Prince Andrew’s Attorney Accused Of Trying To Help Danny Masterson When Rape Allegations Put Netflix Job In Jeopardy, Also Represents Armie Hammer & Bryan Singer

The lawyer who’s representing Prince Andrew in a lawsuit that accuses the Duke of York of forcing sexual train on a then-teenage girl is now being accused of attempting to help alleged serial rapist Danny Masterson when allegations of his sexual misconduct first threatened his job at Netflix.

The lawyer, Andrew Brettler, has been tapped by totally different “extremely efficient” males in Hollywood who’ve been accused of comparable misbehaviors, along with actor Armie Hammer and director Bryan Singer.

On the time he allegedly assisted Masterson and producers of the Netflix current, The Ranch, nonetheless, Brettler was working for Marty Singer. Singer represented Masterson for years.

Brettler is now representing the That ’70s Current alum in a civil lawsuit alleging that the actor and the Church of Scientology harassed his accusers for coming forward with their rape claims.

A former manufacturing assistant on The Ranch has come forward with claims that Brettler – with the help of this PA’s then-boss – allegedly supplied himself to acknowledged PA as an unbiased investigator that Netflix had employed to look into the allegations surrounding the Los Angeles Police Division’s 2017 investigation of Masterson.

This PA’s title is Nick Olszewski, and he spoke to Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker.

Olszewski acknowledged he had left the current the 12 months prior on account of medical causes, nevertheless when he look at the reality {that a} fourth accuser had come forward in direction of Masterson and that Netflix was allegedly acutely aware of the allegations nevertheless had not determined about whether or not or to not fire Danny or cancel the gathering, Olszewski reached out to his former boss, The Ranch producer Melanie Patterson.

Olszewski acknowledged he developed a friendship with Masterson all through his time on the current, taking place to supply the outlet with a plethora of proof to point out their onetime close-knit relationship.

When Nick study regarding the allegations and investigation, he acknowledged he was flooded with reminiscences that began to face out to him

“At one stage I heard Danny going ‘exterior’ on any individual on the phone in his dressing room hours after rehearsal when he thought all people was gone. I was going via the halls and stopped to listen to on account of he was so offended. Speaking so violently. It was out of character – or so I assumed on the time,” he recalled.

One different time, Olszewski acknowledged he witnessed Masterson giving suggestion to a fellow solid member, Elisha Cuthbert, about the way in which to not fall sufferer to date-rape drugs.

“Sooner than Elisha and her sister and her girlfriends have been going to Las Vegas for a celebration, Danny gave them a crash course in the way in which to avoid getting roofied. I assumed it was uncommon, how he knew quite a bit about it,” Olszewski acknowledged, together with that Masterson moreover as quickly as “confided” in him that he “used to get so drunk that he would stand up inside the park and don’t know what occurred the evening time sooner than, and that he went via a ‘half’ like that.”

Furthermore, Nick recalled how Danny would make his “girlfriend so uncomfortable alongside together with his disregard for her personal space. He on a regular basis kissed her on the cheek and touched her lower once more though they’d solely met a handful of situations.”

So he despatched Patterson an e-mail in November of 2017 that acknowledged, “I’ve information relative to Danny Masterson’s case. I merely have to know what I should do.”

In keeping with Olszewski, his e-mail looked to be interpreted by every Patterson and Masterson to indicate that he had information which may help and by no means injury the actor.

“Yo my bro. Merely accomplished runthru. Mel suggested me earlier u hit her up with info to help me with this bulls–t I’m dealing with. What u purchased?!” Danny texted Nick the subsequent day, as Melanie emailed once more, “Hiya Thanks quite a bit for touching base Our man who’s gathering information goes to attain out to you. His title is Andrew.”

Later that day, Olszewski purchased a textual content material from a amount he didn’t acknowledge. It acknowledged, “Nick, it’s Andrew. Heard u have info to share re:Masterson. Pls give me a reputation or textual content material. Thx.”

Olszewski acknowledged his speedy thought was: “I’m not foolish. I considerably had points after what I might study regarding the rape allegations, and I’m not going to talk to easily anybody.”

So he texted once more, “What’s your last title and job title? I’d solely speak about this particularly particular person with a third event present.”

“Discuss what?” Andrew requested.

“Re:Masterson,” Nick replied.

“Not following. Do u have info to help Masterson?” Andrew pressed.

“Closing title and job title please,” Nick repeated.

“Wouldn’t sound like you’ll have any info the least bit. Why the video video games? The need for a third event? What’s this about?” Andrew despatched once more.

When Olszewski appeared up the amount, he realized that Andrew – the “our man” that he acknowledged Patterson had despatched his methodology – was the reality is Andrew Brettler, Marty Singer’s affiliate.

(Ortega confirmed that the amount matched the one Brettler had listed in courtroom docket papers inside the harassment lawsuit.)

Nick suggested the outlet he anticipated that every the current and neighborhood might be conducting an unbiased investigation of the allegations in direction of Danny. He acknowledged he was shocked to be taught that they’d allegedly turned it over to Masterson’s private lawyer, saying, “Netflix was using Danny’s lawyer as a result of the investigator,” which is a declare Brettler denied.

“I’ve under no circumstances represented Netflix, nor did anyone there ask me to do one thing regarding the allegations in direction of Mr. Masterson,” he suggested Ortega in response to his messages to Olszewski.

The outlet didn’t hear once more regarding requests for comment from each Patterson or Netflix.

After that, the neighborhood saved Masterson in his lead place on the current for another month.

Then in early December, one different story acquired right here out about how one in all Danny’s accusers occurred to be on the same youth soccer sport as a Netflix authorities named Andy Yeatman. When the accuser requested why the neighborhood was not taking movement in direction of the actor, Yeatman admitted that “we don’t take into account them” in reference to the alleged victims.

Netflix then fired every Yeatman and Masterson.

The Ranch producers chosen to place in writing off his character by having him be threatened at gunpoint and pushed away by a persona apparently named Nick.

Olszewski went on to say he would testify at Masterson’s upcoming trial if requested.