Ashton Kutcher, still under fire for a letter he wrote in support of fellow 'That '70s Show' co-star Danny Masterson, has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child-sex-abuse organization.
, has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child-sex-abuse organization he co-founded in 2009 with then-wife Demi Moore.
Kutcher and Kunis -- who also starred on "That '70s Show" -- both faced backlash for writing character letters in support of Masterson, who was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women in his Hollywood Hills home decades ago.
"We support victims," Kunis added. "We have done this historically through our work and will continue to do so in the future." Kutcher said the letters "were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any way. We would never want to do that, and we're sorry if that has taken place."
"He has been a strong champion for children and worked tirelessly to protect them from sexual abuse," board member Ernie Allen said. "Through the creation of the DNA Foundation that later became Thorn, he helped build the organization into a major global resource for law enforcement, tech companies and others in the fight against child sexual exploitation. He made a difference.
Kutcher said Masterson is "an extraordinarily honest and intentional human being," that the two spent hundreds of hours working together and "set an extraordinary standard around how you treat other people."
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