Former CEO charged with embezzling $5.2 million from California camp for sick kids co-founded by Paul Newman

By REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press

The former CEO of a camp for kids with serious medical conditions has been been charged with 15 felonies after prosecutors said he embezzled more than $5 million over seven years from the nonprofit co-founded by Paul Newman.

Christopher L. Butler, 49, of Porter Ranch, California, is expected to be arraigned Thursday in Los Angeles. He is charged with embezzling funds from The Painted Turtle, one of many camps for children with chronic or life-threatening...