The 47-year-old actor was expelled after being found guilty in a retrial in which he was charged with the rape of three women.
Danny Masterson he never acted in It’s a 70’s show. That’s what one might think looking at the billboards and other promotional material that appeared at San Diego Comic-Con celebrating the 25th anniversary of the iconic sitcom, much of which the actor didn’t show up due to his legal troubles despite being that he was one of them. the main characters as Stephen Hyde.
That ’70s Show Cut Danny Masterson
While no cast members will be attending the famed California convention and local celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the series’ debut due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, an area has been created at the Omni Hotel in the city to recreate the Foreman home set. , adorned with several enlarged images of the characters. Not among them is Danny Masterson, who was found guilty in recent weeks in a new trial in which he was accused of drugging and raping three women and now faces up to 45 years in prison. The 47-year-old actor isn’t entirely absent, though: he makes a brief appearance in a video that includes a moment from the series’ opening credits, and can be heard shouting his iconic “Hello Wisconsin.”
Earlier this year, a new rape trial against Masterson was launched six months after the first was declared invalid due to mistrial. The actor pleaded guilty to two of the three counts of sexual assault. The verdict comes almost three years after three women, former members of Scientology, said they had sex with him without consent at various times between 2001 and 2001. 2003. Masterson pleaded guilty. innocent and denied all charges against him, but never testified at the retrial.
Netflix has already banned him from the 90s show.
Masterson has also been banned in recent months It’s a 90’s showcontinuation of the spin-off It’s a 70’s show focused on a new generation of teenagers, some of whom are children of the main characters of the original series. WITH Debra Jo Rupp AND Kurtwood Smith new as Kitty and Red on a full-time basis, the series briefly featured all of the ex-youngsters except Masterson. So Topher Grace (Eric) Laura Prepon (Woman), Mila Kunis (Jackie) Ashton Kutcher (Kelso) e Wilmer Valderrama (Fez), but also Tommy Chong (hippie Leo) e Don Stark (Bob, Donna’s father).
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