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LOS ANGELES — Four women who accused the actor Danny Masterson of rape can move forward with a harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday. The suit was filed by women who said they were stalked and harassed by agents of the church after they repo
A California appeals court says Danny Masteron's accusers case against the Church of Scientology can proceed.
After Chrissie Bixler told the LAPD that Scientologist and actor Danny Masterson had raped her, strangers showed up at her home, filmed her family and peeked in her windows. Two of her dogs mysteriously died, one by eating meat laced with rat poison. Her security system was hacked. Someone posted ads in her name on Craigslist soliciting men for anal sex.
Some of the women who claimed that actor Danny Masterson sexually assaulted them had signed agreements to submit disputes to binding arbitration.
Danny Masterson's case has refocused attention on religious arbitration, in which disputes are settled outside of courts, with little or no public scrutiny.