(Source: ENews)

Danny Masterson’s defense team is facing criticism and possible legal action for contacting jurors after he was convicted in the rape trial.

The legal team that defended Danny Masterson in his rape case is under fire for contacting jurors from the trial without their consent.

Holley, one of the That ’70s Show alum’s trial lawyers, admitted to contacting several jurors but denied any wrongdoing.

In statements she says were filed with the court in the past week, the attorney said she first contacted the presiding juror in June 2023 and met with her that July, two months after Masterson was found guilty of raping two women in the early aughts.

Holley claimed in a November 14 statement that the two met for lunch the next day in Santa Monica, California.

Holley, who noted in her Nov. 14 declaration that she obtained the foreman’s information by looking her up online, said the foreman contacted her later to let her know of two other jurors who were willing to meet with her and gave her their numbers, according to task. with their permission. The lawyer said she called the couple and met each separately at restaurants.

But the prosecution also said in its motion that several jurors expressed concern to the court about how Holley was able to obtain his personal contact information because their identifying information was ordered sealed after the verdict.

Prosecutors’ motion noted that while an attorney can discuss jury deliberations or verdicts with a juror after the jury has been impaneled, the juror must first consent. The document included a copy of an email from the foreman who told the court that Holley had contacted them asking permission to see her.

They added that after receiving the latest complaint from jurors, they issued an order in September prohibiting the defense team from contacting trial lawyers without going through the clerk of court.