Former sitcom star and high-profile member of the Church of Scientology Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for violent crimes a jury says he committed during the height of his “That 70’s Show” fame, per Variety.
The actor was sentenced today on charges of forcible rape stemming back to the early 2000s; he was found guilty on two of the counts, while the jury reportedly ended up deadlocked on a third charge.Masterson was once known for playing Steven Hyde, an anti-authority teen stoner and fan-favorite character on the long-running sitcom “That ’70s Show.” His other credits include movies like “Yes Man” and “Dracula 2000” and roles on sitcoms like “Men at Work” and “The Ranch” (the latter a Netflix series that reunited Masterson with former “’70s Show” costar Ashton Kutcher before he was fired in 2017).
It was Masterson’s fame that his victims and prosecutors in…
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