Leah Remini Addresses Danny Masterson's 30-Year Prison Sentence: 'I Am Relieved'

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Leah Remini is addressing the sentencing of Danny Masterson. The 53-year-old actress and outspoken critic of the Church of Scientology issued a statement after the 47-year-old That ’70s Show star and Scientologist was sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape. Leah, in court to support the three victims, issued a statement on social media on Thursday (September 7). Keep reading to find out more… “Sitting in court today with the women who survived Danny Masterson‘s predation was a surreal experience.

Over the past seven decades, former Scientologists have sadly become used to Scientology using its financial resources, religious protection, and relationships to snatch justice away from them,” she began. “For over two decades, Danny Masterson avoided accountability for his crimes.

While Danny was the only one sentenced, his conviction and sentence are indictments against Scientology, its operatives, and its criminal leader, David Miscavige.” “Scientology managed to cover up Danny‘s crimes with the help of its intelligence agency, the Office of Special Affairs, top ‘church’ officials like Kirsten Caetano Pedersen and Julian Swartz, its network of media-hungry unethical attorneys, private investigators, agents, and civilian Scientologists who engaged in a conspiracy to cover up crimes of sexual violence,” she went on. “I am relieved that this dangerous rapist will be off the streets and unable to violently assault and rape women with the help of Scientology, a multi-billion-dollar criminal organization with tax-exempt status.

Hearing the survivors read their victim impact statements aloud in court while the man who raped them and some of the very Scientologists who terrorized them over two decades were just a few feet away