Ashton Kutcher and spouse Mila Kunis are talking out after they acquired backlash for writing character letters for Danny Masterson throughout his rape trial.
“We’re conscious of the ache that has been brought on by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” the “Punk’d” creator started alongside his spouse in a video message shared on Instagram Saturday.
Kunis added, “We help victims. We’ve got executed this traditionally by our work and can proceed to take action sooner or later.”
Kutcher, 45, stated that Masterson’s household reached out to them a few months in the past, asking if they might “write character letters to symbolize the individual that we knew for 25 years in order that the choose might take that into consideration — relative to the sentencing.”
The “Associates With Advantages” actress, 40, stated the letters “weren’t written to query the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of the jury’s ruling.”
Kutcher continued that the letters have been “meant for the choose to learn” and weren’t written to “undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any manner.”
“And we’re sorry if that has been the case,” he added earlier than his spouse concluded by giving her sympathies to all victims.
“Our coronary heart goes out to each single one who has ever been a sufferer of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape,” she stated.
Their joint assertion got here two days after Masterson, who starred alongside the couple on “That ’70s Present,” was sentenced to 30 years to life in jail for 2 rapes he dedicated in 2003.
After his sentencing, Kunis and Kutcher’s character letters to Los Angeles Superior Court docket Choose Charlaine Olmedo have been made public.
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The “Jobs” actor wrote that Masterson, 47, had “been nothing however a optimistic affect” on him, including that he’s “a very sincere and intentional human being.”
Kutcher concluded his letter by saying that he doesn’t imagine his former co-star “is an ongoing hurt to society.”
In the meantime, Kunis described Masterson as an “wonderful pal, confidant, and, above all, an impressive older brother determine to me.”
The “Luckiest Lady Alive” actress echoed her husband’s sentiments about Masterson holding them away from medication.
“He demonstrates grace and empathy in each state of affairs, be it throughout the leisure business or in our private lives,” she added.
Masterson is reportedly now beneath 24-hour surveillance watch whereas he’s in jail, ready to be transferred to a California State jail.
His spouse, Bijou Philips, is reportedly fearful that her husband and father of her 9-year-old daughter, Fianna, can be killed in jail.
