Actor Nick Pasqual found guilty of attempted murder in stabbing of estranged girlfriend

What the jury decided

Actor Nick Pasqual, known in television circles for a guest spot on How I Met Your Mother and other screen credits, was convicted of attempted murder and related felonies for attacking his estranged girlfriend, Hollywood makeup artist Allie Shehorn, after breaking into her Sunland home in May 2024.

Los Angeles news outlet ABC7 reported the guilty verdicts in coverage published as the case broke heading into the weekend of May 9, 2026. Entertainment Weekly, citing court records, placed the jury’s decision on Friday, May 8, 2026, at the end of a trial that EW said ran from April 27 through that date. Pasqual had pleaded not guilty; the trial court will next turn to punishment, with EW reporting a June 2, 2026 sentencing hearing and a possible life sentence if max terms stack as prosecutors seek.

How prosecutors and press described the attack

The fact pattern repeated across outlets is grim and consistent in outline: in the early morning hours, Pasqual is alleged to have forced his way into Shehorn’s residence during a period when the couple had separated. ABC7 and others describe repeated stabbing; KTLA has reported more than 20 stab wounds in earlier coverage on the case’s aftermath. Shehorn testified at trial; ABC7 noted visible scarring as she described barricading and fleeing room to room while Pasqual broke through doors.

After the assault, reporting tracks Pasqual leaving California and eventually being stopped at a U.S.–Mexico border checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas—a detail the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office had also highlighted in 2024 public statements referenced in follow-up stories. The interstate flight narrative matters legally because it underscores how quickly the case escalated from a domestic crisis to a multi-state fugitive arrest.

The full list of convictions matters for sentencing

ABC7 summarized the core counts as attempted murder, first-degree residential burglary with a person present, and injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend, or child’s parent (wording that reflects California’s domestic-violence-related injury statutes).

Entertainment Weekly’s review of court records adds precision Pasqual’s sentencing judge will care about: on attempted murder the jury reportedly found special allegations true—great bodily injury in a domestic violence context and use of a deadly weapon. EW also reports convictions on three counts of injuring a partner-class victim, one count of first-degree burglary, and one count of forcible rape tied to conduct about a month before the stabbing attack. That last count is a separate serious felony; readers should treat it as adjudicated by the jury, not as an unproven allegation.

Restraining orders, abuse claims, and why this case drew attention

Coverage uniformly notes Shehorn had sought a restraining order and described the relationship as abusive before the break-in. The case therefore sits at the intersection of celebrity media—because Pasqual’s IMDb résumé is public—and intimate-partner violence patterns advocates study: escalation after separation, barriers breached despite court orders, and extreme injury.

Shehorn’s professional visibility as a makeup artist on major productions turned the assault into a industry conversation piece, but the legal core is ordinary in the saddest sense: California courts see attempted murders in domestic settings every year. The Pasqual trial’s detail—door panels broken through, bathroom locks treated as last refuge—matches stories advocates say survivors repeat in lethality-risk assessments.

What happens next

The June 2 hearing will determine years-to-life outcomes, restitution questions, and victim-impact presentation. Defense counsel may file post-trial motions; if those fail, the case moves to pronouncement of sentence and likely CDCR custody. Appeals sometimes follow on evidentiary or instructional issues, but the jury’s sweeping guilty-on-all-counts pattern EW described makes reversal a high bar.

For readers, the practical through-line is accountability after a violent episode that began with relationship breakdown and ended with a multi-count conviction and life-term exposure. The verdict does not undo harm; it shifts the story’s center from speculation to sentencing law and survivor recovery.

Bottom line

Nick Pasqual is convicted of attempting to murder Allie Shehorn in her Sunland home and of companion felonies including burglary and partner injury, with additional serious counts confirmed in court-record reporting. The case is no longer about whether a violent attack occurred in May 2024; it is about how severely California law will punish it and what safeguards—orders, housing security, community support—could reduce the next tragedy.