The Most Surprising Revelations From Danny Masterson’s Rape Trial

When did Jen. B first report her alleged rape to police?

Jen testified that she went to the LAPD’s Hollywood Station to file a report in June 2004, a 12 months after the alleged assault, explaining that she was reluctant to go to police “as a result of I used to be a Scientologist and Mr. Masterson is a Scientologist, and you can’t report one other Scientologist in good standing to the authorities.”

(A church spokeswoman has denied any coverage stopping its members from reporting crimes, together with ones doubtlessly dedicated by fellow members.)

“My understanding was I might instantly be responsible of a excessive crime,” Jen continued. “A excessive crime comes with a penalty of expulsion from Scientology…You can’t converse or have contact or something in any respect with an individual who has been expelled or declared a suppressive particular person…That might have main ramifications.”

Requested what kind of ramifications, she mentioned, “My life could be over. My dad and mom [both Scientologists] must disconnect with me. My daughter [7 or 8 at the time] could not go to her college… My dad and mom would not discuss to me. I would not have anyplace to work or dwell. I would not have anyplace to go.” Jen mentioned she wasn’t satisfied that her dad and mom would select her over the church if she left.

Earlier than going to police, Jen mentioned, she despatched a letter in search of permission to Mike Ellis, the church’s Worldwide Justice Chief, and asking him for assurance that she would not be declared. He didn’t give permission, she recalled.

She testified she gave the police images she taken within the days instantly following her April 25, 2003, encounter with Masterson of bruises on her physique, in addition to copies of data experiences written up about her and the actor and a “non-interpolation order” (a paper that is circulated inside a gaggle of individuals about issues you might be doing or have performed which have “created a lot chaos in a gaggle,” Jen defined, “and it says if we obtain yet one more report of anyone being upset…this particular person might be…declared a suppressive particular person”).

What occurred after Jen B. reported Danny Masterson to police?

In line with her testimony, a lawyer from the church got here to her father’s home in July 2004 and knowledgeable them there was already a “declare problem” ready on Swartz’s desk to have her labeled a suppressive. Swartz, whose data she gave to police as one of many first three folks she advised about being raped, additionally referred to as her and demanded to know the way they bought his quantity, Jen mentioned. When she defined, Jen continued, Swartz mentioned, “‘Yeah, you are f–ked, you haven’t any concept how f–ked you might be.'”

She mentioned she subsequently signed a nondisclosure settlement, which included her being paid $400,000 over the course of a 12 months.

“I might enter into the NDA settlement or simply finish my existence nevertheless I needed to do it, go get a declare order or no matter,” Jen mentioned.

She testified {that a} detective bought in contact together with her in 2016, explaining she was making an attempt to find Jen’s 2004 report, and police interviewed her once more in the midst of their wider investigation into accusations once more Masterson.

In line with Jen, she remembered her fellow accuser who’s being recognized in courtroom as Christina B. from when she dated Masterson within the Nineteen Nineties, and she or he first spoke to accuser N. Trout in the summertime of 2017. Jen mentioned she and Christina bought in contact in 2016 and talked a number of occasions after. 

Requested if she feared any retaliation from her testimony, Jen answered, “Half this courtroom.”

On cross-examination, Jen acknowledged not telling police “the entire fact” in 2004, however maintained that no matter she did inform them she believed to be true. Questioned about initially telling police her 2002 sexual encounter with Masterson was consensual, she mentioned it wasn’t till 2018 that she got here to the conclusion that it was one thing that possibly she would not name rape however somewhat, as protection legal professional Cohen put it, “one thing within the center.”