(CNN) -- When Ashton Kutcher posed for a photo with a high school student at a University of Iowa football game on September 11, it was "unintentional and accidental," not a violation of college athletic recruiting rules, the NCAA decided Monday. The NCAA launched an investigation that could have penalized the sports teams at Kutcher's former college after the high school student posted a message on Twitter, along with a photo. "What a better way to celebrate a birthday than to meet a cool guy like Ashton?" Marcus Paige tweeted soon after meeting Kutcher and his wife, actress Demi Moore.
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NEW: University of Iowa will not be punished for actor's meeting with recruits
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NEW: Kutcher's meeting with teens was "accidental," NCAA decides
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Kutcher posed with a high school recruit at an University of Iowa game
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"As part of that decision, the NCAA has fully cleared the recruits involved, and has determined the @placeholder's actions to be of a 'secondary' nature in terms of violation of NCAA policy," the university said in a written statement Monday.