Leah Remini is “relieved” that the “harmful rapist” Danny Masterson will serve 30 years to life in jail for 2 counts of forcible rape.
In a prolonged assertion shared shortly after Masterson’s listening to on Thursday, Remini praised the sentencing resolution and lambasted the Church of Scientology, to which Masterson belongs.
Throughout a retrial in Might, Masterson, 47, was discovered responsible on two out of three counts of rape that occurred between 2001 and 2003. Jurors couldn’t attain a unanimous verdict on the third rely, which alleged Masterson had raped a longtime girlfriend.
Remini, a former Scientologist, left the church in 2013 and has since been loudly outspoken concerning the alleged bodily and psychological abuse inflicted upon present and former church members. All three of Masterson’s accusers are additionally former Scientologists.
In her assertion shared to X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter, Remini, 53, stated Scientologists have lengthy since used their “monetary assets, non secular safety, and relationships” to withhold justice.
“For over twenty years, Danny Masterson prevented accountability for his crimes,” Remini wrote. “Whereas Danny was the one one sentenced, his conviction and sentence are indictments towards Scientology, its operatives, and its legal chief, David Miscavige.”
Remini continued, claiming Scientology used its “community of media-hungry unethical attorneys, personal investigators, brokers, and civilian Scientologists” to “cowl up crimes of sexual violence.”
When requested for remark, the Church of Scientology directed International Information to an announcement from Might 31 that declared there’s “not a scintilla of proof supporting the allegations that the Church harassed the accusers.”
The previous The King of Queens actor, who was current at Masterson’s sentencing, stated she was “in awe” of the survivors who learn their sufferer influence statements in courtroom.
“I’m relieved that this harmful rapist will likely be off the streets and unable to violently assault and rape girls with the assistance of Scientology, a multi-billion-dollar legal group with tax-exempt standing.”
Remini once more reminded her followers that it’s a “excessive crime” for a Scientologist to report one other Scientologist to legislation enforcement, as Masterson’s accusers did.
“The results of such a excessive crime are devastating: you’ll lose every part you’ve ever recognized, from your loved ones to your folks to your job,” Remini defined.
“The ladies who survived Danny’s predation fought tirelessly for justice. Their tenacity, power, and braveness have given hope to all victims of Scientology that justice is feasible. For that, we are going to eternally be grateful.”
Additionally following Masterson’s sentencing on Thursday, Remini joined a livestream hosted by Mike Rinder, a former senior government of the Church of Scientology and the co-host of Remini’s Scientology TV present, to speak concerning the trial.
Remini stated the ache for Masterson’s accusers wouldn’t finish simply because he’s behind bars.
“They’re nonetheless being [sic] truthful sport by Scientology,” Remini stated. “They’re nonetheless being adopted, hunted down, stalked.”
Remini stated she struggled to not react or cry in the course of the sentencing listening to. She stated Masterson’s accusers “symbolize hope for Scientology victims.”
“They’re actually the beacon of power and braveness,” she continued. “At the moment, it doesn’t finish. This doesn’t really feel good to them. It feels good solely as a result of they have been believed; as a result of they have been advised, ‘Your rape wasn’t your fault.’”
Masterson pleaded not responsible to the costs of rape towards him. The retrial was referred to as after final 12 months’s authentic trial on the identical three counts resulted in a mistrial when a jury deadlocked, failing to succeed in unanimous verdicts.
Throughout the second trial this 12 months, deputy district lawyer Reinhold Mueller and his crew tried to color Masterson as a serial rapist who has been protected by high-ranking officers within the Church of Scientology. They claimed Masterson, on separate events, put medicine into the drinks of a longtime girlfriend and two different girls he knew by way of the church earlier than he raped them.
Masterson didn’t face any drug-related prices. Nonetheless, two of his attorneys confronted monetary sanctions after they leaked delicate trial details about Masterson’s accusers to the Church of Scientology.
In August, Remini sued the Church of Scientology for harassment, stalking, defamation and myriad different alleged unlawful actions. She accused the church of utilizing “mob-style operations and assaults” to harass her and different ex-members.
On the time, the Church of Scientology launched a assertion calling Remini’s lawsuit “ludicrous” and “pure lunacy.”
“Remini’s complaints are like an anti-Semite complaining concerning the Jewish Anti-Defamation League for exposing the anti-Semite’s bigotry and propaganda,” the church wrote. “The Church will not be intimidated by Remini’s newest act of blatant harassment and try to stop truthful free speech. If Remini doesn’t imagine in free speech, then she ought to take into account emigrating to Russia.”
Remini, 53, joined the Church of Scientology as a toddler in 1979. She left over three many years later in 2013.
In 2016, she launched the documentary collection Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, which she produced and co-created. The collection gained three Emmy awards.
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