A Los Angeles jury has handed down a sweeping guilty verdict against actor Nick Pasqual, convicting the 36-year-old on all six counts tied to a frenzied 2024 home invasion that left his ex-girlfriend stabbed more than 20 times and clinging to life on her bathroom floor.
Pasqual, who appeared as a background performer on “How I Met Your Mother,” was convicted Friday, May 8, 2026, of attempted murder, forcible rape, first-degree residential burglary with a person present, and three felony counts of injuring a spouse, fiancée or partner. Jurors also found that he used a deadly weapon during a domestic violence incident. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison when he returns to court on Tuesday, June 2.
The verdict, returned in San Fernando, California, after a two-week trial, came swiftly. Jurors deliberated for only about an hour and a half before reaching their decision on every count.
A Pre-Dawn Break-in in Sunland
Prosecutors said Pasqual broke into the Sunland, California, home of Hollywood makeup artist Allie Shehorn at around 4:30 a.m. on May 23, 2024. Shehorn, his estranged girlfriend, had filed a restraining order against him only days earlier. It was in place when he forced his way inside.
Taking the stand during the trial with scars still visible on her neck and arms, Shehorn described the moments before the attack. “I locked the door and he just started punching holes in that door and broke that open,” she testified. “I just ran into the bathroom because I thought there’s another lock on that door.”
There was no second lock that could stop him. Pasqual stabbed her an estimated 20 times, inflicting wounds to her throat, back, chest and wrists. Her roommate, Christine White, discovered her bleeding and administered life-saving first aid before paramedics arrived. White told investigators she instructed Shehorn to press her hand against her throat to slow the bleeding.
Shehorn was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. She endured 14 hours of surgery, including procedures to repair severed tendons in her right arm and to close deep wounds in her neck, and spent multiple days in the intensive care unit, according to a GoFundMe page launched on her behalf.
Released on Bond, Then a Hunt
The attack did not come out of nowhere. Shehorn had endured previous assaults from Pasqual, and he had been arrested for domestic violence on May 18, 2024 — just five days before the stabbing. He posted a $50,000 bond and walked out.
Jed Dornoff, a friend of Shehorn’s, told People at the time that the release set the stage for what came next. “As soon as he paid his bail, he came after her,” Dornoff said.
After the attack, Pasqual fled California and bolted south. He was detained at a U.S.-Mexico border checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, before he could cross, and was extradited back to Los Angeles to face charges. He pleaded not guilty last March.
A Resume of Small Roles
Pasqual’s name surfaced in headlines largely because of a brief brush with one of network television’s biggest sitcoms. He appeared as a background performer on “How I Met Your Mother” in 2011, in the Season 7 episode “Field Trip.”
The rest of his on-screen resume is similarly modest. He had uncredited roles in Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire” and in the Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs,” and he starred in the 2009 Mischa Barton film “Homecoming.”
Sentencing Looms in June
With Pasqual’s conviction on all six counts, the focus shifts to how long the actor will spend behind bars. The attempted murder count alone, paired with the jury’s finding that he used a deadly weapon during a domestic violence incident, exposes him to severe penalties under California law. Combined with the rape conviction, the burglary count and the three felony counts of injuring a partner, prosecutors will argue for the maximum: life in prison.
For Shehorn, the verdict closes a chapter that began in terror nearly two years ago. She survived the attack only because her roommate found her in time, and only after surgeons spent more than half a day stitching her back together. The restraining order she filed days before Pasqual broke down her door did not stop him. The jury’s verdict, delivered in less than two hours, may be the first measure of accountability she has received.
Pasqual’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 2 in Los Angeles.