LOS ANGELES — An actor has been charged with tried homicide for allegedly stabbing his former girlfriend – a Hollywood make-up artist – a number of instances in her Los Angeles house, prosecutors mentioned Wednesday.
Nick Pasqual, 34, allegedly fled after the assault and was detained at a U.S.-Mexico border checkpoint in Texas, based on the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Prosecutors mentioned the sufferer, recognized in a GoFundMe web page as Hollywood make-up artist Allie Shehorn, had just lately taken out a restraining order in opposition to Pasqual.
Pasqual is accused of stabbing Shehorn repeatedly after breaking into her house round 4:30 a.m. final Thursday. She was hospitalized with crucial accidents.
An arrest warrant was issued the day after the assault.
Pasqual is charged with one rely every of tried homicide and first-degree residential housebreaking with particular person current and injuring a partner, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or kid’s dad or mum, based on the DA’s workplace.
Moreover, the suspect is accused of inflicting nice bodily damage on the sufferer underneath circumstances involving home violence, and it is also alleged he used a knife in the course of the crime.
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If convicted as charged, he might be sentenced to life in state jail.
Pasqual has appeared on the TV present “How I Met Your Mom” and the 2023 movie “Insurgent Moon,” based on his IMDB web page.
“My ideas and heartfelt sympathies are with the sufferer on this horrific incident,” District Legal professional George Gascón mentioned in an announcement.
“This heinous incident is a stark reminder of the hazards of home violence,” Gascón additionally mentioned. “We’ll make sure that the person chargeable for this egregious act is held accountable for his or her actions.”
To date, the GoFundMe web page for Shehorn has raised greater than $90,000 to assist pay for medical prices.
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