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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize over letters of support for Danny Masterson (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The three women were members of the Church of Scientology, as is Masterson. All three women said they were initially hesitant to speak to law enforcement because they said church teachings discouraged reporting to police. The women eventually left the church.

Cults are bad, people. Religion is bad because it's a normalized / accepted cult. Eff this guy.

I noticed that Topher Grace didn't get mentioned for writing a letter to the judge. I've never thought he's a great actor (he was pretty good in Traffic), but I like him a bit more now.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Topher's wife put out a statement in support of the victims. Which is where the support should be, in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

and Topher, afaik, knew well enough to stfu