In action to the guilty decision, Jane Doe # 2 stated in a declaration beyond the courtroom at the time that she was feeling a “complex array of emotions,” per NBC News, consisting of “relief, exhaustion, strength, sadness,” including that she was “disappointed that he was not convicted on all counts.”
“But take great solace in the fact that he, the Church of Scientology, and others,” she continued, “will have to fully account for their abhorrent actions in civil court.”
Jane Doe # 3, whose rape charge the jury did not reach a decision on, stated she felt “devastated” that Masterson “dodged criminal accountability for his heinous conduct against me.”
After the sentencing, Shawn Holley, among Masterson’s lawyers, stated in a declaration to E! News that “a team of the top appellate lawyers in the country has been reviewing the transcripts of the trial” and “have identified a number of significant evidentiary and constitutional issues which they will address in briefs to both state and federal appellate courts.”
Holley stated that Masterson “did not commit the crimes for which he has been convicted and we—and the appellate lawyers—the best and the brightest in the country—are confident that these convictions will be overturned.”
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