Danny Masterson

[Anonymous]

I don't have a problem with them writing letters to reduce his sentence to 15 years. Those were the judge's option 15 or 30. We do have a prison industrial complex in the US, and 15 years in prison is a long time - I am happy he's going to be in there for the rest of his life in all likelihood, but he isn't a lifelong friend of mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ASHTON HAS SOME NERVE READ THE FULL LETTERS HERE:

https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/ashton-kutcher-and-mila-kunis-wrote


DONE I will NOT support these people ever again. I will never watch another show or buy a movie ticket with these people in it EVER AGAIN!!!!

The thing is this shows that Ashton actually has no nerve - this was the choice of a wimp; the choice of someone who would rather be risk being cancelled than risk whatever the church of scientology has on ashton. It must be really, really, really bad.

[Anonymous]

Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Letters were carefully worded and consistent. All expressed respect to the judge and acknowledged the verdict. Goal is a lesser sentence.

Check out the irony in these snippets. Don’t do drugs❌ Drug victims✅ Defender of women was nothing but posturing. Scientologist freak established a very loyal bubble.

Mila Kunis: His dedication to avoiding all substances has inspired not only me but also countless others in our circle. Danny's steadfastness in promoting a drug-free lifestyle has been a guiding light in my journey.

Giovanni Ribisi, actor: I have always known Danny to be a central figure in my peer group, because of his integrity, his stance against drugs, his abhorrence of violence and most of all the respect he demonstrates toward women and children.

Younger brother: One example of this was when it came to drugs. My brother has never done a drug in his life.

Shawn Piller, TV producer: He's an adamant defender of women. At a late night pizza place, I watched Danny use his words to defend a woman who'd been struck by her boyfriend, ultimately rallying a room of support for her and ensuring security took her to safety.

I find this fascinating and it brings up questions:
Did he take drugs himself and just lie about being anti-drug?
Was he vocally anti-drug (which I think may be a tenet of Scientology as they are against the use of psychiatric drugs) and didn’t take them himself and advised those he cared about not to, but drugged his victims when he wanted to because he didn’t care about them beyond using them for sex?
Was he anti-drug but a big drinker? Stories involve alcohol. Did he compartmentalization and alcohol is not a “drug”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

No. But Danny knows all of Ashton’s bad deeds. And those were likely shared with the cult.

[Anonymous]

Danny is well known to be an alcoholic.

Apparently Danny and Topher Grace hate each other. Topher's wife did a Instagram story supporting the victims (in a general way).

[Anonymous]

Mila’s letter rings of ChatGPT. It doesn’t look like a human wrote it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow their video is awful and comes off as totally disingenuous. It's very obvious they were given a script and forced to do it, and Mila in particular looks like she cannot wait to get it over with.

I also found her "our heart goes out to anyone who has ever been a victim of sexual assault, rape, etc." (can't recall exact quote but that's the wording she used) to just feel really... insincere? Intentionally worded to not specifically address the women who actually accused Masterson? Not actually remotely meaningful to me as a survivor of sexual violence? All of the above I guess.

Look, I didn't really care about these people before this whole thing but I find their involvement extremely weird and their behavior makes no sense for people who I'm sure are being advised by PR people, lawyers, agents, etc. I was once asked to provide a character letter to someone who I felt confident had done what they were accused of (this was in an academic setting, not for a court), and even though I don't think this person was a terrible person, I declined to do so because... why? He did something wrong, he can face those consequences. It's not my job to get involved and help him out. I wished him luck and moved on with my life.

None of the other peers from That 70s Show wrote letters, btw. A couple of the older actors, now in their 70s. None of the others who were Danny's peers at the time, including Topher Grace and Laura Prepon. I get why he wouldn't ask Wilmer Valderama (has his own issues with sexual assault) but Grace and Prepon are relatively successful, prominent actors. I'm guessing there are reasons he either didn't ask them, or they declined to do so. Ashton and Mila could have been in the same category. Just be quiet and let him deal with it himself.

Laura Prepon dated Danny Masterson’s brother for years and was the only peer cast member to officially join Scientology. I hope she told them to pound sand if they asked for a letter, but I’m pretty sure she’s considered a suppressive person, so they probably didn’t even ask.

I highly doubt Danny had to blackmail Mila and Ashton to write letters. They were really good friends and they even did a second show together on Netflix (The Ranch?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

They’ve never announced it publicly. However, Masterson was very involved in Scientology and as they emphasize in their letters, they worked together and were friends for many years. Given that information and the fact they even wrote these letters, it is very likely that Masterson tried to bring one or both of them to the Scientology celebrity centers. It’s well known that they keep tapes of sessions and who knows what Ashton and or Mila divulged. They would have both been very young and naive.

Whatever Scientology has on them must be really bad for them to become rape apologists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

They’ve never announced it publicly. However, Masterson was very involved in Scientology and as they emphasize in their letters, they worked together and were friends for many years. Given that information and the fact they even wrote these letters, it is very likely that Masterson tried to bring one or both of them to the Scientology celebrity centers. It’s well known that they keep tapes of sessions and who knows what Ashton and or Mila divulged. They would have both been very young and naive.

Whatever Scientology has on them must be really bad for them to become rape apologists.

