Jealous TikTok star who murdered his wife and the man she was dating learns his fate

A man once famous on TikTok for his Scarface impersonations has learned his sentence after being found guilty in May of killing his wife and her friend in San Diego in 2021.

A California judge sentenced Ali Abulaban, 32, to two consecutive life sentences without parole for the premeditated murder of 28-year-old Ana Abulaban and her boyfriend Rayburn Barron, 29, plus an additional 50 years in prison for weapons enhancement.

Throughout the trial, Abulaban never denied murdering his estranged wife and Barron, who were huddled together on a couch in their San Diego apartment at the time of the shooting.

Judge Jeffrey Fraser said Abulaban committed a “cold-blooded murder with no remorse”, adding that his actions were “appalling” and “very selfish”.

“The bottom line is that he will die in prison,” Fraser said in court. “He will never be a free man. He will take his last breath there.”

Abulaban (left) claimed he was experiencing a “medication-induced psychosis” when he burst in and killed Ana (pictured) and her friend.

The judge's statement sparked cheers and applause throughout the courtroom, almost identical to the reaction of friends and family when Abulaban was found guilty in May.

Frustrated, Abulaban imitated the crowd by clapping and mouthing a curse word.

His bizarre behavior didn't end there: He decided to engage in a verbal altercation with Ana's distraught sister while she was giving her victim statement, NBC San Diego reported.

“Ali, if I had known the abuse my sister had been through, if I had known, if I had known!” she screamed, “I would have flown again to see her and take her and Amira away from you.”

Amira is the couple's daughter, who was just five years old when Abulaban committed the murders.

“You promised my mother that you would take good care of her, just like my parents did for Ana Marie and Amira back in the Philippines,” she said. “But I had no idea that my sister's life with you would be so miserable. You treated my sister like she wasn't important, but she was important.”

Pictured: Ana's sister yelled at Abulaban before she began her victim impact statement

Abulaban screamed back while his defense attorney tried to calm him down

The family of Rayburn Barron (pictured) also made statements about the impact on the victim

Barron's family also told the court what he meant to them. They described him as a caring family man who made a special effort to help others.

“We are often told that we are a strong family because we survived this tragedy,” said Barron's sister, Lizbeth Baron. “But the reality is that this was the hardest thing we have ever experienced and many of us are devastated. The pain and trauma of losing our brother in this way is so painful that it is difficult for us to lead normal and healthy lives.”

When it was his turn to address the victims, Abulaban pleaded with the judge and expressed his regret for his actions.

He apologized to Ana's family members and claimed he was in a “drug-induced psychosis” when he broke into her high-rise building on October 21, 2021.

“My reaction in that moment was an unintentional, impulsive reaction against my better judgment to the discovery of Ray's romantic relationship with my wife,” he said. “Going to prison forever feels like I'm being sent to hell, and I don't think that's fair.”

The judge did not buy his explanation about the “heat of passion” and even pointed out what a good actor he was because of his Tony Montana impersonation videos.

Judge Jeffrey Fraser (pictured) commented on Abulaban's Scarface videos, saying: “All the tears he cried in this courtroom were for himself.”

“Shots were fired within seconds of entering the apartment, which clearly indicates an intent to kill. Not motivated by passion. Deliberate, conscious, premeditated, cold-blooded murder.”

“He's a very talented actor. When I saw the Scarface videos, it was as if when you commit these crimes, you become this Scarface persona,” the judge said. “All the tears he cried in that courtroom were for himself.”

Abulaban, a previous victim of domestic violence, was reportedly evicted from his and Ana's apartment in the Spire San Diego luxury apartment complex.

He believed his wife was cheating on him with Barron, and San Diego Assistant District Attorney Taren Brast said the couple had previously been separated for “quite a long time.”

After Ana asked him to move out, according to prosecutors, he secretly made a copy of the apartment key in order to install a listening device on his five-year-old daughter's tablet.

Prosecutors believe he freaked out when he heard his estranged wife and another man talking.

Surveillance camera video showed him running out of the elevator on the 35th floor toward the apartment.

Brast said Abulaban shot Barron three times at close range – in the neck, cheek and back of the head – before turning the gun on his wife and shooting her once in the forehead.

He then called his mother to confess everything to her, while also telling his daughter that he had “hurt mom.”

Ana regularly appeared in Abulaban's comedy videos on TikTok, where his now-deleted account once had more than 980,000 followers.