Kathy Griffin Shares Ideas on Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s Backing of Danny Masterson

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis JUAN PABLO RICO/AFP by way of Getty Pictures

Kathy Griffin slammed Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher for writing letters of help for Danny Masterson earlier than his sentencing on Thursday, September 7.

“The notion that this man was additionally convicted of drugging these ladies … you understand, that’s such severe stuff that I don’t actually care that after they have been engaged on That ‘70s Present he was, like, a very good man to work with and he labored actively to maintain individuals off medicine as a result of he’s a Scientologist,” Griffin, 62, claimed by way of a TikTok video on Sunday, September 10.

Griffin then opened up about her late brother, Ken, who was an alleged “pedophile,” sharing how “she tried to get him caught” regardless of him being a member of her household.

“Now this was my brother, so I don’t wish to hear about Ashton and Mila and Giovanni Ribisi and those that really feel like they needed to stick up for Danny Masterson as a result of he was their buddy. He was my very own brother,” she argued, including that she referred to as the police on Ken which induced a “big rift” inside her household. “The problem in getting a conviction in SA instances, the bar is so excessive that I have a tendency to utterly imagine the victims when there’s even a trial. … Blood was not thicker than water in my case and if you understand that any person is committing SA, you must do one thing if you happen to can. … Imagine the victims.”

Ashton Kutcher and his spouse Mila Kunis arrive for the ninth Breakthrough Prize awards ceremony on the Academy Museum of Movement Photos in Los Angeles, April 15, 2023. JUAN PABLO RICO/AFP by way of Getty Pictures

Masterson, 47, was initially accused of sexual assault in March 2017 when a number of ladies got here ahead alleging that the actor had raped them within the early 2000s. In June 2020, the actor, who pled not responsible, was charged with three counts of rape and launched on a $3.3 million bail. Following a mistrial in November 2022, Masterson’s retrial started in April. He was discovered responsible in Could and 4 months later was sentenced to 30 years to life in jail on September 7 after being convicted of two counts of forcible rape throughout his sexual assault retrial.

A number of of Masterson’s family and friends supported him amid his retrial together with his former costars Kunis, 40, and Kutcher, 45.

“As a pal, Danny has been nothing however a optimistic affect on me,” Kutcher wrote in his letter of help, obtained by The Underground Bunker on Friday, September 8. “Over [a] 25-year relationship I don’t ever recall him mendacity to me. He’s taught me about being direct and confronting points in life and relationships head-on, resolving them, and shifting ahead.”

Kunis, for her half, wrote her personal letter of help for Masterson. “Danny has confirmed to be an incredible pal, confidant, and, above all, an excellent older brother determine to me,” she claimed. He has had a transformative influence on my life, instilling in me a way of self-belief and inspiring me to intention for greatness, however all whereas sustaining a way of humility.”

Following the letters being publicly launched, Kutcher and Kunis defined why they selected to point out help for Masterson.

“We’re conscious of the ache that has been brought on by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher stated alongside his spouse in a video shared by way of Instagram on Saturday, September 9. “We help victims. We now have carried out this traditionally by our work and we are going to proceed to take action sooner or later.”

Kutcher continued by sharing that it was Masterson’s household who initially reached out asking them to jot down the letters. Kunis, for her half, admitted that their messages “weren’t written to query the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of the jury’s ruling.”

“They have been supposed for the choose to learn and to not undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any means,” Kutcher stated. “We might by no means wish to do this, and we’re sorry if that has taken place. Our coronary heart goes out to each single one who’s ever been a sufferer of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape.”