Here’s Why I Don’t Approve Of Ashton Kutcher’s Thorn

No, it’s not just him, but it is a lot about him.

Ossiana Tepfenhart
Bitchy
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8 min readSep 18, 2023

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So, one of the things that quickly came to public light in the past couple of weeks is the fact that Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, two close friends of Danny Masterson, co-founded a nonprofit named Thorn. Big whoop, right? Well, not quite.

This is an important piece of information because Thorn is an alleged anti-trafficking nonprofit that builds tools that helps stop traffickers. Danny Masterson is a serial rapist — one of the many open secrets in Hollywood involving sexual violence.

The more that people are talking about Masterson, the more eyes are starting to turn to Ashton Kutcher. Simply put, people are starting to realize that Ashton and Mila knew a lot more about Masterson’s behavior than they wanted to admit.

What exactly does Thorn do?

From what I was able to find online, Thorn’s entire goal is to use AI and data intelligence to track down people who are child sex traffickers. I personally think that goal is excellent — and I speak as a trafficking survivor.

A lot of the programs include outreach about issues like sextortion, youth outreach that lets them learn how to report sexual abuse, and a best practices guide for…

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Ossiana Tepfenhart
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