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- Ashton Kutcher testified Wednesday at the trial of Michael Gargiulo, accused of being the "Hollywood Ripper" who killed three women.
- The actor told the court that he was pursuing one of the two women in a romantic way in 2001.
- Kutcher told the jury that when he had arrived at the woman's home for the search, he had found that there was no one at home. that he later learned that she was lying on the inside.
- In California, Gargiulo was charged with murder in the deaths of Ashley Ellerin and Maria Bruno, as well as attempted murder between 2001 and 2008; He pleaded not guilty. He was also charged separately for the murder of a woman in Illinois in 1993.
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Ashton Kutcher appeared in Los Angeles court on Wednesday to testify at the trial of Michael Gargiulo, accused of being the "Hollywood Ripper" who killed three young women.
Kutcher told the jury that he had panicked after learning that a woman with whom he was about to go out with an appointment was lying dead at her house when he went to pick her up, Reuters reported.
The former actor of "Two and a Half Years of Men" stated that he had gone to fetch Ashley Ellerin, a 22-year-old fashion design student, on the night of the 22 February 2001, reported Reuters citing the Los Angeles City News. A service.
However, the actor stated that no one was answering the door and he badumed that his appointment was out when he arrived late.
"I really did not think about it," Kutcher said.
He added that he had seen through the window what he thought was red wine spilled on the carpet and all the lights still on.
District Attorney General Dan Akemon told the court that prosecutors thought the stain was in fact blood and that Ellerin had already been killed, stabbed 47 times, according to KABC.
"I remember the next day after learning what had happened, I went to see the detectives and j & ### I said, "My fingerprints are on the door. I panicked, "said Kutcher, according to Sky News.
In California, Gargiulo, 43, was charged with murder in the deaths of Ellerin and Maria Bruno, as well as attempted murder between 2001 and 2008 He pleaded not guilty and was also charged separately for killing a woman in Illinois in 1993.
Kutcher was 23 years old at the time of Ellerin's death and was working for "That 70's Show." After divorcing actress Demi Moore in 2013, he married her compatriot Mila Kunis, with whom he now has two children.
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