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The former "Two and a Half Men" star was
testifying as a witness at the trial of a man dubbed the
Hollywood Ripper who is charged with the murder of the young
woman and two others.
Kutcher said he arrived at the Hollywood bungalow of fashion
design student Ashley Ellerin on the night of Feb. 22, 2001,
after speaking to her by phone earlier that evening to arrange a
date, the Los Angeles City News Service reported.
But when he got there two hours after the call, Kutcher said he
found the lights on and the door locked. Peering through the
window he saw "what I thought was a red wine spilled on the
carpet."
"I didn't really think anything of it," Kutcher said, adding
that he "figured I screwed up" by showing up late, and he
assumed Ellerin had gone out with a friend, City News reported.
Ellerin, 22, was found dead at her home the next morning by a
roommate. She had been stabbed 47 times, prosecutors said.
Kutcher, now 41, said when he learned what had happened to
Ellerin, he spoke with police and was "freaking out" because he
knew his fingerprints would be on the front door of her home.
Michael Gargiulo is on trial at Los Angeles Superior Court for
the murder of Ellerin and two other women and the attempted
murder of another.
Gargiulo, 43, was arrested in 2008. He has pleaded not guilty.
In 2001, Kutcher was making his name as one of the stars of the
television comedy "That '70s Show." Ten years later he was cast
in the hit comedy "Two and a Half Men."
In 2005, Kutcher married actress Demi Moore. After their 2013
divorce, he wed his "That '70s Show" co-star Mila Kunis, with
whom he has two children.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Bill Tarrant and
Jonathan Oatis)
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