Shelley Malil had a busy career as a comic actor, appearance in a huge hit movie, several TV shows and a commercial that aired during the Super Bowl. But the player best known for his part in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" has now been charged with attempted slay after his girlfriend was stabbed more than 20 times, authorities said.
Malil, 43, was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Vista, north of San Diego, aforesaid Paul Levikow, a spokesman for the San Diego County District Attorney's office.
He remained in custody on $2 one thousand thousand bail after being charged with attempted murder with special circumstances of forethought, causing slap-up bodily injury and using a deadly weapon, aforementioned Deputy District Attorney Steven Carver. Malil faces a maximum sentence of life in prison house if convicted on all counts.
Authorities confirmed the victim's identity as Kendra Beebe. According to her Facebook page, she is a 35-year-old mother of deuce who works as an insurance broker in Carlsbad, a coastal suburb.
She was listed in critical condition Monday, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Department. Spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said Tuesday she had no update on Beebe's condition.
Eve Salony, wHO lives across the street from Beebe, told the San Diego Union-Tribune that Beebe was having dinner party with a date in her back yard on Sunday when Malil showed up and "got into the initial scuffle" with Beebe's date. Salony aforesaid the particular date "got scared and he ran over here. He was bleeding."
Chuck Lee, 32, who lives next door to Beebe, told the Union-Tribune that he was watching TV when he heard Beebe screaming and went to help.
Lee aforementioned he saw a man with a knife on Beebe's front patio, restraining the woman.
"I kept relation him, 'You don't require to do this,'" Lee said. He aforementioned the man kept expression, "Look at what she did to me."
A cleaning woman who answered the earphone at Beebe's office declined to scuttlebutt to The Associated Press.
Malil's agent, Mark Measure, as well declined to comment.
Malil starred in a Budweiser commercial that aired during the 2001 Super Bowl. He played a co-worker, Haziz, to comedian Steve Carell's title character in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
The Associated Press called Malil's partnership with Gerry Bednob in the movie ane of the "Top 10 Overlooked Performances of 2005."
He has likewise appeared in dozens of TV shows including "NYPD Blue" and "Scrubs."
Malil, world Health Organization lives in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, had taken the train to Oceanside on Monday night to foregather his lawyer, who had joined the actor's category members and friends in persuading him to turn himself in, deputies said.
Deputies found the victim on Sunday night while responding to reports of screams for help and break glass in San Marcos, about 15 miles eastward of Oceanside.
Attempts to identify and reach Malil's attorney for scuttlebutt were unsuccessful.
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Associated Press Writer Christina Hoag contributed reportage from Los Angeles.
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