According to the petition, a copy of which was obtained by PEOPLE, Masterson's new attorneys — Multhaup and Clifford Gardner — blamed his trial attorney Philip Cohen for the conviction, citing Cohen's "longstanding aversion to presenting affirmative defense evidence in the cases he tried."

"That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson filed a petition Monday for his two rape convictions and long prison sentence to be thrown out, saying that his trial lawyer failed to call key witnesses and int...