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Ashton’s judgment has been questioned before.
In 2011, he faced backlash after speaking out against the firing of Joe Paterno before realizing that the former Penn State football coach, who died in 2013 at age 85, may have committed sexual abuse by former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, 80, had covered up.
More recent is the Butterfly effect actor was criticized in 2023 after he and Mila wrote letters asking the judge to show leniency in sentencing their That 70’s show co-star Danny Masterson, 48, for rape. The letters led to the couple resigning from the board of the anti-child abuse organization that Ashton co-founded.