Nick Pasqual, the \u201cHow I Met Your Mother\u201d actor who was found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend last month, faces new legal fire.<\/p>\n
Makeup artist Allie Shehorn, Pasqual\u2019s ex-girlfriend, on Tuesday sued the actor for sexual battery, assault and negligence, among other counts, according to a lawsuit submitted in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The 17-page complaint echoes details about the May 2024 stabbing<\/a> that led to Pasqual\u2019s arrest two years ago<\/a> and his attempted murder conviction<\/a>. Pasqual was also convicted of injuring a spouse or partner, first-degree burglary and rape. <\/p>\n Legal representatives for Pasqual did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n According to the lawsuit, Shehorn and Pasqual began dating in 2023 and the actor \u201cengaged in a continuing pattern of controlling, coercive, threatening and physically violent conduct\u201d throughout their relationship. Shehorn alleges Pasqual \u201cused force, threats, coercion and physical retraint\u201d to rape and sexually assault her in April 2024. Pasqual also allegedly continued to engage in \u201cescalating threatening\u201d behavior, the lawsuit said. <\/p>\n The lawsuit resurfaces allegations that Pasqual unlawfully entered Shehorn\u2019s home in Sunland a month after he raped her and stabbed her with a knife more than 20 times, \u201cintending to kill her.\u201d The Times previously reported that Shehorn\u2019s friend Christine White found the makeup artist \u2014 who filed a restraining order against her former partner \u2014 lying in a pool of blood and that Shehorn underwent emergency surgery and remained in the ICU for several days.<\/p>\n