1y ago

Danny Masterson sent to state prison to serve sentence for rape convictions, mug shot released

apnews.com Danny Masterson sent to state prison to serve sentence for rape convictions, mug shot released

Danny Masterson has been admitted to California's North Kern State Prison. His mugshot shows him wearing prison attire, with long hair and a beard.

DELANO, Calif. (AP) — “That ‘70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.

Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old Masterson has been admitted to North Kern State Prison, and they released his first prison mug shot. The photo shows him wearing orange prison attire, with long hair and a beard.

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Danny Masterson sent to state prison to serve sentence for rape convictions, mug shot released

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Since the AP article didn't have it, here's the mugshot:
From here: https://nationalpost.com/news/actor-danny-mastersons-mugshot-released-as-he-starts-serving-sentence-on-rape-convictions
- It will be more than 25 years before Masterson will be eligible for parole.
  Masterson’s lawyers said they plan to
  
  Aw hell nah the church of scientology assassinated this dude before they could finish their comment.
  
  Appeal?
  
  Rape bad, but damn that seems harsh. I don't feel bad for him but was expecting 7-15 years.
- Orange Is The New Black but with the male cast of that 70s show
- It did you just need to swipe but that is a dumb design.
  
  I guess they replaced the photo now? It’s what I see when I loaded the article and I didn’t need to swipe
- Manson vibes
  
  Believe me as someone who's had a mugshot taken it's the lighting. It makes anyone look like a fuckin psycho and having resting bitch face doesn't help
- He looks like he smells like old beer and cigarettes
- It was there. Click the arrow in the slideshow to reveal it.
- If you're trying to not get convicted of rape, the least you can do is to cut your hair and beard so you don't look like a complete rapist.

Don't worry Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher will bust you out
- Aston Kutcher, a celebrity famous for his philanthropy, says a man guilty of two rapes should have his charity taken into account.
  In other words: A man with excess money, and who gives some of that excess to charity, says a person's charity should balance out that person's crimes.
  
  I think it's the personal connection that makes him find reasons to consider Danny's side of things more charitably. I sort of accept that he is just a dumb Hollywood guy with a soft spot for a friend. Except for one thing...
  He's involved with fighting human trafficking which ought to give him a pretty clear perspective regarding sexual assault victims. That's what I can't reconcile.
  
  "Well damn, Jackie, I can't control the rapin'"
  
  If using a charity is something Ashton thinks you can use as a get out of jail free card, then what fucking shit does he do, he's been helping with that anti sex trafficking thing, that's a big ol get out of jail free card in Ashton's mind.
  
  I really don't like how much hate they got for this
  If someone you love does something horrible, the emotions don't just disappear. It's like grief, people have to work through it, and it happens in different ways.
  For them, their long time friend has done something to (for them) hypothetical victims. They asked for leniency in a non-public way...
  It's an extremely human thing to do. It doesn't live up to their ideals, but it doesn't invalidate everything they've done
  
  Well, what is Ashton hiding?
  
  A person's deeds are always relevant to sentencing.
  If it was relevant to guilt, that would be obviously problematic. If it's relevant to 25 years instead of 30, that's fine.
  
  Makes me think of a dark night in 2001…. 🤔
  
  He was a suspect in a murder. His girlfriend was murdered, he saw a red pool in the window and somehow thought it was wine and went home.
- Are those two on a speedrun to be the most unbearable couple?

To clarify, North Kern is an intake facility. He'll be there for a few weeks undergoing psych evals and other testing to determine which facility he will be sent to for permanent incarceration.
- The one with tennis courts and a nice garden area?

HELLO ~~WISCONSIN~~ CONVICTION!

he's fucked, Prison sucks, but California Prison system really, really sucks
- i've heard the racial stuff is really intense... so you either end up an Aryan Nation type, or you end up being bitched out by everyone else...
  but, since he's rich and famous, he'll probably get special treatment and be able to buy protection (like Jared Fogle)
  i've also heard that prisoners all hate rapists
  
  i've also heard that prisoners all hate rapists
  Such noble creatures these prisoners are...

We've known for months he's going to prison. This is just media porn.
- Seeing people actually punished for crimes like this should always be celebrated as many rapes go unreported

This is the first I'm hearing of this - Yes I've been living under a rock. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of what he did? The article said it happened in the 2000s but didn't give specifics.
- Danny Masterson is a rapist and Scientologist.
  He’s going gaol because Scientology couldn’t protect him from the consequences his actions forever.
  
  Interesting, I've never seen that form of the word jail actually used today. Where are you from if I may ask?
  
  Yes, but what did he do?
  Did he put shit in people's drinks like Cosby?
  Did he rape a girl behind a dumpster like one of the Affluenza Kids?
  Is he just a disgusting person like Justin Roiland?
  Or is he a good guy like David Bowie, only his victims didn't think so this time?
- He used his power and money to bill Cosby women.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Masterson#Sexual_assault_convictions

Mugshot not in the article so where is it?
- I think you’re supposed to keep clicking around to find it.
  99% of all websites need to go away
- It's there, you have to swipe past the first picture up at the top.
  
  Shitty design right there
- There's a top-level comment with it now
- Relevant username

I nearly read "North Kern" as North Korean
- Talk about a dramatic way to put him in a place nobody knows who he is

"But... but... Ashton!"
"Ashton did this, Ashton did that!"
Keep it classy at the lunchroom table, bitches.

Tangentially related but I rewatched Face/Off last night and realised he has a very short role, extremely foreshadowing.

He's lucky we live in a civil society.
I'd have voted to chemically castrate anyone convicted of rape and then put him in gen pop.
- So in your scenario, what happens if someone is wrongly convicted?
  
  Oh that's easy the supreme Court already said it doesn't matter. Being convicted is enough even if you are truly innocent.
  
  Nobody is ever wrongfully convicted. We have the perfect system and it never ever makes mistakes.
  
  He hasn't thought that far ahead. I'm guessing he's the type with a lot of opinions and not many original thoughts
  
  In this case, it might actually be okay if they're wrongly convicted and chemically castrated rather than executed as chemical castration can usually be reversed (you have to scroll down a bit, but it's mentioned).. It's not like you burn off anyone's genitals.
  
  In my scenario, the proof would have to be concrete so ideally there's no such thing as wrongly convicted.
  Proof like caught in the act, semen / blood sample and / or video proof like with child porn.
- You're basically admitting you're a shit person
  
  And you're basically valuing the quality of life of rapists over that if their victims.
  Unless you intend to rape somebody, what personal stake do you have in what form of punishment is appropriate for such a vile act?
  
  I'm admitting I'd support worse treatment for people who rape than what we do currently.
  If that makes me a shit person. I'm ok with that.

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