Danny Masterson is found GUILTY of rape trends now
Danny Masterson was found guilty Wednesday of raping two women. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a third rape charge against him.
The 47 year-old Scientologist looked stunned as jurors delivered their unanimous verdicts on two of the three charges, which came six months after a different jury in his first trial couldn't reach verdicts on any of the same charges.
His wife, actress Bijou Phillips - who had been at his side throughout the four-week trial at criminal court in downtown Los Angeles - burst out crying as the jury of seven women and eight men gave their verdicts and was asked by Judge Charlaine Olmedo to 'maintain her composure' or go outside.
The judge ordered Masterson - who had been free on $3.3million bail since his arrest three years ago - to be taken into custody and scheduled a hearing for August 4 where his attorneys will argue for bail to be reinstated.
Immediately after Judge Olmedo announced she was remanding the actor, a sheriff's bailiff pulled his arms behind his back and handcuffed him.
And a posse of about 10 Scientology friends and family - including actor Billy Baldwin who is married to Bijou's half-sister Chynna Phillips - watched in shock as he was led away to the cells.
A jury found Danny Masterson guilty on two of three rape counts on Wednesday. He's seen entering court Wednesday with wife Bijou Phillips
The Scientologist, 47, was on trial for rape for a second time after his first ended in a mistrial in December, with a jury deadlocked on all counts
Bijou is seen leaving court today after the verdict was read out. She burst out crying as the jury of seven women and eight men gave their verdicts and was asked by Judge Charlaine Olmedo to 'maintain her composure' or go outside
The actor - wearing a dark blue suit and white, open-neck shirt - is looking at up to 30 years jail on the rape convictions, 15 for each one. He is also facing having his name registered as a sex offender.
The verdicts Wednesday came on the eighth day of jury deliberations. Jurors found him guilty of raping victims Jane Doe One and Jane Doe Two.
On the third charge of raping Jane Doe Three, the jury was 'hopelessly deadlocked' at eight in favor of guilty and four in favor of not guilty.
Masterson's attorney, Philip Cohen argued that his client should be allowed to continue on bail, wearing an electronic monitor and on 24 hour house arrest.
But Judge Olmedo rejected his plea saying Masterson's offenses were 'serious and violent felonies' and called him a 'potential flight risk.'
Masterson - who played smart-mouthed Steven Hyde on That '70s Show - was accused of raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges and he was looking at a sentence of 45 years to life in prison if he was convicted on all three, plus forced registration as a sex offender. Throughout both trials he had been free on $3.3 million bail.
His accusers - whom DailyMail.com is identifying only as Jane Does 1 through 3 - are all former Scientologists and are also suing the actor and the Church of Scientology in civil court, claiming that they've been harassed and intimidated since reporting him to police. A status hearing on that civil case is scheduled for June 28.
Scientology was front and center during both criminal trials. All three women testified that the reason they took so long to report him to the police was their fear of retribution from the Church of Scientology.
They said that church officials warned them not to use the word rape, that turning in a fellow Scientologist to law enforcement was considered a 'high crime', and if they disobeyed that doctrine, they could be declared a 'suppressive person', cast out by the church and left alone, cut off from family and friends.
In the second trial, prosecutors put much more emphasis than they did in the first trial on their claims that Masterson drugged his alleged victims by spiking drinks he gave them before raping them.
Calling Masterson a 'predator', Deputy District Attorney Ariel Anson, said in her closing argument Tuesday, 'It all starts with a drink…..This is his playbook….
'The defendant drugged his victims to be in control. When he drugs them, he is
