Nick Pasqual, the actor identified in court records as a How I Met Your Mother cast member, was convicted Friday by a San Fernando, Calif., jury of attempted murder in the May 23, 2024 stabbing of Hollywood makeup artist Allie Shehorn. Jurors also found the 36-year-old guilty of first-degree residential burglary with a person present and of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent.
The verdict caps a case that began with Pasqual's first arrest on May 18, 2024, on domestic violence allegations and ended with a sentencing hearing set for Tuesday, June 2. He had been released on $50,000 bond before the attack, which prosecutors said came after Shehorn had already sought a restraining order against him days earlier.
Shehorn told investigators she tried to shut him out. “I locked the door and he just started punching holes in that door and broke that open,” she said. “I just ran into the bathroom because I thought there's another lock on that door.” The Los Angeles Times reported that Pasqual broke into her Sunland, Calif., home and stabbed her an estimated 20 times before fleeing California.
Shehorn was found by her friend Christine White, who later told the Los Angeles Times, “I just told her to keep her hand on her throat to stop the bleeding.” Shehorn suffered injuries to her throat, back, chest and wrists, underwent 14 hours of surgery and later spent multiple days in the intensive care unit.
Pasqual was detained at the United States/Mexico border in Sierra Blanca, Texas, according to PEOPLE. The case now moves to sentencing, with the jury's verdict leaving little doubt about how prosecutors framed the violence: a domestic dispute that escalated into an attempted killing after a bond release had already failed to stop him.
For Shehorn, the lasting damage is plain. For Pasqual, the next step is the June 2 hearing, where the court will decide what the convictions mean in years, not headlines.
