Ashton Kutcher is addressing his longtime friend and “That ’70s Show” co-star Danny Masterson’s ongoing rape cases.

Kutcher, who also collaborated with Masterson on Netflix sitcom “The Ranch,” revealed that while he hopes Masterson is “to be found innocent of the charges brought against him,” he does not know whether Masterson committed those crimes or not. Masterson was accused of sexual assault in 2017 and charged in June 2020 with three counts of rape that allegedly took place between 2001 and 2003. That court case ended in a mistrial in December 2022. Masterson is facing a second trial on the aforementioned rape charges.

“Ultimately, I can’t know,” Kutcher told Esquire of Masterson’s presumed innocence before being proven guilty in the courts. “I’m not the judge. I’m not the jury. I’m not the Da. I’m not the victim. And I’m not the accused. And so, in that case,...