Woman testifies against Danny Masterson, describes alleged rapes in 2001

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- On Monday at the Danny Masterson rape trial, we heard from the second of three accusers in this case. Jane Doe 3 has publicly identified herself as Chrissie B.

Chrissie B. had just turned 18 when she met actor Danny Masterson at a party thrown by her modeling agency in 1996 to celebrate a new contract she'd booked with Revlon alongside supermodel Cindy Crawford.

Weeks later, she moved in with Masterson, a Scientologist.

"He was very charming and I fell for him," Chrissie B testified on Monday.

Chrissie B. told jurors that Masterson insisted she join the Church of Scientology about five months into their six-year relationship.

"I was told my parents were suppressive people and I disconnected from my family," Chrissie B. told the jury. "My entire life became him his friends and family and his church,"

About one year into their relationship, Chrissie B. says Masterson became sexually aggressive and emotionally abusive.

"She described an incident where she didn't want to have sex after a long flight back from Paris or something and so he dragged her across the floor by her hair," says Tony Ortega, a journalist who first broke the news back in 2017 that the LAPD was investigating Masterson for the alleged rapes.

"She described that one thing he would do is urinate on her and you know, she gave more details about how she was in the shower or something and he thought it was funny, and apparently she didn't," says Ortega.

Chrissie B says that Masterson only hit her one time, but she testified that he would tell her "I was out-ethics, I was a potential trouble source," using Scientology terms for someone who is causing trouble.

"Most of the time I just let it happen," Chrissie B. testified about sex she did not want to have with Masterson. "He was always right... you just don't say no to him."

Chrissie B. then began to describe the first of two alleged rapes - this one in November 2001 at the Hollywood Hills home she shared with Masterson.

"I was sleeping and I woke up and he was having sex with me," Chrissie B testified. " I did not want to and I told him so.... he wouldn't stop."

Chrissie B. told jurors, "he had a no touch face rule, a no touch hair rule. He was very sensitive about his hair -- so I thought if I pulled his hair he might get off of me."

"She woke up and he was raping her and she was telling him to get off and she was pushing him and she said he immediately put his full body weight on her and pinned her arms down so that she couldn't get out from underneath him and he continued to have sex with her and she was objecting and screaming," Ortega recalled of her testimony.

"And then she testified, he went to the side of the bed above her and spit on her and called her white trash."

Masterson has pleaded not guilty and says the sex with all three of his accusers was consensual. It's not clear yet if Masterson will take the witness stand in his own defense.

Before Chrissie B. began her testimony Monday, jurors heard from a current Scientologist named Shaun Fabos about another one of Masterson's accusers, known as Jane Doe 1.

Fabos was a close friend of Jane Doe 1 twenty years ago and corroborated parts of the testimony she gave last week including that she told him shortly after the 2003 alleged rape that she'd had only had one drink, Masterson threw her into his jacuzzi and that "she felt something weird had happened and that definitely potential foul play had occurred."

Fabos testified that after Jane Doe 1 told him what happened, he told her that he wanted to "punch him (Masterson) in the face."

Fabo says that at some point after that conversation, Jane Doe 1 told him the rape had not really happened. Years after that, he testified, Jane Doe 1 told him she only said that to "protect" him. Fabos says Jane Doe 1 told him she'd been put on a "non-enturbulation order" by the Church of Scientology back in 2003 because of the alleged rape by Masterson.

In 2017, after the LAPD reopened its investigation into the alleged rapes, Jane Doe 1 was instructed by a LAPD detective to secretly record a phone call with Fabos to recount their 2003 conversation. It's known as a pre-text call, and Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller repeatedly tried to refresh Fabos' memory on the witness stand by showing him a transcript of the recorded 2017 call. In that call, Jane Doe 1 recounts how she told him back in 2003 that she was covered in bruises after the alleged rape.

Jane Doe 1 testified last week that she'd left on a family trip to Florida hours after the alleged early-morning rape at Masterson's Hollywood Hills. She testified that during the trip bruises from the alleged rape began to appear on her body.

On Monday, Fabos testified that last week he suddenly remembered that he was actually on that trip to Florida with Jane Doe 1's family and friends in 2003, something he'd never mentioned before and says he never even remembered until he was approached by a private investigator for Masterson's defense team in the courtroom hallway. He says that interaction with the private investigator last week caused him to remember that he was on that 2003 trip and saw no bruises on Jane Doe 1.

Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller asked Fabos about his conversation with the private investigator, "So that just triggered you?"

"She asked if I went on the trip and I said yes," Fabos replied. Fabos says no one else had ever asked him if he'd been on the trip.

Mueller appeared angry and then asked Fabos about his involvement in Scientology. Fabos testified that he grew up in the church and has become more involved with the religion in the last few years.

During a courtroom recess, Masterson defense attorney Philip Cohen asked for a mistrial again and argued that DDA Mueller had implied through his questioning that the defense had done something wrong through its private investigator.

"The theme of this case... the theory is that the defense has done something untoward with the specter of Scientology to this witness to try and impact their testimony," Cohen argued.

Judge Charlaine Olmedo denied the mistrial and noted that Fabos was an active Scientologist who "may be changing his testimony."

Olmedo declared Fabos a "hostile witness," adding that he was "purposely evasive at times."

On cross-examination by defense attorney Karen Goldstein, Fabos testified that Jane Doe 1 never mentioned Masterson using a gun or using force.

"Has anyone from the Church of Scientology told you what to say today?" Goldstein asked. "No," Fabos replied.

"I was left with the impression that you had a Scientologist who was reluctantly testifying to things he had been taped saying," says Ortega. "And then he was visited by a private eye and suddenly had revelations about what he knew - and it just seemed very suspicious to me."

Jane Doe 1's cousin Rachel D. took the witness stand after Fabos. She testified that she had been on that trip to Florida with Jane Doe 1's family after the alleged rape in 2003 and saw bruises on her body. Rachel says Jane Doe 1 told her she'd been hurt by Masterson but that she didn't go into details other than that she'd had one drink and had been in his hot tub.

"I saw that she had bruises on her arms, hips and pelvic area," Rachel testified.

Rachel took photos on the trip and at some point two of the photos that she says showed Jane Doe 1's bruising went missing. Rachel still had the negatives and reprinted those photos for the LAPD as part of their investigation. The photos were displayed in court, but it was difficult to see the alleged bruising from the gallery.

Rachel also testified that although Fabos had been on other trips to Florida with the family, he was not on the trip right after the alleged 2003 rape.

On cross-examination, Rachel was shown the two photos again which show her and Jane Doe 1 in bikinis during their beach vacation.

"Did she appear to be in physical pain," Cohen asked. "No," Rachel replied.

"Did she walk or move as if her vagina had been punched," Cohen asked. "No," Rachel replied.

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