You guys are reading into this. I grew up in a wealthy circle and a few of my friends parents were prosecuted for white collar crimes. Friends and clergy of their religious institutions certainly wrote letters. The rapes happened more than 20 years ago. Danny should’ve been prosecuted then, but he wasn’t, and in that time, he led another life where he was a friend, husband and father. Doesn’t make him less of a monster, but they are writing letters of their account of him over the last 20 years.

Imagine a Nazi being tried for war crimes decades after the fact. They may have run a gas chamber in the war, but gone on to be typical people after that. They should get prison (and worse), but it doesn’t change who they were to the people in their lives who knew them as entirely different people in the aftermath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

They’ve never announced it publicly. However, Masterson was very involved in Scientology and as they emphasize in their letters, they worked together and were friends for many years. Given that information and the fact they even wrote these letters, it is very likely that Masterson tried to bring one or both of them to the Scientology celebrity centers. It’s well known that they keep tapes of sessions and who knows what Ashton and or Mila divulged. They would have both been very young and naive.

Whatever Scientology has on them must be really bad for them to become rape apologists.

You guys are reading into this. I grew up in a wealthy circle and a few of my friends parents were prosecuted for white collar crimes. Friends and clergy of their religious institutions certainly wrote letters. The rapes happened more than 20 years ago. Danny should’ve been prosecuted then, but he wasn’t, and in that time, he led another life where he was a friend, husband and father. Doesn’t make him less of a monster, but they are writing letters of their account of him over the last 20 years.

Imagine a Nazi being tried for war crimes decades after the fact. They may have run a gas chamber in the war, but gone on to be typical people after that. They should get prison (and worse), but it doesn’t change who they were to the people in their lives who knew them as entirely different people in the aftermath.

Ummm if I found out my neighbor was a former Nazi who murdered tons of people, there’s no way in hell I would write him a letter of support.

Do you have no soul?

Or maybe are you high on meth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, there are letters from Billy Baldwin, as well as from the actors who played the parents on That 70s show.

What is Billy’s connection to him?

He's married to Chyna Phillips, Bisou's sister. So they are in-laws.

Bijou’s half-sister. I wonder what Michelle Phillips thinks of this whole mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

They’ve never announced it publicly. However, Masterson was very involved in Scientology and as they emphasize in their letters, they worked together and were friends for many years. Given that information and the fact they even wrote these letters, it is very likely that Masterson tried to bring one or both of them to the Scientology celebrity centers. It’s well known that they keep tapes of sessions and who knows what Ashton and or Mila divulged. They would have both been very young and naive.

Whatever Scientology has on them must be really bad for them to become rape apologists.

You guys are reading into this. I grew up in a wealthy circle and a few of my friends parents were prosecuted for white collar crimes. Friends and clergy of their religious institutions certainly wrote letters. The rapes happened more than 20 years ago. Danny should’ve been prosecuted then, but he wasn’t, and in that time, he led another life where he was a friend, husband and father. Doesn’t make him less of a monster, but they are writing letters of their account of him over the last 20 years.

Imagine a Nazi being tried for war crimes decades after the fact. They may have run a gas chamber in the war, but gone on to be typical people after that. They should get prison (and worse), but it doesn’t change who they were to the people in their lives who knew them as entirely different people in the aftermath.

You are disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, there are letters from Billy Baldwin, as well as from the actors who played the parents on That 70s show.

What is Billy’s connection to him?

He's married to Chyna Phillips, Bisou's sister. So they are in-laws.

Bijou’s half-sister. I wonder what Michelle Phillips thinks of this whole mess.

Why would Michelle care about the mess? It’s not her family involved?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are Ashton and Mila in Scientology?

I can see pressures on them via Scientology if they are. That video was odd. The tone and script was just off for an apology video or even an explanation video.

They’ve never announced it publicly. However, Masterson was very involved in Scientology and as they emphasize in their letters, they worked together and were friends for many years. Given that information and the fact they even wrote these letters, it is very likely that Masterson tried to bring one or both of them to the Scientology celebrity centers. It’s well known that they keep tapes of sessions and who knows what Ashton and or Mila divulged. They would have both been very young and naive.

Whatever Scientology has on them must be really bad for them to become rape apologists.

You guys are reading into this. I grew up in a wealthy circle and a few of my friends parents were prosecuted for white collar crimes. Friends and clergy of their religious institutions certainly wrote letters. The rapes happened more than 20 years ago. Danny should’ve been prosecuted then, but he wasn’t, and in that time, he led another life where he was a friend, husband and father. Doesn’t make him less of a monster, but they are writing letters of their account of him over the last 20 years.

Imagine a Nazi being tried for war crimes decades after the fact. They may have run a gas chamber in the war, but gone on to be typical people after that. They should get prison (and worse), but it doesn’t change who they were to the people in their lives who knew them as entirely different people in the aftermath.

You are disgusting.

I’m not disgusting. I believe his victims and agree with his sentence. But you guys sound deranged with your conspiracy theories. It’s completely plausible that he did terrible things to a few women but was also a beloved friend to others who didn’t display any red flags of criminal behavior. And that he didn’t commit any additional crimes in the 20 years that have lapsed, so they are telling their account. He hasn’t appeared to be a threat to society at this time, so this is purely abojt punishing him for past acts , which, again, is right. But people become eligible for parole on the grounds of good behavior all the time- so it’s fair game for people who can vouch for you to write to a judge on the same grounds regarding sentencing, particularly in a case like this one where the verdict is decades after the fact.