The crazed ex-boyfriend and actor accused of stabbing his award-winning Hollywood make-up artist girlfriend over 20 instances was arrested Wednesday in Texas making an attempt to flee the US into Mexico.
Nick Pasqual, 34, allegedly broke into Allie Shehorn’s Sunland, Calif. house round 4:30 a.m. on Might 23 and stabbed her a number of instances.
Shehorn suffered a number of slashes to her neck together with cuts to her arms and stomach.
The artist and particular results producer, recognized for her work on “Insurgent Moon” and “Imply Women” was discovered later within the day by her surrogate mom in a bloody scene that was not “a reasonably sight.”
“This isn’t the type of factor that ought to occur to anyone,” Christine White, the 35-year-old’s surrogate mom, instructed KTLA on the time. “You don’t suppose that is ever going to occur to you.”
“I discovered her and I had to enter the bed room the place it occurred,” she mentioned. “That wasn’t a reasonably sight.”
Shehorn had filed a restraining order in opposition to her ex, days earlier than the assault, accusing him of attacking her on no less than 4 separate events, in keeping with the restraining order seen by the Every day Mail.
The restraining order alleges Pasqual attacked her a number of instances, utilizing a belt, breaking down doorways, leaving her with a concussion and raping and choking her.
Pasqual, an actor with minor roles in a number of tasks together with “Insurgent Moon,” and “How I Met Your Mom,” fled the scene after the assault.
Shehorn was rushed to the hospital the place she was positioned within the ICU in essential situation and underwent a number of surgical procedures.
An arrest warrant of $1,075,000 was issued for Pasqual.
Authorities captured Pasqual on the US-Mexico border checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, the California District Lawyer’s workplace mentioned Wednesday.
“My ideas and heartfelt sympathies are with the sufferer on this horrific incident,” Los Angeles County District Lawyer Gascón mentioned. “Our workplace, together with our Bureau of Sufferer Companies, extends our help and assets to her as she embarks on the lengthy and tough journey of therapeutic from each the bodily and emotional trauma inflicted upon her.”
“This heinous incident is a stark reminder of the hazards of home violence,” Gascon added. “We are going to make sure that the person answerable for this egregious act is held accountable for his or her actions.”
Pasqual was charged with one depend of tried homicide, one depend of first-degree residential housebreaking with particular person current and one depend of injuring a partner, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or baby’s mother or father.
He’s additionally accused of “inflicting nice bodily harm upon the sufferer underneath circumstances involving home violence.”
Pasqual might be extradited to Los Angeles County the place he’ll face the costs.
If convicted, Pasqual faces the utmost sentence of life in state jail.
Shehorn has been making “optimistic steps to her restoration,” make-up artist Jed Dornoff wrote on the GoFundMe he arrange for her together with a photograph of Shehorn standing up with the help of hospital workers and a mobility walker.
“It’s nonetheless a really lengthy street however she is dealing with it with braveness and dedication,” Dornoff added.
Shehorn was moved out of the ICU on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old has labored on quite a few standard movies together with the “Insurgent Moon” motion pictures, the “Imply Women” musical remake and “Babylon.”
She has additionally gained a number of awards for her make-up and particular results work, particularly on horror motion pictures, in keeping with her IMDB web page.
The fundraising web page, set as much as assist cowl medical and rehabilitation bills has raised over $90,000 of the $100,000 aim by early Thursday morning.
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