Court Upholds Danny Masterson's Rape Conviction, Rejects Scientology Bias Claims
A California appeals court has rejected actor Danny Masterson’s arguments regarding judicial bias against Scientology, upholding his 30-year prison sentence for rape.
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First reported by Variety, 42 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 27 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 27 October at 19:39 UTC; Deadline followed 42 min later. The most recent article, from The Guardian, appeared on 28 October at 00:22 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Guardian (major outlet), Deadline, The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyDanny Masterson Loses Appeal of Rape Conviction
- DeadlineDanny Masterson Fails To Get Double Rape Conviction Overturned; No Bias Against Scientology, Appeals Court Rules
- The A.V. ClubCourt upholds Danny Masterson's rape conviction
- Rolling StoneDanny Masterson Loses Rape Conviction Appeal, Vows to Take Fight to State Supreme Court
- The GuardianDanny Masterson loses appeal against rape conviction after arguing judge was biased against Scientology
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Danny Masterson loses appeal against rape conviction after arguing judge was biased against Scientology The Guardian ·
- Danny Masterson Loses Appeal of Rape Conviction Variety ·
- Danny Masterson Loses Rape Conviction Appeal, Vows to Take Fight to State Supreme Court Rolling Stone
- Court upholds Danny Masterson's rape conviction The A.V. Club
- Danny Masterson Fails To Get Double Rape Conviction Overturned; No Bias Against Scientology, Appeals Court Rules Deadline
In this story
- Danny Masterson
- Scientology