overturned on appeal.
A jury found the actor guilty in May of two rapes committed in 2003 and he was hanged on a third rape charge, which prosecutors have said they will not pursue further for a conviction.
During the lawsuit, Jane Doe called Masterson a “true coward and heartless monster,” adding that to this day she suffers from an extreme fear of the dark and often wakes up crying.
Sometimes, she said, she hides in a closet or screams out the window, “I'm not okay.”
“I think life in prison is an appropriate sentence,” she said.
The That '70s Show star was taken to North Kern State Prison on Wednesday. He will have access to the garden and recreational facilities, but will have limited access to entertainment, no family visits and no access to personal property
A jury found the actor guilty in May of two rapes committed in 2003. Sources say Masterson is confident his conviction will be overturned on appeal.
The woman continued to tell the room that she was born into a family of Scientologists, and when she reported the rape to the church, a top official “made it clear that Danny was untouchable.”
“I didn't choose to be born into Scientology — and I didn't choose to be raped by Danny Masterson,” the mother of three daughters said, fighting back tears. “Scientology tried to silence us… to intimidate us.”
Of the two women for whose rape Masterson was convicted, Jane Doe 1 testified that she was at the actor's home in April 2003, where he gave her a fruity red drink with vodka that made her feel dizzy, then threw her into his jacuzzi and carried her. upstairs where she passed out and woke up to see him raping her
She fought back and shoved a pillow in his face, she told the jury. But he shoved it back in her face, choking her and causing her to black out again.
When she woke up, she said, Masterson opened a drawer next to the bed and pulled out a gun, which he brandished as he told her, “Don't you fucking move.”
Masterson played the wise-cracking Steven Hyde on That '70s Show from 1998 to 2006
Jane Doe 2 – whose actor was also convicted of rape – met Masterson at a bar in 2003 and gave him her phone number. He called her and invited her to his house.
She went, and after having a drink and sitting in his jacuzzi, she found herself in the bathroom shower with him where, she told jurors, he “suddenly pushed his penis into her vagina… She said no, I said no. sex.'
They ended up in Masterson's bed where, despite her protests, he turned her over and started hitting her from behind “like a jackhammer,” she testified, adding that she felt “like a limp rag doll.”
At the sentencing, Jane Doe 2 said: 'You are pathetic, deranged and extremely violent and the world is a safer place with you in prison.'
Jane Doe 3 — whom Masterson was accused but not convicted of rape — lived with Masterson for six years. She was just 17 when she met him and he convinced her to become a Scientologist, she told the court.
About a year into their relationship, he became very “controlling… and sexually aggressive” – she would often wake up at night and he would sit on top of her and have sex with her, she said.
In one such incident in November 2001, when she woke up to see him having sex with her, she told him no and tried to push him away, the court heard.
When that didn't work, she pulled his hair. But he retaliated by punching her in the face and calling her “white trash,” she told the jury.
After his conviction, Masterson was expelled from the Church of Scientology and declared a “suppressive person” – or “SP” – which the church defines as someone whose behavior seeks to hinder the spiritual progress of those around him.
Masterson's wife Bijou Phillips was by his side during his trials but has since filed for divorce. The couple share a daughter Fianna, who turns 10 in February (pictured in May in Los Angeles)
A third woman who accused Masterson of raping her during the time they lived together accused the Church of Scientology of keeping her quiet about her allegations. The actor was expelled from school after his conviction and declared him a 'suppressive person'
The label means fellow Scientologists, including his wife Bijou Phillips and his family, must sever all ties with the convicted rapist.
But even with the expulsion, insiders say the church continues to maintain that Masterson is innocent of all charges.
Phillips, 43, stood by her husband through the two trials, but just 12 days after his conviction on September 7, she filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage.
In her files, she revealed that she and Masterson had been living separately for five years.