I am glad he didn’t pull the old ‘to anyone I may have hurt’ crap. He owned up.

Kutcher wrote the letter for the sentencing hearing that took place just last week. So to answer your question, yes he must have known, or else he wasn't paying attention.

Where he and his wife worked to help women and children in need. No good comes of this. His money and visibility will soon be gone from the fight to prevent child sex trafficking.

I give him credit for apparently learning from this experience and apologizing to survivors.

When it first blew up they said that they didn't know that those statements would be made public.

That is the real them, not this more carefully curated apology. They immediately regretted those statements insofar as everyone found out that they had made them. The major oopsie was not being careful enough in curating their public image, not the substance of their behavior -- asking leniency for a violent rapist because they valued their association with him.

The letter is supposed to help humanize you to the Judge. They are not blaming the victim, they are not trying to explain the behavior, they are trying to help the judge get to know the person before sentencing them.

A person, often a close friend asks you for your help at what is usually the lowest point in their life. The easy answer is to turn your back, the hard thing is to support your friend. I seek bad for Ashton and Mila

None of us knows what Danny Masterson said to Ashton or Mila, but they've all known each other for a lot of years.
They just weren't thinking about how it would sound if those letters ever got leaked to the public.

I haven’t read, and I can’t get upset by a old friend saying that is not the Masterson I knew. Apparently, there was not victim blaming, denial of crimes, etc. That makes a huge difference.

Well written and heart felt. You make a good point. He didn’t know about the rapes so he wrote it about the guy he was on two shows with.

I am an asshole, as each fucking dirtball insurrectionist gets convicted, I cheer for the longest sentence possible. I root for them to rot in hell. That said, they all have family and friends who know them differently than I do and hope that they have a chance to make amends for what they have done. When you are the victim of crime, or when a loved one has, it is difficult to see both sides, but when someone you know and love asks for your help and you know them as a person, it is not easy to walk away from them.

All I see is sadness here. Two people were using their money, time and celebrity to help missing and exploited children, and now because of a decision they made to help a long time friend, they are not. No one benefits from this.

You are a fucking dirt ball 😆

No I really agree with what you posted.