I don't know. There was no evidence he did anything. Basically, some chick accused him of "raping" her 20 years ago and they gave him life on her word. It was 20 years ago so there is no way he could have defended himself. People in prison are going to rightly look at him as a victim. This was basically a witch trial. She might as well have accused him of turning her in to a newt. The "evidence" supporting it would have been exactly the same.
Traditionally cases like this wouldn't even go to trial due to statute of limitations. They eased that in California because they wanted to allow ACTUAL RAPE victims who were physically attacked and assaulted to be able to use DNA evidence to solve cold cases. It wasn't meant to allow some girl you dated 30 years ago to claim at some point in time something that happened in the bedroom that she was against or regretted later to file a charges and because it is 30 years ago you go away for life because you can't even remember the incident let alone defend yourself.
There wasn't one accuser, there were a total of 7.
While he was convicted on two counts of rape, Masterson has
five accusers who allege that the Church of Scientology
suppressed them from reporting the former actor, a lifelong member, to the LAPD. While the LAPD launched an investigation into Masterson in 2017, the actor furiously denied the women’s allegations, releasing a
lengthy statement through his representative that disparaged the accusers and suggested they had only come forward because they’d been in contact with Leah Remini, who was then working on a television series speaking out against the Church of Scientology.
Two more victims also came forward with rape allegations that year, prompting Masterson’s agency to drop him and Netflix to fire him from
The Ranch.
Five + two = seven. Also she did report it to the police in 2004, they did not pursue charges.
Jane Doe said she reported the incident to her Scientology ethics officer, understanding that reporting a Scientologist in good standing, like Masterson, would make her a “suppressive person” and “guilty of a high crime.” “My life would be over,” she told jurors, explaining that she feared expulsion. “My parents would have to disconnect from me. My daughter couldn’t go to school … I wouldn’t have anywhere to work or live. I wouldn’t have anywhere to go.” She said she later wrote to the church’s international justice chief and asked for permission to report Masterson, but was deterred. She reported the rape anyway in 2004, at which point she said she received a call from the chief telling her, “You have no idea how ****ed you are.” The LAPD did not pursue charges at the time, a decision Jane Doe No. 1 said left her feeling “scared.” She signed an NDA and accepted a $400,000 settlement from Masterson, citing pressure from the actor and the church.
The odds that he's some innocent victim are extremely small IMO.
