DELANO, Calif. (AP) — “That ‘70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.
Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old Masterson has been admitted to North Kern State Prison, and they released his first prison mug shot. The photo shows him wearing orange prison attire, with long hair and a beard.
That was quite a journey, my friend. To address your central point, I’m certain a scenario such as you propose happens. However, the reality is most people commit far more crime than they are ever caught and tried for. Especially when it comes to rape which is one of the most under-reported and under-prosecuted crimes. I’m going by memory here so I might be wrong, but something like 3% of accused rapists get convicted. So worst case scenario, you or I could go rape someone right now and be virtually guaranteed of getting away with it.
It’s vastly more likely that this wasn’t a one-time thing, but the tip of the iceberg. Of course, we can’t be sure but statistics tells us Danny likely isn’t someone waging an internal war with a rapist who lost once. It’s also the case that once you commit a crime once, it becomes easier and more comfortable to do it again.
Of course if one of my friends was accused of rape, I’d say that doesn’t sound like them at all. After all, if I thought one of my friends was a rapist we wouldn’t be friends for long. But in terms of keeping people safe, it would be irresponsible of us to give people the benefit of doubt and hope they’ve learned their lesson. We would almost certainly be wrong.
But ultimately, Ashton should know that already. I will grant him that the statements written by him and Mila were given months before all the details were made public.
I think this is the most likely factor in why both Kutcher and Kunis wrote statements. They knew a friend was in court (who probably told them it was all crap and that they were innocent) and that their friend would benefit from a reference from someone well known who could vouch for their good character. So they did it to help a friend who they likely believed would be cleared of wrongdoing.
Then all the details came out and it became clear that he was probably guilty and statements were already sent. They could have requested them back but probably thought it wouldn’t make a difference in the result of the case and either didn’t worry about it for that reason or just tried to rationalize that they were standing by a friend because of the good old days when he wasn’t doing terrible things.
Yeah I think my final point about Ashton should’ve been more prominent - he’s just a TV star, he shouldn’t be our moral compass.
It’s great he’s contributing to this cause but his efforts are a tiny candle when compared to the efforts of the people his money is going to. He sits on a stage, looks handsome, and talks into a microphone about how you shouldn’t kidnap people and sell them into sexual slavery. He’s not holding anyone’s hair back while they vomit.