Christina Ricci seemingly expresses criticism towards Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis for writing to the judge during Danny Masterson’s trial

Hollywood actress Christina Ricci appears to have criticised Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis after they appealed to a judge for leniency when sentencing their former co-star for rape.

In a lengthy statement in an Instagram story, Ricci said “people we know as ‘awesome guys’ can be predators and abusers” and it’s “tough to accept but we have to”.

She added that to “discredit the abused is a crime”.

Ricci, best known for playing Wednesday Addams in the 1991 movie The Addams Family, made the remarks after Kutcher and Kunis released a video saying they didn’t mean to “undermine the testimony of the victims” and apologised if they had “retraumatised them in any way”.

The actor and actress, who are married, had written letters to the judge during the trial of their former That 70s Show co-host Danny Masterson – who has since been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping two women.

During the trial, the women whose evidence led to his conviction said Masterson had given them drinks that made them feel light-headed in 2003, before they passed out and he raped them.

However, Kunis described him as a “role model” and Kutcher said he was “dedicated and loyal” in their letters to judge appeal for leniency.

Ricci wrote in her statement: “So sometimes people we have loved and admired do horrible things.

“They might not do these things to us and we only know who they were to us but that doesn’t mean they didn’t do the horrible things and to discredit the abused is a crime.

“People we know as ‘awesome guys’ can be predators and abusers.

“It’s tough to accept but we have to. If we say we support victims – women, children, men, boys – then we must be able to take this stance.”

She added: “Unfortunately I’ve known lots of ‘awesome guys’ who were lovely to me who have been proven to be abusers privately.

“I’ve also had personal experience with this.

“Believe victims. It’s not easy to come forward. It’s not easy to get a conviction.”

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