Superstar couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have issued a public apology for writing character letters in help of their former That ’70s Present co-star Danny Masterson within the wake of his rape conviction.
In an Instagram video posted on Saturday, Kutcher and Kunis stated their letters had been in help of a good friend they knew for 25 years and had no intention of wounding anybody.
“We’re conscious of the ache that has been brought on by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher stated within the video.
“We help victims. We’ve executed this traditionally via our work and can proceed to take action sooner or later,” Kunis added.
In response to Kutcher and Kunis, they wrote the letters after Masterson’s household reached out to them, hoping that their phrases to the choose could be taken under consideration for his sentencing. The actor acquired 30 years to life for raping two ladies.
“The letters weren’t written to query the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of the jury’s ruling,” Kunis stated.
“They had been supposed for the choose to learn and to not undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any approach. We’d by no means need to try this. And we’re sorry if that has taken place,” Kutcher chimed in.
“Our coronary heart goes out to each single one who’s ever been a sufferer of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape,” the couple concluded.
As Breitbart Information reported, Kutcher and Kunis referred to Masterson as a “position mannequin” with “distinctive character” of their letter to the choose. Kutcher even credited Masterson for preserving away from medicine.
“As a task mannequin, Danny has persistently been a superb one,” Kutcher wrote. “I attribute not falling into the standard Hollywood life of medication on to Danny. Any time that we had been to fulfill somebody or work together with somebody who was on medicine, or did medicine, he made it clear that that wouldn’t be an excellent individual to be pals with.”
“I don’t consider he’s an ongoing hurt to society and having his daughter raised and not using a current father would a tertiary injustice in and of itself,” he added.
Kunis additionally hailed Masterson as an “distinctive older brother determine.”
“Danny’s steadfastness in selling a drug-free way of life has been a guiding mild in my journey via the leisure world and has helped me prioritize my well-being and give attention to making accountable selections,” she wrote.
Masterson’s different That ’70s Present co-stars Kurtwood Smith, Debra Rupp, and David Coach wrote letters in help of him. Topher Grace, then again, didn’t. In truth, Topher Grace’s spouse, Ashley Hinshaw, wrote a strongly worded assertion on Instagram that appeared to sentence those that got here to Masterson’s support.
“To each rape sufferer that’s retraumatized by witnessing society debate and focus their consideration what’s going to occur to the RAPIST…I see you,” she wrote.
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