{"id":2028249,"date":"2023-09-11T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-70s-show-stars-dragged-for-writing-character-letters-in-support-of-convicted-rapist-co-star\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:06:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:06:44","slug":"that-70s-show-stars-dragged-for-writing-character-letters-in-support-of-convicted-rapist-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-70s-show-stars-dragged-for-writing-character-letters-in-support-of-convicted-rapist-co-star\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;That &#8217;70s Show&#8217; stars criticized for backing convicted rapist co-star with character letters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthat-70s-show-stars-dragged-for-writing-character-letters-in-support-of-convicted-rapist-co-star%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Married \u201cThat \u201970s Show\u201d Stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Face Backlash for Supporting Convicted Rapist<\/h2>\n<p>Married \u201cThat \u201970s Show\u201d stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis took some heat \u200bover the \u2062weekend for writing\u2063 \u201ccharacter letters\u201d on behalf of their co-star, now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bail-fund-praised-by-kamala-harris-has-twice-freed-the-same-rioter-he-was-just-charged-again\/\" title=\"Bail Fund Praised By Kamala Harris Has Twice Freed The Same Rioter. He Was Just Charged Again.\">convicted rapist<\/a>, Danny Masterson.<\/p>\n<p>Masterson \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/that-70s-show-actor-danny-masterson-sentenced-to-30-years-to-life-on-two-counts-of-rape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was convicted<\/a> in late May \u2062on two counts of\u2063 rape and was sentenced on Thursday to serve 30 \u200cyears to life in prison \u2014 \u200bbut prior to sentencing,\u200b his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-announces-new-legal-defense-team-for-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"President Trump announces new legal defense team for impeachment trial\">legal defense team<\/a> and family reportedly reached out to friends and colleagues to speak on\u200b behalf of Masterson \u2062in an effort to reduce his potential sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Kutcher and Kunis \u2064each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mila-kunis-ashton-kutchers-letters-danny-masterson-full-1825816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote a letter<\/a> expressing their gratitude for\u2064 Masterson\u2019s friendship, referencing their time together on the set of \u201cThat \u201970s Show.\u201d Both credited Masterson\u2019s \u201cpositive peer pressure\u201d for the fact that they did not get sucked into the Hollywood\u200d party lifestyle, saying\u200c that he had always been adamant that \u200chis friends refrain from abusing drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Kutcher even suggested that\u2063 Masterson was \u201camong the few people\u201d he would trust to be alone with his own children \u200b\u2014 and Kunis referred to him as an \u201cexceptional older brother figure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b backlash was \u2062almost immediate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wrote\u2064 these letters after he was convicted. They knew what he did and still wrote these words. I will never understand the need for people to defend rapists,\u201d rape survivor Brenda Tracy wrote via X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They wrote these letters after he \u2064was convicted. They knew what he did and still wrote these words.<\/p>\n<p>I will never understand the need for \u2064people to defend rapists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QROkLec23U\">https:\/\/t.co\/QROkLec23U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brenda Tracy (@brendatracy24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brendatracy24\/status\/1700405158218436633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey had the option to do nothing and they chose to support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-derides-scotlands-departing-left-separatist-leader-a-failed-woke-extremist\/\" title=\"Trump Derides Scotland\u2019s Departing Left-Separatist Leader: A \u201cFailed Woke Extremist\u201d\">convicted double rapist<\/a>. Kutcher\u200b set up an organisation fighting sex abuse. Hollywood hypocrisy at its\u2063 worst,\u201d British broadcaster Nicola Thorp <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicolathorp_\/status\/1700269562242195614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Podcast host Kimberley Johnson said, \u201cRapists don\u2019t rape \u200deverybody. They might even be really cool with the people they don\u2019t rape. I\u2019m glad Danny was outed and convicted. He\u2019s a monster. \u2062I hope that those who\u200d wrote to the judge admit they were \u2064duped \u2063and wrong. Also, Scientology protects rapists.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rapists don&#8217;t rape everybody. They might even be really cool with the people they don&#8217;t rape. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m\u2063 glad Danny was\u200b outed and convicted. He&#8217;s\u200d a monster.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that those who \u200bwrote to the judge admit they were duped and wrong. <\/p>\n<p>Also, Scientology protects rapists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEKjWHkXoC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZEKjWHkXoC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@AuthorKimberley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuthorKimberley\/status\/1700905571359023241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kutcher and Kunis eventually posted an apology via Instagram \u2014 with the comments turned off \u2014 and said they had never intended for their letters to compound\u2064 anyone\u2019s trauma.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cw-6kG2PusA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this\u2064 post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cw-6kG2PusA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey were intended\u200b for the judge \u200bto \u200cread, and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in\u200b any way,\u201d Kutcher said. \u201cWe would\u200b never want to do that. And we\u2019re sorry if that has taken place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kunis added, \u201cThe letters were not written to question the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of the jury\u2019s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, married stars of &#8220;That &#8217;70s Show,&#8221; faced backlash for writing &#8220;character letters&#8221; supporting their co-star Danny Masterson, who was recently convicted of two counts of rape. 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