Actor Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology have been accused of killing two dogs belonging to a woman who says she was raped by the That 70's Show Star.
Chrissie Carnell Bixler, who is currently involved in a stalking and harassment lawsuit against Masteron along with three other women, named the actor and the church as being responsible for her pet dog Biscuit's death having "murdered" her other dog Ethel.
"Biscuit would have turned one this week," she wrote on Instagram while sharing a photo of Biscuit. "Baby Ethel, please take care of our little Biskey til we all meet again.... How many times can a heart break?"
Her husband Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer of rock groups At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta, also blamed Scientology for the dog's death.
Bixler-Zavala posted a photo of what appears to be poison wrapped in raw meat along with the caption: "I'm at the vet dealing with another hurt animal. This is what I've been finding in my front and backyard. This is what scientology does when you speak about the predators they protect."
In a follow-up post, the singer added: "We had to put her down today. This was the result of eating rat poison rolled up in raw meat.
"This is the 2nd dog we've had to put down due to the harassment from private investigators and Scientologists. This only makes us stronger. My boys named her biscuit. They still don't understand what's happening. We said goodbye to her and let her go peacefully."
Speaking to The Underground Bunker, Bixler said that vets told her that her dog had ingested poison.
"They fed her the most lethal kind. The one where she bleeds out internally. Her lungs were filled with blood. Blood was dripping from her nose and mouth. I'm destroyed. They won," she said.
"The ASPCA opened a case file on it. They are sending me the medical file to then go file a police report here.
"My kids could have died or gotten extremely ill. They're always out finding treasures. Always putting their hands in their mouths."
The Los Angeles Police Department has been contacted for comment.
In August, Bixler, Marie Riales and two Jane Does filed a lawsuit against Masterson as well as the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige, accusing the religion and one of its most high-profile members of stalking, physical invasion of privacy and a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
The four women all accused Masteron of raping them in the early 2000s. Three of them are former Scientology members and two are former girlfriends of Masterson.
Masterson is still under investigation by the Los Angeles District Attorney's office for claims stemming from the women. Masterson was fired from Netflix sitcom The Ranch in December 2017, eight months after the LAPD began investigating him.
"This is beyond ridiculous," Masterson said in a statement to Huffington Post about the lawsuit. "I'm not going to fight my ex-girlfriend in the media like she's been baiting me to do for more than two years. I will beat her in court—and look forward to it because the public will finally be able to learn the truth and see how I've been railroaded by this woman.
"And once her lawsuit is thrown out, I intend to sue her, and the others who jumped on the bandwagon, for the damage they caused me and my family."
"From everything we have read in the press, this baseless lawsuit will go nowhere because the claims are ludicrous and a sham," a legal representative for the Church of Scientology added.
In a statement, Masterson's attorney Andrew B. Brettler told Newsweek: "I'm fairly certain that Chrissie Bixler's latest wild allegation doesn't deserve a response. And, as he's previously indicated, Danny does not intend to combat her in the media as she seems to want to do. We'd prefer to present our arguments to the judge and get this ridiculous lawsuit thrown out."
The Church of Scientology added in a statement: "These claims are completely false and insane. The Bixlers have fabricated the most outrageous lies and are now using Instagram as a channel for their latest hallucinatory publicity stunt."
