Ashton Kutcher looked downcast as he stepped out just hours after it was revealed he could be called to testify in his ex-girlfriend's murder trial.
The Hollywood star, 41, looked gaunt and concerned as he parked his car in Beverly Hills on Wednesday.
Kutcher was snapped hours after he was named on a list of 200 potential witnesses in the trial of Michael Gargiulo.
Gargiulo, who has been nicknamed the 'Hollywood Ripper', has been charged with murdering three women - including Kutcher's ex-girlfriend Ashley Ellerin.
Ashton Kutcher was seen looking downcast just hours after it was revealed he could be called to testify in his ex-girlfriend's murder trial
Kutcher, 41, looked gaunt and concerned as he parked his car in Beverly Hills on Wednesday
The 22-year-old fashion student and model was found mutilated in her apartment in 2001.
Gargiulo, an air conditioning repair man, is said to have broken into her apartment on the night of February 21, 2001, and stabbed her to death.
Kutcher was meant to pick Ellerin up that night to take her to a Grammy's after-party, but no one answered when he arrived at the apartment.
The rising star, who at the time was on That 70s Show, looked through the window and saw what he thought was red wine spilled on the floor.
Kutcher later told police that he thought Ellerin wasn't answering the door because she was upset with him for being late. So he left.
Kutcher was snapped hours after he was named on a list of 200 potential witnesses in the trial of Michael Gargiulo (left), the man accused of murdering his ex Ashley Ellerin (right) in 2001
The next day Ellerin's roommate found her mutilated body in the apartment.
The stains Kutcher had thought were red wine was actually blood from the 47 gaping wounds - some up to six inches deep - inflicted on her neck, chest, stomach and back by a knife-wielding intruder who attacked her while she was taking a shower.
Kutcher, according to friends, had 'nightmares' about finding Ellerin's body for years.
Gargiulo, who has been nicknamed the 'Hollywood Ripper', has been charged with murdering three women - including Ellerin
Ellerin's friends were quick to point the finger at Gargiulo, who lived nearby and had done repair work on her apartment heater, according to CBS.
They told detectives that
