Danny Masterson’s lawyer filed an appeals brief seeking a complete reversal of his convictions for rape, arguing that the “That ’70s Show” star’s accusers significantly altered their stories to squeeze through a labyrinth of statutes-of-limitations laws in order to pursue monetary damages through a civil case.
The 60,000-word brief – equivalent to more than 200 pages – makes several arguments to immediately free Masterson, who was sentenced in September to 30 years to life in prison for the assaults of two women who testified in his Los Angeles re-trial. The first trial ended in a hung jury in November 2022.
The filing from Cliff Gardner picks apart the timeline of accusers’ stories in exhausting detail, outlining how each “evolved” their memories over the years more than a half-dozen times each. He suggests that they tailored their accounts knowing that a criminal conviction would open the long-expired limitations statutes preventing them from seeking a significant financial reward.
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