LOS ANGELES – Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologized Saturday for persona letters the fame couple wrote on behalf of fellow “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson sooner than he was once sentenced for rape this week.
A judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced Masterson to 30 years to life in prison for raping two girls in 2003.
In a video posted on Instagram, Kutcher and Kunis mentioned they had been sorry for the ache they are going to have caused with the letters, which have been made public Friday.
Kutcher mentioned the letters that requested for leniency “were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any way. We would never want to do that and we’re sorry if that has taken place.”
Kutcher mentioned Masterson’s circle of relatives approached them after the actor was once convicted within the rapes in May and requested them to put in writing persona letters describing “the person that we knew for 25 years.” The letters had been posted on-line through The Hollywood Reporter and different virtual publications.
Masterson starred with Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace in “That ’70s Show” from 1998 till 2006.
He had reunited with Kutcher on the 2016 Netflix comedy “The Ranch,” however was once written off the display when the Los Angeles Police Department investigation was once printed the next yr.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo passed down the sentence to Masterson, 47, after listening to statements from the ladies, and pleas for equity from protection legal professionals.
Kutcher described Masterson as a person who handled folks “with decency, equality, and generosity,” he wrote in his letter dated July 27, 2023.
Kunis in her letter to Olmedo referred to as Masterson “an outstanding role model and friend” and an “exceptional older brother figure.”
Both rapes took place in Masterson’s Hollywood-area home in 2003 when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox network sitcom “That ’70s Show.” The sufferers testified that Masterson drugged them before violently raping them.
Kunis mentioned within the apology video that their letters didn’t imply to undermine the testimony of sufferers.
“Our heart goes out to every single person who’s ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or rape,” she mentioned.