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Edward Helmore

Church of Scientology plays down links with high-profile #MeToo cases

Scientology Danny Masterson Church of Scientology Paul Haggis Haleigh Breest Mike Rinder #MeToo Charlaine Olmedo Priya Chaudhry United States
Danny Masterson, who starred in That 70s Show, is criminally charged with raping three women.
Danny Masterson, who starred in That 70s Show, is criminally charged with raping three women. Photograph: Rich Fury/Invision/AP

The components are familiar: a powerful celebrity man in the dock, women bringing accusations of rape, jurors, lawyers and a judge attempting to apply the law by overseeing the legal process.

But as two separate high-profile #MeToo trials play out in different courtrooms in New York and Los Angeles there is one more unusual issue they both touch on: the Church of Scientology.

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