

Topher Grace and Ashley Hinshaw. Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Topher Grace’s spouse, Ashley Hinshaw, has reacted after her husband’s former That 70’s Present costar Danny Masterson was sentenced to jail for sexual assault.
“To each rape sufferer that’s retraumatized by witnessing society debate and focus their consideration on what will occur to the RAPIST … I see you ❤️,” Hinshaw, 34, wrote through her Instagram Story on Friday, September 8.
Masterson, 47, was sentenced to 30 years to life in jail on Wednesday, September 6, after his sexual assault retrial earlier this 12 months. In Could, he was discovered responsible on two counts of rape. (He first stood trial in November 2022, which led to a mistrial after the jury was deadlocked on a unanimous choice.)
Masterson was arrested and charged in 2020 with three counts of rape after a number of girls accused him of assault again within the early 2000s. He vehemently denied the accusations on the time.
“From day one, I’ve denied the outrageous allegations in opposition to me. Regulation enforcement investigated these claims greater than 15 years in the past and decided them to be with out advantage,” Masterson instructed Us Weekly in a December 2017 assertion. “I’ve by no means been charged with a criminal offense, not to mention convicted of 1. On this nation, you might be presumed harmless till confirmed responsible. Nonetheless, within the present local weather, it appears as in case you are presumed responsible the second you might be accused.”

Following Masterson’s scandal, he was written off The Ranch. He starred on the Netflix present with fellow That 70’s Present alum Ashton Kutcher. Regardless of the on-camera departure, Masterson nonetheless remained shut with Kutcher, 45, and his spouse, Mila Kunis. Kutcher and the 40-year-old actress, who met on the set of That 70’s Present, even wrote letters of help on Masterson’s behalf earlier than the sentencing. Of their notes, Kutcher and Kunis pleaded with the choose for a lenient sentence in order that Masterson might be a “current father” to his daughter, Fianna. (Masterson shares the 9-year-old with spouse Bijou Phillips.)
Fellow That 70’s Present stars Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith, who performed Grace’s onscreen dad and mom, additionally penned notes advocating on Masterson’s behalf. Grace, 45, has not publicly addressed Masterson’s sentencing.
Grace, who married Hinshaw in 2016, beforehand confessed that he “by no means noticed any of that habits” throughout his time on 70’s Present. “I really feel prefer it appears like I’m defending him, however the fact is I by no means noticed any of that stuff,” he beforehand instructed The Hollywood Reporter in 2018. “I used to be, of that forged, probably the most boring. So when it got here to going out after the present and partying, I simply was boring.”
When you or somebody you already know are experiencing home violence, please name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential help. When you’ve got skilled sexual assault, name the Nationwide Sexual Assault Phone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 for confidential help.