From what I’m hearing, he’s not even eligible to seek parole before he’s served 25 years.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are getting absolutely roasted on social media after they both wrote letters to the judge attesting to Masterson’s character and arguing for leniency in his sentencing. In light of the furor, they quickly released an “apology” video where their main defense seems to be that they didn’t know the letters would be made public.
I saw the video they made. The letter to the judge wasn’t meant to defend Masterson or infer he didn’t do it. It was meant to convey what they experienced with him over the years. I have no problem with this.
But the whole point is to counter his raping women. “He was always a good guy to us!” If he was indeed guilty, those only serve to minimize the damage he did.
Guys they weren’t trying to defend Masterson, they just wanted to talk about what a good guy he was and why the judge should go easy on him. You know, except for all the raping.
In essence yes. The testimony of people who were around him for a decade was given to a judge for post sentencing consideration. It could just as easily have been testimony from people over the same time period who said negative things about him. I have no problem with that either.
I don’t know. In both letters, the couple praised his approach to a drug-free lifestyle. They pointed out that if someone were to be a drug user, that Danny made it clear he wouldn’t be friends with them. Ashton pointed out an incident where Danny defended a young woman at a late-night burger or pizza place where a “belligerent” man was verbally abusive toward the young woman. So, are they hinting that their drug-free friend didn’t really use drugs against his victims? Are they saying, “Yeah, we stand with the victims, but he didn’t use drugs on them as their testimony states”?
Yahoo Entertainment September 15, 2023
Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis resign from anti-child-sex-abuse organization
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Ashton Kutcher has resigned from Thorn, the anti-child-sex-abuse organization he co-founded with then-wife Demi Moore, amid backlash over his support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson.
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“After my wife and I spent several days of listening, personal reflection, learning, and conversations with survivors and the employees and leadership at Thorn, I have determined the responsible thing for me to do is resign as Chairman of the Board, effectively immediately,” Kutcher wrote,
They reacted quickly to take the organization out of the spotlight.
Masterson’s wife, Bijou Phillips, is wisely divorcing his rapist ass now that he has been sentenced.
Bijou Phillips files for divorce from Danny Masterson after rape convictions | AP News
For better or for worse takes on a different meaning when you can’t be with them for 30 years of your life. I can’t say she’s wrong.
There are also practical legal/financial reasons to do this even if she were to stay true to him.
People contain multitudes. I have no doubt Masterson might well have been a good friend, sibling, husband, father. Some mafia mass-murders apparently were. Masterson might have loved his girlfriends right up until or even when he was assaulting them and in his twisted mind not believed he was committing assault at all. He might genuinely believe he is a victim (“but I’m a great guy - how is this happening to me?”).
It doesn’t much matter in the end. Some people can be being mostly decent human beings, but still be capable of committing monstrous acts under the right circumstances.
Entirely possible he counseled her to do it. She has been pretty fierce in his defense up to now, but severing connections is likely best for their kid going forward.
Of course Bijou Philips has a rather hinky past as well.