Danny Masterson: 'That ’70s Show' alum transferred to maximum-security prison that once housed cult leader Charles Manson

DELANO, CALIFORNIA: 'That ’70s Show' alum Danny Masterson has been transferred to the maximum-security prison that once housed notorious cult leader Charles Manson. The 47-year-old actor who was found guilty of two rapes he committed in 2003, was moved from North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, to Corcoran State Prison in the state’s Central San Joaquin Valley.

According to the reports of PageSix, a representative for the prison told the outlet that he was transferred on Monday, January 29. 

When was Corcoran State Prison founded?

The Corcoran State Prison, founded in 1988, is known for holding some of America’s most infamous criminals, including convicted murderer Manson from 1989 until his death in 2017, according to the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation.

It also housed Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Senator Robert F Kennedy, until he was moved in 2013 to the Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County’s South Bay area.

Masterson was initially being held at the LA County Men’s Central Jail but began his classification and reception process at Northern Kern State Prison on December 31 last year. 

LA Court Judge denied Danny Masterson bail

This new development comes just a week after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo denied Masterson bail, telling that now that he has “no wife to go home to,” he “has every incentive to flee and little reason to return to state prison to serve out the remainder of his lengthy sentence should his appeal be unsuccessful.”

His estranged wife, Bijou Phillips, filed for divorce less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison in September 2023. The disgraced actor and his wife share a minor daughter, Fianna. The “Ranch” actor agreed to give Phillips full custody of the nine-year-old following his sentencing.

Masterson will reportedly stay in Corcoran State Prison’s Level IV housing, which offers the most security at the facility. He will be eligible for parole in 20 years. He was originally arrested in 2020 and charged with raping three women between 2001 and 2003.

Bijou Phillips reportedly leaves Scientology following estranged husband Danny Masterson's rape conviction

Meaww previously reported that Danny Masterson was removed from the Church of Scientology not long after he was found guilty of rape last autumn, and his estranged wife, Bijou Phillips, is reported to have quit the church as well.

It was announced that Masterson, 47, had been expelled from Scientology, or labeled as a "Suppressive Person [SP]," a few days after he was given a 30-year prison sentence for rape in September 2023. The drastic move happened even after the church openly backed the actor and insisted on his innocence during his criminal trials.

It calls for other Scientologists, including his wife and family, to stop communicating with him.