Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis criticised for ‘insulting’ and ‘fake’ Danny Masterson apology video

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In their letters of support, which were published by Los Angeles-based court reporter Meghann Cuniff on Friday, the couple vouched for Masterson’s “exceptional character” and pleaded for Judge Charlaine Olmedo’s leniency. I wholeheartedly vouch for Danny Masterson’s exceptional character and the tremendous positive influence he has had on me and the people around him.” After their letters were made public, Kutcher and Kunis received huge criticism for their decision to write them – and the couple posted a video on Saturday apologising “if” their letters “undermined the testimony of the victims or re-traumatised them in any way”. open image in gallery Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’s apology video “Why on earth would Ashton Kutcher write a character statement for Danny Masterson? Kutcher’s comment that the letters “were intended for the judge to read” is being construed by many as suggesting that they believed their support of Masterson would be kept private.