LOS ANGELES—Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologized on Saturday for character letters the celebrity couple wrote on behalf of fellowA judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced Masterson to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women in 2003.
Kutcher said Masterson’s family approached them after the actor was convicted in the rapes in May and asked them to write character letters describing “the person that we knew for 25 years.” The letters were posted online by The Hollywood Reporter and other digital publications.He had reunited with Kutcher on the 2016 Netflix comedybut was written off the show when the Los Angeles Police Department investigation was revealed the following year.
Kutcher described Masterson as a man who treated people “with decency, equality, and generosity,” he wrote in his letter dated July 27, 2023. Kunis in her letter to Olmedo called Masterson “an outstanding role model and friend” and an “exceptional older brother figure.”