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Ashton Kutcher resigns as chair of anti-sex abuse organization after Danny Masterson letter

LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 Ashton Kutcher has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child sex abuse organization that he co-founded, after he and wife Mila Kunis wrote letters seeking leniency for their former 鈥淭hat '70s Show鈥 co-star and convicted ra
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FILE- Ashton Kutcher, left, and Danny Masterson present the award for collaborative video of the year at the CMT Music Awards at Music City Center on June 7, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are apologizing for character letters the celebrity couple wrote on behalf of Masterson ahead of this week's sentencing of their fellow "That '70s Show" cast member. A judge in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, sentenced Masterson to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women in 2003. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child sex abuse organization that he co-founded, after he and wife Mila Kunis wrote letters seeking leniency for their former 鈥淭hat '70s Show鈥 co-star and convicted rapist, .

Kutcher stepped down from the board of Thorn, an organization he founded with then-wife Demi Moore in 2009, on Thursday, the group said in a statement.

鈥淎fter my wife and I spent several days of listening, personal reflection, learning, and conversations with survivors and the employees and leadership at Thorn, I have determined the responsible thing for me to do is resign as Chairman of the Board, effectively immediately,鈥 Kutcher wrote in a letter to the board. 鈥淚 cannot allow my error in judgment to distract from our efforts and the children we serve.鈥

A Los Angeles judge to 30 years to life in prison on Sept. 7. of raping two women in 2003, when he was starring on the Fox retro sitcom 鈥淭hat '70s Show" with Kutcher and Kunis.

The day after the sentencing, letters to the judge from Kutcher, Kunis and many others were made public. In Kutcher's, he called Masterson a man who in his experience had treated people 鈥渨ith decency, equality, and generosity.鈥

Kutcher and Kunis in an Instagram video for writing the letters, which Kutcher said 鈥渨ere intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any way.鈥

Kutcher said in his resignation letter, first reported by magazine, that he offered 鈥渕y heartfelt apology to all victims of sexual violence and everyone at Thorn who I hurt by what I did.鈥

Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press