They’re back in the news with a rumoured breakup on the way.
Here’s what I wrote about them in 2007 in my book Celebrity Past Lives:
She’s much older than her husband, but the star of The Scarlet Letter has so far taken everything in her stride.
Past Lives: Demi and Ashton were mother and son in America during the Salem witch-hunts. Ashton pleaded with his mother to give up her witchcraft, but Demi ignored him because she could cure many ailments and remove hexes placed by black witches.
As he grew older, he hated the stigma of being born to a witch and sometimes openly cursed his mother.
Finally, he made false allegations before a judge and, because of such damning evidence from her own son, Demi was hanged in the town square.
Ashton now protects her as her husband, with a snow owl spirit to prevent any more deceit.