Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize for letters on behalf of Danny Masterson
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologized Saturday for character letters the celeb couple wrote on behalf of fellow “That ’70s Present” actor Danny Masterson earlier than he was sentenced for rape this week.
A decide in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced Masterson to 30 years to life in jail for raping two girls in 2003.
In a video posted on Instagram, Kutcher and Kunis stated they had been sorry for the ache they might have brought about with the letters, which had been made public Friday.
Kutcher stated the letters that requested for leniency “had been supposed for the decide to learn and to not undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any manner. We’d by no means need to try this and we’re sorry if that has taken place.”
Kutcher stated Masterson’s household approached them after the actor was convicted within the rapes in Could and requested them to jot down character letters describing “the individual that we knew for 25 years.” The letters had been posted on-line by The Hollywood Reporter and different digital publications.
Masterson starred with Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace in “That ’70s Present” from 1998 till 2006.
He had reunited with Kutcher on the 2016 Netflix comedy “The Ranch,” however was written off the present when the Los Angeles Police Division investigation was revealed the next 12 months.
Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Decide Charlaine F. Olmedo handed down the sentence to Masterson, 47, after listening to statements from the ladies, and pleas for equity from protection attorneys.
Kutcher described Masterson as a person who handled individuals “with decency, equality, and generosity,” he wrote in his letter dated July 27, 2023.
Kunis in her letter to Olmedo known as Masterson “an impressive position mannequin and buddy” and an “distinctive older brother determine.”
Each rapes occurred in Masterson’s Hollywood-area house in 2003 when he was on the peak of his fame on the Fox community sitcom “That ’70s Present.” The victims testified that Masterson drugged them earlier than violently raping them.
Kunis stated within the apology video that their letters didn’t imply to undermine the testimony of victims.
“Our coronary heart goes out to each single one who’s ever been a sufferer of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or rape,” she stated.
