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In a new interview with Esquire, Ashton Kutcher finally addresses the subject of Danny Masterson, his former That ’70s Show co-star who faces 45 years to life in prison after being charged with three counts of forcible rape in June 2020. A retrial for Masterson is scheduled for March 27.
“Someday, his kid is going to read about this,” Kutcher says of Masterson in the interview, which marks his first time publicly commenting on the trial. “I wholesale feel for anybody who feels like they were violated in any way,” the actor adds.
Kutcher says he wants Masterson “to be found innocent of the charges brought against him,” but acknowledges that the answer isn’t quite so simple. “Ultimately, I can’t know,” Kutcher says. “I’m not the judge. I’m not the jury. I’m not the DA. I’m not the victim. And I’m not the accused. And so, in that case, I don’t have a space to comment. I just don’t know.”