Ashton Kutcher‘s position in a 2001 investigation into the homicide of Ashley Ellerin is being dredged up by followers as soon as once more amid the backlash the actor is getting following a letter he wrote asking for lighter sentencing for convicted rapist Danny Masterson.

Kutcher and his spouse, Mila Kunis, who each starred with Masterson in That ’70s Present, apologized on September 9 after letters they wrote forward of Masterson’s sentencing have been made public. Kunis and Kutcher each praised Masterson, who was convicted of two counts of rape in Could, for his “distinctive character” and Kutcher labeled him a “position mannequin.” Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in jail final week.

Nonetheless, as Kutcher continues to face criticism for shielding a convicted rapist from harsh sentencing whereas additionally being an advocate for intercourse trafficking prevention, it’s his position in one other prison investigation that’s getting known as out now.

After the letters have been made public, certainly one of Masterson’s accusers took to her social media with a message for Kutcher. Chrissie Carnell Bixler, who dated Masterson within the late 90s and early 2000s, posted an Instagram story that learn: “Expensive Ashton, I do know the secrets and techniques your ‘position mannequin’ retains for you. Ones that may finish you. Did you neglect I used to be there? You have been on speaker cellphone that evening you known as Danny on February 21, 2001. I hear every thing. I heard the plan. For my part, you’re simply as sick as your ‘mentor.’”

Hypothesis quickly started about what Kutcher did on February 21, 2001 and web customers quickly famous that that date is the day Ashley Ellerin was tragically murdered.

What was Ashton Kutcher’s position in Ashley Ellerin’s homicide investigation?

Kutcher was a witness within the trial of Ellerin’s assassin and testified that he was scheduled to go on a date with Ellerin on the evening of her homicide — February 21, 2001.

In 2019, Kutcher instructed a jury within the trial of Michael Gargiulo, the person later convicted of Ellerin’s homicide, that he final talked to Ellerin at 8:24 PM to substantiate their plans to attend a Grammys after-party collectively, based on E! Information.

The actor stated he known as once more at 10:00 PM to say he was on his approach over to Ellerin’s dwelling however she didn’t reply. Kutcher claimed that at 10:45 PM he arrived she didn’t come to the door. He claimed he peered into her window and noticed what he believed to be a wine stain on her carpet.

“He believed at that time he had been stood up,” Los Angeles County Deputy District Lawyer Dan Akemon stated in his opening assertion on the trial. “We imagine now the proof will present that was really blood, and Ashley had already been murdered.”

Ellerin, 22, was discovered lifeless the next morning by her roommate. Investigators imagine she had simply gotten out of the bathe when Gargiulo stabbed her to demise after getting into her dwelling. Gargiulo, who has been dubbed “The Hollywood Ripper” was sentenced to demise for the homicide of Ellerin and one other California girl in 2005. He’s awaiting trial for the 1993 homicide of a teenage woman in Illinois, per ABC. He was arrested after the tried homicide of one other girl in California in 2008.

Ellerin and Kutcher met by means of mutual pals in December 2000. He says he was at Ellerin’s dwelling for a housewarming weeks earlier than her homicide and the 2 organized to get dinner and drinks on the evening of her homicide.

Regardless of admitting that he was initially “freaked out” after studying of Ellerin’s demise as a result of his fingerprints have been on her doorknob, Kutcher was by no means a suspect within the case and seems to have cooperated with the investigation.

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