Hollywood actor Nick Pasqual, accused of stabbing his estranged girlfriend last month, has been extradited from Texas to Los Angeles and has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.
Pasqual, 34, allegedly stabbed the woman multiple times after breaking into her home in the Sunland neighborhood of Los Angeles around 4:30 a.m. on May 23, according to prosecutors. She was seriously injured and had to be hospitalized.
After the attack, Pasqual allegedly fled the state before law enforcement officers arrested him at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, the district attorney's office said of LA County.
He has been charged with felony attempted murder, first-degree residential burglary with a person present and wounding a spouse, common-law partner, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or father of a child. A warrant was issued for his arrest after he allegedly went on the run.
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On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty inside a San Fernando courtroom after landing at LAX a day earlier. He was ordered held without bail, with his next court date set for July 16.
Prosecutors have said he faces a possible maximum sentence of life in state prison if convicted on all charges.
The victim, identified by the Los Angeles Times as makeup artist Allie Shehorn, had a restraining order filed against Pasqual at the time.
A GoFundMe page set up to help pay his hospital bills said he was “fighting for his life” in the days after the attack.
Last Saturday, the page posted photos of Shehorn who appeared to still be in the hospital, his hands tightly bandaged. The post said she was “doing her best to stay positive, but the fight is tough.”
“There are complications that we cannot disclose to the public at this time,” the page says. “But he's feeling better and appreciates the love and support.”
As a make-up artist, Shehorn has worked on films such as Mean Girls, Babylon and Rebel Moon.
According to his IMDb page, Pasqual has acted in television shows such as How I Met Your Mother and Archive 81.
