Danny Masterson moved from maximum to minimum security prison over ‘safety concerns’

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Danny Masterson has been moved out of Corcoran State Prison in Central California after lower than a month.

The maximum-security facility is infamous for housing notorious cult chief Charles Manson for a few years,

According to state data, former That ‘70s Show star Masterson, 47, has been transferred to California’s Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, which is categorised as a medium and minimum-security facility.

According to studies in Deadline, the transfer is due to issues for “the inmate’s well-being”.

Last 12 months, Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after he was discovered responsible of raping two girls over twenty years in the past.

In January, Masterson was denied bail pending attraction over fears the convicted rapist has “every incentive to flee”.

Records present that the actor will probably be eligible for parole in 2042 – when he’s 66 years outdated.

Manson was transferred from San Quentin State Prison to Corcoran in March 1989. The cultist, convicted of the murders of seven folks, was later transferred to one other prison in 1997 after it was discovered he had been trafficking medicine.

After Masterson’s sentencing, it was revealed that Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, who starred alongside the actor in That ‘70s Show, were among the people who wrote letters of support for him during his trial.

Kutcher, 45, had written that his co-star, with whom he also starred in Netflix sitcom The Ranch, was a “role model” and “a person that is consistently there for you when you need him”.

In her letter, Kunis, 40, called Masterson “an amazing friend, confidant, and, above all, an outstanding older brother figure to me”.

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After facing huge backlash, the couple, who married in 2015, shared a joint video apology on social media.

Shortly after he was sentenced, Bijou Phillips – who remained by Masterson’s aspect by the courtroom proceedings – filed for divorce, ending their almost 12-year marriage.

They have been married in 2011 after assembly at a Las Vegas poker event in 2004. Their daughter, Fianna, was born in 2014.

Masterson, who rose to fame for taking part in Steven Hyde within the Nineties sitcom starring Kunis and Kutcher, was discovered responsible of two counts of forcible rape by a jury of seven girls and 5 males after every week of deliberations in May final 12 months.

While handing down the sentence on 7 September, Judge Olmedo mentioned: “Mr Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s choice and voice. Your actions 20 years ago today were criminal, and that’s why you are here.”