Murderer of Ashton Kutcher’s<br />Friend, Ashley Ellerin, Is Found Guilty Michael Gargiulo, dubbed the “Hollywood Ripper,”<br />was found guilty of two murders and attempted<br />murder on Aug. 15 in Los Angeles, California. The trial’s second phase is scheduled<br />to begin next week to determine his<br />sanity during the time of the attacks. Following that, Gargiulo will then be sent<br />to Illinois where he faces separate charges<br />for the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio. Ashton Kutcher testified against Gargiulo in May 2019,<br />as he and Ellerin were supposed to attend a 2001<br />Grammys after-party together on the night of <br />her death. During his testimony, Kutcher spoke about<br />how he arrived late to her home that night<br />and assumed she had bailed on him. Kutcher even remembered looking inside her<br />home and seeing a red stain on the carpet,<br />which he initially assumed was red wine. Gargiulo faces either the death penalty or life in<br />prison without parole for his Los Angeles crimes, with<br />further sentencing expected from the Illinois case.
