I found it objectionable.
These are people who had nothing to do with the criminal case.
The jurors contacted by the appellate team served on a second trial that ended withMastersons conviction in May 2023.
Danny Masterson in Los Angeles, CA in 2023 with wife Bijou Phillips.Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
Both trials included emotional testimony from the three women whose allegations led to Mastersons three charges of forcible rape.
All three women said Masterson drugged them before raping them.
Masterson ultimately was convicted of raping two of the women.
Jurors deadlocked on the third alleged victim, voting 8-4 in favor of conviction.
Their efforts led multiple jurors to complain to the court.
She said the jurors were troubled they were approached at their homes or workplaces.
She said the foreperson put her in touch with two more jurors.
[The investigators] tactics were harassing as she showed up to private residences.
We all wondered how she found out where the various jurors lived and worked.
Multhaup replied that his investigator is very skilled at her job.
The judge seemed skeptical but said her limited jurisdiction during the appeals process tied her hands.
Multhaup told the court that the juror interrupted the investigator before she could give the admonition.
He said his investigator said thank you and walked away.
No, she didnt, Judge Olmedo shot back.
She said, So, you decline to participate?
In the same breath that she said, So, you decline to participate?
Judge Olmedo called the investigators response tacitly coercive and an apparent violation.
Your honor, youre putting the cart before the horse, Multhaup said.
He said the worry was that other identifying information might fall into the wrong hands.
