Rebecca Minkoff and Danny Masterson.
(Photo by Robert LaBerge/Getty Images)The Real Housewives of New York”s Rebecca Minkoff has spoken about her past relationship with a disgraced Danny Masterson.
The 43-year-old fashion designer appeared on the Monday, December 9 episode of “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast. and shared details about how she knew the convicted rapist in the past.
“When I started, he was incredibly supportive,” Minkoff told the podcast hosts Teddy Mellencamp and Tamra Judge, noting that she had not “seen or spoken to the actor” in 10 years.
According to Minkoff, she met “girls and actresses who were excited to wear my product” through fellow Scientologist Masterson, while she is still an up-and-coming designer, adding that That 70’s Show alum introduced her to his famous friends who were willing to wear her designs.
Danny Masterson was convicted of two counts of aggravated rape following his second trial on charges that he sexually assaulted several women in the early 2000s. The jury reached its decision on Wednesday, May 31, after deliberating for more than six days. Jurors found Masterson, 47, guilty of raping two women in 2003, but they (…)
Minkoff doesn’t weigh in Masterson’s Legal Troubleshowever, and told Mellencamp and Judge, “And that’s all I can say. I was not involved in the case. I have no details.”
Masterson was found guilty of two counts of aggravated rape for incidents that occurred in the early 2000s. The actor, who strongly denied the charges, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in September 2023. (The same month his ex-wife, Philips jewelry, filed for divorce. The couple share a daughter, Fianna, 10.)
Rebecca Minkoff.
(Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center and Retail Leaders Circle)Four women claimed in March 2017 that Masterson sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, alleging that while she was dating the actor, he “repeatedly raped” her.
Masterson maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty in January 2021. on three counts of rape. His first trial began in the fall of 2022, which ended in error. Masterson went on trial again in the spring of 2023 when he was convicted of two counts of rape.
Before the rape conviction, Masterson was best known for his role as Stephen Hyde in That 70’s Show from 1998 to 2006 and his role at Netflix The ranch as Jameson “Rooster” Bennett from 2016 to 2018.
Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after being convicted of two counts of aggravated rape during his retrial for sexual assault. “Mr. Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s choice and voice,” the judge told Masterson, 47, on Thursday, September (…)
Meanwhile, Minkoff touched her ties to Scientology in the past and revealed his beliefs during an appearance on the Dinner Party With Jeremy Fall podcast in October 2021.
“Scientology, which the very word means knowledge,” Minkoff said at the time. “That’s all it means.”
She continued, “I’m Jewish, so I have my beliefs with Judaism and God, and I go to Scientology to learn knowledge,” she continued. “And it’s spiritual because I’m not working out my abs. We are simply separating the body from the spirit. Personally, it helped me from my own demons, my own things that I’m not happy with.”
