Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis asked for leniency for Danny Masterson in letters to judge
The letters of support written for Danny Masterson by former co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have been shared with the public, in which the couple vouched for Masterson’s “exceptional character” and pleaded for the judge’s leniency.
Kunis and Kutcher, once main characters on That ’70s Show alongside Masterson and now married, wrote the letters ahead of this week’s sentencing by Judge Charlaine Olmeda.
Olmeda ruled this week that Masterson will serve 30 years to life in prison for two counts of forcible rape.
During a retrial in May, Masterson, 47, was found guilty on two out of three counts of rape that occurred between 2001 and 2003. Jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on the third count, which alleged Masterson had raped a longtime girlfriend.
The letters written by Kutcher and Kunis were published by Los Angeles-based court reporter Meghann Cuniff, as well as by longtime Church of Scientology critic Tony Ortega.
In Kutcher’s letter, he wrote: “(Masterson) set an extraordinary standard around how you treat other people. There was an incident where we were at a pizza parlor and a belligerent man entered who is berating his girlfriend. We had never met or seen these people before, but Danny was the first person to jump to the defense of this girl. It was an incident he didn’t have to get involved in but proactively chose to because the way this man was behaving was not right.
“He has always treated people with decency, equality, and generosity.”
Ashton Kutcher's letter to the judge who sentenced Danny Masterson for rape:
«We have spent countless hours together with our kids and he is among few people that I would trust to be alone with my son and daughter.»
Mila Kunis' letter in article:
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