The husband of one of Danny Masterson's accusers told the jury 'we have targets on our backs' from Scientology.
One of his accusers broke down on the witness stand after she told the jury she believes she was hacked by Scientology "almost immediately" after she first went to police six years ago.Jurors at the rape retrial of actor Danny Masterson heard from the second of three accusers Friday as she described going through a Scientology "Ethics Program" after Masterson allegedly raped her for the first time in September 2002.
Cedric B. Zavala began his testimony by describing his wife of thirteen years as the "true north of my compass." He told the jury that at that time, his wife was still "protecting" Masterson and that he had to tell her, "That's rape."Zavala told the jury that the alleged harassment and stalking by the Church of Scientology started right after his wife first went to the police six years ago.
"If you are a whistleblower or a critic of the church or any of its members... they will do anything to get you to be silent," Zavala added. "My children need a lot of therapy from this, so yeah, we are suing for money."The Underground Bunker.In a statement, the Church of Scientology has said, "There is zero truth to any of the testimony that the Church has harassed or stalked the Jane Does.
"Stuff comes back to me and I'm being truthful and I'm being honest," Zavala testified, adding later that his conversation with LAPD Detective Javier Vargas was not a recitation of every incident Chrissie had described to him over the years. She testified that there were, "reports written on me for holding a grudge," against Masterson and that, "I had to write down the transgressions that I had."
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