Actor's new attorneys say original trial lawyer ignored a mountain of evidence they claim would have helped exonerate him

Article content

That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson has launched a petition to have his two rape convictions and his lengthy 30-year prison sentence overturned after alleging he had a poor defence lawyer who failed to call several witnesses who could have helped exonerate him. Article content

After his first trial ended in a mistrial, Masterson, 49, was convicted of raping two women at his Los Angeles home in 2003 and was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. Article content Article content

In a petition for habeas corpus filed with California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal that was obtained by the Associated Press , PEOPLE and other media outlets,

See Full Page