Ashton Kutcher found himself swept up in the horrifying Hollywood Ripper case after his friend was brutally murdered on the night they were supposed to go out for drinks.
The Hollywood actor, who celebrates his 43rd birthday on Sunday, was called as a witness in the 2019 trial of Michael Gargiulo, 44, who was convicted of killing the star's pal Ashley Ellerin, 22.
Ashton, 42, had been due to go out with Ashley in Los Angeles on the night she was killed in February 2001, and he inadvertently stumbled across the murder scene.
He was just 23 years old when he first met fashion student Ashley at a birthday party in 2000. Ashley was studying at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, while Ashton's acting career was
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