Danny Masterson

The Church of Scientology is making a major move in its legal case that's connected to the allegations against Danny Masterson.

As of this writing, the actor is out on $3.3 million bail and is set to stand trial this fall. Now, in the hopes of preventing the case from moving forward, the church has employed a legal tactic, one that has been attempted twice already. As Masterson’s case plays out, the Church of Scientology is also in a legal battle as a result of his situation.

In the wake of losing a California appeals court case and being rejected by California's Supreme Court, the organization is now petitioning the SCOTUS to block ...

Alleging that he raped them in the first decade of the 21st century, the women reported the assaults to LAPD in 2016 and 2017. "They argued that their change of faith should free them from their contractual obligations to submit their disputes with Petitioners to the chosen religious forum. The agreement to submit disputes to religious arbitration is not anomalous."

Church of Scientology Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Force Danny Masterson Rape Accusers into Binding 'Religious Arbitration'. Aaron KellerJul 23rd, 2022, 7:03 pm.

The Court of Appeal arrived at this result by finding state action in the judicial enforcement of religious arbitration agreements, while acknowledging that the enforcement of secular arbitration agreements does not amount to state action. It became the first court in the nation to overturn a freely executed religious arbitration agreement based on the objection by a party that the selected forum was exactly what the party agreed to – religious. The Court of Appeal deprived churches of the contractual right that really matters – the right to enforce. Secular courts have placed agreements to submit disputes to religious arbitration on equal footing with agreements calling for secular arbitration – and declined invitations to discriminate against religious arbitration just because it is religious. “[R]eligious arbitration is a long-recognized institution that is increasing in use throughout the United States and across religions,” the church wrote. The California Supreme Court refused to take the case, so the church appealed to a higher authority. The church argues that the First Amendment bans the state and its courts from governing church dispute resolution procedures. The Respondents, as a condition for joining Petitioners’ church, repeatedly and expressly agreed to religious arbitration of any disputes between them and Petitioners, regardless of when those disputes arose. “Review by this Court is necessary to settle the confusion created by the California Court of Appeal. Religious organizations need this Court to remove any doubt that their contracts – including their agreements to arbitrate disputes before a religious forum – cannot be voided by a party’s professed change of mind. We hold that once petitioners had terminated their affiliation with the Church, they were not bound to its dispute resolution procedures to resolve the claims at issue here, which are based on alleged tortious conduct occurring after their separation from the Church and do not implicate resolution of ecclesiastical issues. The case is connected to and indeed names Daniel Masterson, the “That 70s Show” actor who faces an upcoming rape trial in the California state court system. They allege that, in retaliation for their reports, the Church encouraged its members to engage in a vicious campaign of harassment against them.

The Church of Scientology has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent four women who have accused one of its famous members of rape from suing it over…

At first focusing on mental health, Hubbard quickly moved Scientology into the religious realm, while keeping a strong hold on its inner workings until his death in 1986, when David Miscavige assumed the head of the organization. (Lucy Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP/FILE)] Masterson, who has pleaded not guilty, goes on trial in October.

After being accused of rape several years ago by multiple women, That '70s Show alum Danny Masterson is now preparing to head to trial. As Masterson'As the.

Because each of the four plaintiffs have since left, this was the result. As Masterson’As the case unfolds, the Church of Scientology is also facing legal challenges as a result of the actor’s situation. It remains to be seen just how things play out in that situation, as is also the case with the Church of Scientology’s latest move. The Church of Scientology petitioned this week the U.S. Supreme Court, asking for an enforcement of a religious arbitration that would prohibit the four women from suing the court. Deadline. The church previously tried this same legal method only to have it fail within both a California appeals court and the state’s supreme court. This January, the California Appellate Court ruled that the four former scientologists who were accused of the accusations were not bound by such a thing.