"That 70's Show" Actor's Rape Trial Uncovers Scientology's Horrific Abuses

Following the recent sentencing of actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson, more allegations of sexual assault cover up have emerged from people who have escaped Scientology. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more.

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Following the recent sentencing of actor and Scientologist, Danny Masterson, more allegations of sexual assault and coverup have emerged from no other than the Scientologists. You follow this story, we probably have done more stories on this cult, this insane, crazy cult than most people in this business. We followed them, early on in my career, I was faced with having to deal with a client, with one of these, held hostage, basically. But they found out in the trial that you had Scientologists that were assigned to stalk, to stalk witnesses, to harass witnesses, to make, to victimize witnesses, to do the same thing with the victims. The women who were raped by this nut case. Pick it up.

Yeah. They actually, they put the two women who alleged the rape. Well, I mean, the rape was determined at trial, yes. So they put the two women who were raped in therapy with their Scientologist therapist to convince the women it was their fault. That is how devious and just, in my opinion, straight up evil, this organization is. They wanted these women to drop the charges. They wanted these women to think that everything was their fault and that they had actually wanted it so Masterson could walk free because, I guess, I don't even think he was popular at the time these allegations happened, anymore.

Most people don't even know who the hell he is. I mean, truthfully.

But now even more stories are coming out from the church, other women, some who have successfully left it because they will fight tooth and nail to prevent you from leaving, who are saying, listen.

Well, basically. Go ahead. I'm sorry.

Well, they say, listen, I told the church that I was sexually assaulted by this individual. They covered it up. And like you said, they would have cars following 'em. They would have people standing outside their apartments watching them, watching their every move. It is a nightmare for women inside this organization.

Well, first of all, let's talk about how crazy these people are. They're nuts. This is a cult. It's built on a nutcase, L. Ron Hubbard, who was crazy as a march hare. Matter of fact, he was so crazy that he had committed fraud all over the world, basically. He had to live on a ship. Did you know that? He had to live on a ship so he couldn't be served papers. And so their belief is that earth was colonized by extraterrestrials and that some of them are still with us, and their influence is still with us. That they're still having, their energy and their power are still affecting us. We may not see 'em, they may not be able to point 'em out, but it's almost like, yes, they're here and you just have to believe that they're here. So the reckoning came when, in the second trial, when you had specialists, experts take the stand and explain to the jury just how freaking crazy these people are. And that made a difference. Because these women were saying, you don't understand what I've been through. I've been through, I may as well be held hostage. They've tried to brainwash me. They've threatened me. They've threatened my family. They've told me if I don't cooperate, I'm going to be excommunicated and I'll never see my family again. I just don't, what are there 40,000 of them left right now?

Yeah. I think so. And you keep using that word cult. You actually have countries in Europe and Asia that have officially put that title on them. So, this is not just our opinion of this. This is what other governments, they've stripped them of tax exempt statuses. They said, this is not a religion. So the United States needs to do the same thing. These people are in trouble. You know, we did the story a couple months ago about the children.