A woman broke down while testifying against 'That '70s Show' star Danny Masterson on Wednesday. She is the first of three women, who say Masterson raped them, to testify during his Los Angeles trial.
Masterson tells Fox News that the claims are 'beyond ridiculous' and that he intends to sue his accusers for damage caused to him and his family; Christina Coleman reports from Los Angeles.
By this point she was weeping. After she said"I can't do this," the judge called for a brief break and a court victims' services advocate comforted her at the witness stand. In brief cross-examination before the trial ended for the day, questions from Masterson's attorney Phillip Cohen suggested that he would challenge her over differences in the story she told police in 2004, which did not lead to charges for Masterson, and her testimony Wednesday.She conceded that she omitted elements of the story at the time,"to protect people."
The woman, then 27, was the best friend of Masterson’s assistant and part of the same social circle of Church of Scientology members. All of Masterson's accusers in this case were members of the Church of Scientology at the time, but have since left. They were told not to make that a big part of their testimony.
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