Nick Pasqual Convicted in How I Met Your Mother Stabbing Case
Nick Pasqual, the how i met your mother actor, was convicted Friday of attempted murder in the May 23, 2024 stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Allie Shehorn. A San Fernando, Calif., jury also found the 36-year-old guilty of first-degree residential burglary with person present and injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent.
The verdict closes the guilt phase of a case that began with a May 18, 2024 domestic-violence arrest and a later release on $50,000 bond. Pasqual had been accused of breaking into Shehorn’s Sunland, Calif., home days after she sought a restraining order against him.
Sunland Attack Facts
Shehorn told jurors, “I locked the door and he just started punching holes in that door and broke that open,” and later added, “I just ran into the bathroom because I thought there's another lock on that door.” Those details sit alongside testimony that he stabbed her an estimated 20 times, leaving injuries to her throat, back, chest and wrists.
Shehorn spent 14 hours in surgery and later multiple days in the intensive care unit. Christine White, one of Shehorn’s friends, said after finding her, “I just told her to keep her hand on her throat to stop the bleeding.”
Bond, Flight, Border
Jed Dornoff described the sequence after Pasqual’s release on bond bluntly: “as soon as he paid his bail, he came after her.” After the attack, Pasqual allegedly fled California and was detained at the United States/Mexico border in Sierra Blanca, Texas.
That combination of burglary, violence and flight is what makes the verdict more than a single-count criminal case. The jury’s findings match the facts prosecutors would need to keep the focus on a planned home invasion rather than a spontaneous confrontation.
June 2 Sentencing
Pasqual’s sentencing hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, June 2. For Shehorn, the legal question now shifts from guilt to punishment, and the record already shows the harm was severe, prolonged and tied to a restraining order that came before the break-in.
