Danny Masterson rape trial: Jury says it’s deadlocked – Nationwide

Jurors on the rape trial of That ’70s Present star Danny Masterson mentioned Friday that they’re deadlocked, however a choose advised them they haven’t deliberated lengthy sufficient for her to declare a mistrial.

The jury advised Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Choose Charlaine Olmedo that after practically three days of deliberations, they might not attain a unanimous verdict on any of the three rape counts in opposition to the actor.

Olmedo had already agreed to permit jurors Thanksgiving week off.

She stopped their discussions Friday and advised them to return and resume deliberations on Nov. 28.

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Masterson, 46, is charged with the rape of three ladies, together with a former girlfriend, in his Hollywood Hills residence between 2001 and 2003.

He has pleaded not responsible, and the defence mentioned the acts had been consensual.

Masterson, 46, didn’t testify in the course of the trial.

His lawyer offered no defence testimony and as a substitute targeted on inconsistencies within the accounts of the three accusers, who he mentioned modified their tales over time and spoke with one another earlier than going to police.