Danny Masterson is pictured in a new mugshot after he was taken to state prison to serve his 30-year sentence for raping two women more than two decades ago.
The That '70s Show star was taken to North Kern State Prison on Wednesday and is pictured with tight lips, long messy hair and a beard.
Masterson, 47, had been sentenced on September 7 to 30 years to life with the possibility of parole for two counts of rape by force, violence or fear of bodily harm and was being held at the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail.
After his conviction, it was reported that he was under 24-hour surveillance in case he showed signs of 'mental distress', and officers passed by his cell every half hour to check on him 'for the purpose of monitoring his life '. mental state and making sure he is safe'.
Danny Masterson, 47, is pictured in a new mugshot after being transferred to state prison to serve his 30 years to life sentence
The That '70s Show star was taken to North Kern State Prison on Wednesday
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 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 move.”
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.
Masterson blows his wife Bijou Phillips a kiss in court as he is sentenced to 30 years behind bars, seen in a court sketch
Masterson arrives at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles with wife Bijou Phillips for his trial on May 31, 2023
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.
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 during the two trials, but Just twelve days after his conviction on September 7, she filed for divorce after twelve years of marriage.
Masterson played the wise-cracking Steven Hyde on That '70s Show from 1998 to 2006
The former That 70s Show star agreed to give Phillips both legal and physical custody of the couple's daughter while he is in prison
The Church of Scientology expelled Masterson after his conviction, declaring him an “oppressive person.”
In her filing, she revealed that she and Masterson – who is currently in LA's Central Men's Jail awaiting a decision on where he will serve his sentence – had been living apart for five years.
Masterson's lawyer remains defiant following the actor's 30-year prison sentence for rape, telling media the legal battle is not over because his conviction is “not supported by evidence.”
That 70s Show star's attorney, Shawn Holley, told the media after the sentencing that a “team of the nation's top appellate attorneys reviewed the trial transcripts.”
'[They] have identified a number of important evidentiary and constitutional issues that they will address in briefs to both state and federal appellate courts,” she added.
Holley called the jury's verdict “not supported by evidence” and that, despite the utmost respect for the justice system, “they are sometimes wrong.” And that's what happened here.' Holley said her team was confident Masterson's conviction would be overturned on appeal.