Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted... I feel like there is a lot of nuance to this that is being entirely lost.
1. As a young actor was he supposed to basically refuse to be an actor and lose his job? He was put into a really shitty situation with the age gap on the show and as an 18 year old fresh actor I don't think anyone would have refused on moral grounds. Sounds like he even asked all THE ADULTS around him about the rules and laws and they told him it was fine.
2. Both Kutcher and Mila Kunis were trying to help their friend maybe get less jail time and give a character reference to the potential he had to be a good person and father. It is very common for people who have committed terrible crimes to have family and friends try to get a lesser sentence. It definitely makes them look like powerful people trying to game the system but it happens all the time with regular Joe Schmoe's as well.
I think their letters were poorly written, but I don't think they are horrifying people for trying to make a character reference for a friend.
If any of my friends ever rape multiple people I am absolutely not going to bat for their "good character" no matter how long we've known each other