Danny Masterson has recently been convicted on sexual assault charges and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison — his friends and colleagues, including former That ’70s Show co-stars, have tried to help his case by writing letters to the judge handling the trial.On Sept. 7, Masterson, best known for his role as Hyde on That ’70s Show, learned that he would be spending 30 years of his life behind bars, as L.A. Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo had convicted the actor on several rape charges. Ahead of his final trial, the actor’s friends, family, and colleagues, including Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Jo Rupp, and Kurtwood Smith, sent letters to Judge Olmedo in an attempt to reduce Masterson’s sentence to 15 years in prison (via Tony Ortega).Kutcher, who portrayed Michael Kelso, called his That ’70s Show co-star “a friend, dedicated coworker, and role model” and credited him as the person who kept him from going over the edge in Hollywood. He wrote, “I attribute not falling into the typical Hollywood life of drugs directly to Danny.” The actor went on to acknowledge that Masterson had been already found guilty on two accounts of rape by force, but he claimed that his co-star wasn’t “an ongoing harm to society” and that “having his daughter raised without a present father would a tertiary injustice in and of itself.”RELATED: Danny Masterson Rape Trial Judge Lays Ground Rules Regarding Scientology
Danny Masterson has recently been convicted on sexual assault charges and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison — his friends and colleagues, including former That ’70s Show co-stars, have tried to help his case by writing letters to the judge handling the trial.
On Sept. 7, Masterson, best known for his role as Hyde on That ’70s Show, learned that he would be spending 30 years of his life behind bars, as L.A. Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo had convicted the actor on several rape charges. Ahead of his final trial, the actor’s friends, family, and colleagues, including Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Jo Rupp, and Kurtwood Smith, sent letters to Judge Olmedo in an attempt to reduce Masterson’s sentence to 15 years in prison (via Tony Ortega).
Kutcher, who portrayed Michael Kelso, called his That ’70s Show co-star “a friend, dedicated coworker, and role model” and credited him as the person who kept him from going over the edge in Hollywood. He wrote, “I attribute not falling into the typical Hollywood life of drugs directly to Danny.” The actor went on to acknowledge that Masterson had been already found guilty on two accounts of rape by force, but he claimed that his co-star wasn’t “an ongoing harm to society” and that “having his daughter raised without a present father would a tertiary injustice in and of itself.”
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