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Danny Masterson and Harvey Weinstein cases collide on LA County courthouse’s infamous 9th floor

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, left, interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2022.

LOS ANGELES — As a crowd of dozens shoved and jostled their way toward an overwhelmed security checkpoint on the ninth floor of Los Angeles County’s largest criminal courthouse last month actor, Scientologist and accused rapist Danny Masterson bumped up against several jurors.

But not jurors in his high-profile trial — the other one happening down the hall.

Whether it was O.J. Simpson, infamous L.A. serial killers such as the Night Stalker or Grim Sleeper, or the doctor convicted of giving Michael Jackson a fatal overdose, the ninth floor of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown L.A. has long been where the county’s most notorious — and sometimes famous — are brought to face justice.

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