Judge allows Danny Masterson's rape case to go forward in court

Per Variety, a Los Angeles judge has ruled to allow the current rape case against That 70's Show’s Danny Masterson to move forward in court after the actor’s defense attempted to have the charges tossed out, claiming that the accusations were too old. Though Masterson was not in court on Monday, Judge Eleanor Hunter rejected a defense from his attorneys Thomas Mesereau and Sharon Appelbaum, who argued that the rape accusations—multiple incidences that would have occurred beginning in 2001—occur outside of the statute of limitations. Because this case falls under California’s one-strike sex offense laws, according to the prosecution, there is no statute of limitations.