The deputy district attorney Danny MastersonThe rape retrial this week dropped a bombshell in court, telling the judge he believes the Church of Scientology gets hold of redacted discovery material – including emails between alleged victims and police, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Muller Masterson’s new trial began Wednesday by informing Judge Olmedo“An email has been sent from Vicki Podberesky on May 2, 2023, to our Assistant District Attorney James Garrison and to our Bureau Director, and the subject is listed as ‘False Reports of Stalking by the Church of Scientology.'”
Podberesky has long been associated as a lawyer for the religious group.
In the email, Ms. Podberesky indicates that during the retrial DDA Mueller asked questions of Jane Doe 3 that were intended to elicit answers that he knew were false. That the witnesses filed dozens of reports alleging that the church has been stalking them. That Podberesky met with LAPD Chief Moore and filed a series of complaints with the LAPD on behalf of the Church of Scientology, most notably that Det Vargas left open numerous and false reports from the witnesses. None of the reports turned out to be true, and that Mueller knows the reports have no value,” Mueller claimed.
According to Tony Ortega’s site, The underground bunkerMueller told the judge that Podberesky’s email allegedly contained links to several disturbing files.
“In the attachments, I don’t want to say all of our discoveries, but a large portion of our discoveries were attached to these files. Emails between law enforcement and victims. Text messages. Police reports. Photos. We couldn’t get through all the attachments. but it is extremely disturbing that all of our redacted discoveries that we turned over to the defense are now in the hands of Scientology,” Mueller asserted.
When Judge Olmedo asked Masterson’s attorney: Phillip Cohenif he had “shared discovery with the Church of Scientology”, he denied the allegations.
When the judge moved on about how Podberesky would have the discovery material, Cohen doubled down and replied, “No idea.” But Judge Olmedo was not satisfied with that answer and issued “an order to show cause” but said the prosecution would have until “after the trial to find out how the discovery in a criminal case got there.”
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As for ex-Scientologist Leah Remini, she shared her thoughts on the matter via social media. She claimed that Podberesky, “who receives her orders directly from Captain David Miscavigemade a “colossal mistake” when she “included a link” in the email she sent to the district attorney’s office to “complain about how Scientology was treated at trial.”
Remini pointed out, “This is the same criminal discovery that the district attorney shared with Danny Masterson’s defense team,” and “Scientology has no reason to have criminal discovery material in its possession.”
RadarOnline.com has contacted Scientology and Podberesky for comment.
Masterson, a longtime Scientologist, faces three charges of forced rape. Three women have stepped forward – identified only as Jennifer B., Christina B. and N. Trout – claiming the actor raped them in the early 2000s.
As RadarOnline.com reported, a mistrial was declared in November after the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision based on alleged “inconsistenciesin the memory of the prosecutors’ events. His retrial was set immediately, leaving Masterson barely time to breathe before the charges were resumed.