Danny Masterson Harassment Suit Must Go Through Scientology Mediation, Judge Rules

OP is worse than Maria Avedici Santoya.

He's good looking.

Wait? This does not make sense ?

I don’t understand why the judge ruled that religious arbitration is in order.

They both look evil

The judge is in the Scio Cult! Duh!!!!!!!!!

Am I wrong in assuming the arbitration must be for civil suits related to the situation?

Because I don't think there's any legal way that actual criminal cases would go to private arbitration. I've also just looked at a few articled about this and a couple specifically refer to a "lawsuit" which was filed against Masterson. That makes me think this is referring to civil action not criminal.

It's bad article writing as far as I'm concerned. They probably assume anyone who cares is up on the specifics but I'm sure not. Oh well.

Is that Lauren Poupon at R5?

That’s the wife Bijou Phillips, R8

Sister of Busy Phillips and Phillip Phillips?

No, unfortunately daughter of John

John who?

Oh, dear....

[quote] WOW. He lucked out big time

Like hell it was luck. He's a member or they got to him.

He is very hot

No he is not r15, you blind idiot. He’s balding and has no chin.

Oh and he’s in a cult and rapes women.

R5 it is a rather creepy photo.

[quote] On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield ruled that the harassment complaint from Chrissie Carnell Bixler, her husband, musician Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Marie Bobette Riales and two Jane Does must be settled by the Church in “religious arbitration,” since an arbitration agreement already exists among the parties that compels disputes to be handled by the Church of Scientology.

Their mistake was to go after a Scientology member who lives in Los Angeles. Scientology has their agents in all kinds of powerful positions there.

And I guess the plaintiffs were pressured into agreeing to the arbitration agreement which basically means they'll settle out of court (whatever that settlement entails).

Scientology will probably offer these women huge sums of money to drop their criminal case, or it they can't drop the cases, say that upon further thought they did consent to having Masterson rape the hell out of them. LOL

Of course! This is asshole is white and male. They're not going to bill cosby him.

WHITE PRIVILEGE!!!!!!!!

R19 why is that funny?

Allegations of rape this judge decided fall under the aegis of "dispute"??

[quote] [R19] why is that funny?

Because where Scientology is concerned they have enough money to "persuade' some or all of these women to lie through their teeth. I think it's hilarious how fast many people will forget about their pain and suffering the the check is big enough. Hopefully these women will be the exception, but I don't hold out a lot of hope.

This has to be in regards to the civil suit NOT the criminal case brought by the district attorney.

This is what it must be. These are civil suits. Many civil suits for various reasons legally have to try to be settled through arbitration, mediation or a settlement conference before there can be a trial. Very few civil cases go to trial. The arbitrator or mediator will NOT be a scientologist. The parties together or the judge pick a neutral person.

He was always the hawt one on that show.

He needs my foot in his ass.

It's just about the civil suit, not the criminal case.

[quote]This does not affect Danny Masterson’s criminal case, which is an entirely different matter. This only regards the civil lawsuit that four of his rape accusers had brought (and the husband of one of them) regarding harassment since they came forward to the LAPD with their rape allegations.

He was charged today. 3 counts.

He's a despicable POS:

"During Wednesday's hearing, the woman said that she and the That 70s Show actor were five years into a relationship in November 2001 and were together in their shared home when she allegedly woke up to him raping her.

"I tried pushing him off me and saying no I don't want to have sex with you," the woman reportedly said. "He wouldn't stop. So I did something that I knew would make him angry and likely to get off me. I pulled his hair. He has these rules, 'no touch hair rule,' 'no touch face rule.' He had this thing about his hair, so I knew if I pulled it really, really hard, he would get off me. But what he did was he hit.

The woman said in court that Masterson smacked her across the face with his fist. He then allegedly spit on her and called her "white trash," the AP reported."

RICO

Fuck this POS and his hair.

His brother Chris was always hotter.

[quote]He was charged today. 3 counts.

