Actor Ashton Kutcher has stepped down as board chair of an anti-sex-abuse organization after receiving backlash for supporting Danny Masterson. On Friday, the 45-year-old star wrote a letter of resignation to the board of the organization Thorn which was later shared on the organization’s website. Kutcher stepped down after he faced backlash over his letters of support for his former co-star Masterson who has been convicted of raping two women.
He continued by apologizing to the victims for his “inconsideration and for letting them down.”
This past May, Masterson was convicted on two of three forcible rape charges and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in early September. He was accused of raping three women in his Hollywood Hills home between the years 2001 to 2003, while he played the character “Steven” on That 70’s Show, his most notable role. Kutcher, his wife Mila Kunis, and several other former fellow cast members of That ’70s Show were among the people who wrote letters of support for Masterson during the sentencing phase of his trial. In his support letter, Kutcher referred to his co-star as “an extraordinarily honest and intentional human being,” who had helped keep him away from drugs and “always treated people with decency, equality, and generosity.” After the letters were made public, Kutcher, Kunis, and other supporters faced swift backlash, with Kutcher receiving special derision due to his campaigning on behalf of child sex-trafficking victims. The actor and his wife released a video in which they tried to explain they were supporting a friend and did not mean to discredit or retraumatize rape victims, but their attempt to apologize just generated more backlash towards them. According to journalist Yashar Ali, one of the victims texted him the following reaction and said “This video was incredibly insulting and hurtful. My hope is that they learn radical accountability and the importance of self-education to learn when to keep their privilege in check — especially Ashton, who claims to work with victims of sex crimes. And as to Mila, I can only think of ‘Times Up.’” |
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Ashton Kutcher Resigns From Anti-Child-Sex-Abuse Org. After Backlash For Supporting Danny Masterson
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