The actor had no visible reaction to the judge's decision to send him to trial as he sat in court, with a small group of family and friends behind him. His attorney, Thomas Mesereau, said Masterson had consensual sex with the women and that he would prove his client's innocence. The forthcoming trial will represent the rare prosecution of a Hollywood figure in the #MeToo era despite dozens of investigations by police and the Los Angeles district attorney, most of which have ended without charges. She said she found the women's testimony credible for the purposes of a preliminary hearing, where the bar for sufficient evidence is much lower than at trial. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine F Olmedo made the determination after the prosecution laid out its evidence over four days.
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