Kathy Griffin on Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher’s Danny Masterson Support

Kathy Griffin slammed Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher for producing letters of aid for Danny Masterson in advance of his sentencing on Thursday, September 7.

“The idea that this person was also convicted of drugging these ladies … you know, that is this sort of significant stuff that I do not seriously treatment that when they were performing on That ‘70s Clearly show he was, like, a superior guy to operate with and he worked actively to hold people today off medication because he’s a Scientologist,” Griffin, 62, claimed via a TikTok video clip on Sunday, September 10.

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

“Now this was my brother, so I don’t want to listen to about Ashton and Mila and Giovanni Ribisi and persons that come to feel like they experienced to stick up for Danny Masterson for the reason that he was their buddy. He was my own brother,” she argued, introducing that she known as the police on Ken which induced a “giant rift” in her relatives. “The problems in obtaining a conviction in SA circumstances, the bar is so superior that I are inclined to completely consider the victims when there’s even a trial. … Blood was not thicker than h2o in my scenario and if you know that somebody is committing SA, you need to do a little something if you can. … Believe the victims.”

Masterson, 47, was in the beginning accused of sexual assault in March 2017 when many gals arrived forward alleging that the actor experienced raped them in the early 2000s. In June 2020, the actor, who pled not responsible, was charged with a few counts of rape and released on a $3.3 million bail. Following a mistrial in November 2022, Masterson’s retrial began in April. He was observed guilty in May well and 4 months afterwards was sentenced to 30 several years to life in prison on September 7 immediately after being convicted of two counts of forcible rape in the course of his sexual assault retrial.

Various of Masterson’s mates and spouse and children supported him amid his retrial which include his former costars Kunis, 40, and Kutcher, 45.

“As a buddy, Danny has been absolutely nothing but a optimistic impact on me,” Kutcher wrote in his letter of support, obtained by The Underground Bunker on Friday, September 8. “Over [a] 25-calendar year romance I do not at any time remember him lying to me. He’s taught me about becoming immediate and confronting issues in life and interactions head-on, resolving them, and moving forward.”

Kunis, for her part, wrote her individual letter of support for Masterson. “Danny has tested to be an wonderful pal, confidant, and, above all, an outstanding older brother determine to me,” she claimed. He has had a transformative impression on my everyday living, instilling in me a feeling of self-belief and encouraging me to intention for greatness, but all although retaining a feeling of humility.”

Subsequent the letters remaining publicly launched, Kutcher and Kunis stated why they chose to show aid for Masterson.

“We are informed of the soreness that has been brought on by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher claimed along with his spouse in a online video shared by using Instagram on Saturday, September 9. “We assist victims. We have finished this traditionally through our work and we will carry on to do so in the potential.”

Kutcher ongoing by sharing that it was Masterson’s loved ones who in the beginning arrived at out asking them to create the letters. Kunis, for her portion, admitted that their messages “were not published to question the legitimacy of the judicial program or the validity of the jury’s ruling.”

“They had been supposed for the judge to go through and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any way,” Kutcher reported. “We would in no way want to do that, and we’re sorry if that has taken place. Our heart goes out to each individual single person who’s ever been a sufferer of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape.”