Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were two of more than 50 people who wrote to the judge in the Danny Masterson sexual assault trial to support the convicted actor ahead of his sentencing, per court do…
simple explanation, which in no way absolves these two from the choice they made in coming to the defense and support of a convicted rapist: family is family
Which is an explanation and that explanation, where you'd defend "family" even when they did do something wrong, if not horrific, rather than say they should face the consequences of their choices.
And that sort of defense is one where the person making it is just as evil as the person they're defending.