And faces 45 years if convicted on all charges.

Actually, that account is very mild, r30. Tony Ortega's been doing excellent play by play reporting from the courtroom. The first woman who testified gave a harrowing account about an ordeal that lasted hours.

The good news is he's being indicted on June 7 and Co$ came out of the prelim hearings with a big black eye.

The harassment claims will not be mediated by an uninterested party. This is “religious arbitration” overseen by the church. Meaning the arbitrator will be a member of CoS. Disgusting and unethical.

I hope that they'll be able to speak during the arbitration process. Other former members in a protracted arbitration process have communicated with Ortega. I'm thinking about Miscavage's former tailor and his wife, Italians whose name escapes me. But their arbitration was to recover funds they had donated to the cult.

He'll look like Phil Spector when they unscramble that comb over.

[quote]Sister of Busy Phillips and Phillip Phillips?

Of the Wilson Phillips.

The arbitration process will be held during a three-hour tour on one of their cruisers.

The Cunt is going down. Busy might as well find herself another abusive fucker that she craves getting hit smart right up her her fucked up head.

It's who she is, nothing more, nothing less.

He's not married to Busy Phillips.

[Quote] Busy might as well...

I am so sorry! I meant the active, enabling abuser @BijouPhillips who actively enables and seems to get off on sexual predation by her husband.

The Papa John Philips family, including #Michelle_Philips just seemed to sacrifice their progeny to sexual predation. Even Mick Jagger was appalled by Bijou's "father."

Busy Phillips has nothing to do with this family. She's unrelated.

Chynna Phillips and Bijou Phillips are half-sisters. John and Michelle Phillips of The Mama & The Papas are the parents of Chynna. John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte are the parents of Bijou.

Chynna and Bijou are also half-sisters with Mackenzie Phillips whose parents are John Phillips and Susan Adams.

Did any long-running Carsey Werner sitcom not feature psychopaths?

Want he just indicted?

Does Bijou look like she just got belted to the cheek and just painted flesh-colored?

He’s going to be prosecuted in court.

Hairy armpit and makeup covered face?

DK if anyone can date the picture @r44. It looks like a police crime evidence photo of a battered victim.

R3 Yes it does:

“ On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield ruled that the harassment complaint from Chrissie Carnell Bixler, her husband, musician Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Marie Bobette Riales and two Jane Does must be settled by the Church in “religious arbitration,” since an arbitration agreement already exists among the parties that compels disputes to be handled by the Church of Scientology.”

Alternate Headline: “Judge Enforces Celebrity Cult’s Legally Rendered Contract”

R36, he's been indicted on criminal charges.

The civil suit is going through Co$ arbitration, that has nothing to do with the criminal charges. All parties involved previously signed an agreement stating they would go through arbitration for civil matters so there's nothing anyone can do.

Is this like Sharia court?

R51, how is that legal? How does Scientology get to decide law?

He was hawt on that Seventies Show. All the guys were but he was the most masculine so he was the hawter one.

That whole show was douche central.

Straight douches are hawt!

They're not deciding law in this case r53. The arbitration is in the civil suit, not the criminal case.

The people suing Masterson signed a binding contractual agreement with the Scienos saying that any civil suit they brought up would go into Scientology arbitration. This arbitration wouldn't be happening had they simply not signed that contract.

If they were coerced into signing I wouldn't be surprised but we won't find out about that until later, if ever.

Yeah, R56, right up until they beat you up for not having a pussy.

The California Supreme Court has granted the petition for review submitted by Danny Masterson’s accusers after their lawsuit was derailed by a decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield.

In a unanimous ruling, the state supreme court is asking Kleifield to show cause for why he made the decision he did, granting the Church of Scientology’s motion denying Masterson’s accusers (those who were former Scientologists) of a right to trial and forcing them into the church’s internal “religious arbitration.”

Wow, this is huge. These former Scientologists are going to get the appeal they’ve been asking for without first having to go through Scientology’s internal star chamber.