The Los Angeles makeup artist left for dead by her abusive actor ex-boyfriend has spoken out for the first time, telling DailyMail.com that she will attend all his court hearings to make sure ‘he knows I’m still here’.
Brave Allie Shehorn, 35, showed off scars on her neck, shoulder, arms and wrist as she rarely took her eyes off How I Met Your Mother actor Nick Pasqual in court in San Fernando, California.
She suffered more than 20 stab wounds in the horror attack launched allegedly by Pasqual at her Sunland home on May 23.
Pasqual then attempted to flee to Mexico but was apprehended on the Fort Hancock International Bridge in tiny Sierra Blanca, Texas, before being extradited back to California in June.
Pasqual, 35, is now banged up at the North Valley Correctional Facility in Castaic, California and is facing multiple charges including attempted murder, burglary and domestic violence.
Allie Shehorn continues to recover from the brutal May 23 attack that saw her ex-boyfriend Nick Pasqual slash her 20 times at her LA home
The lesser known actor was seen wearing blue prison scrubs during a court hearing on Monday as he faces charges of attempted murder, first-degree home invasion, and domestic violence injury, over his attack on Shehorn (pictured together right)
He is also facing charges over another attack on Shehorn three days prior to the stabbing that allegedly included banging her head on the floor of their home. She applied for a restraining order in the aftermath.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Shehorn revealed that she almost died from the stab wounds inflicted on her and will attend every hearing in the case to show Pasqual ‘he can’t get away with it’.
‘I just hope that there’s justice served,’ she said.
‘People should know that this shouldn’t happen and he can’t get away with it.
‘I’ll be at every court hearing, even if I don’t have to be, just to show him that I’m still here.’
The talented special effects make-up artist spent more than a week in hospital following the attack and still bears the marks, including vivid scarring to her throat.
One of her hands remains in a cast and she says she does not know whether it will recover enough for her to be able to return to work.
‘That’s the goal,’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘I still don’t have feeling back in my hands and partial vision loss that I can’t get back.
Shehorn, a talented makeup artist, fortunately survived the brutal attack but still bears the marks, including scarring to her throat and arms. She is seen wearing a cast on her left arm
She spent over a week in the hospital where she almost died from the stab wounds inflicted on her, Shehorn exclusively told DailyMail.com on Monday
Shehorn vowed to attend every court hearing to face her abuser. On Monday he was seen hunched in a bright blue prison jumpsuit (right) with his hair scraped into a bun inside a cage, looking only at his lawyer
According to Shehorn’s application for the restraining order, Pasqual allegedly attacked her on a number of other occasions: hitting her with a belt on January 29, breaking down several doors in their home on March 6 and raping and choking her on April 14.
Shehorn added: ‘He has been violent in the past but never physically with me apart from two nights where he ripped clothes off of me.’
In the application, the special effects make-up artist also asked for protection for her ‘surrogate mother Christine White, 62, and also for the couple’s white husky-mix dog Riley.
A hearing over whether to make the temporary restraining order permanent had been scheduled on June 11 in Pasadena while Pasqual was due to appear in court on a felony charge in San Fernando on June 12 – dates he missed due to being locked up in Texas befoore his extradition.
‘Every day is different and it’s a struggle, and just dealing with the permanent damage is really hard. I can’t go back completely to how I was.’
Shehorn was speaking to DailyMail.com following a brief court hearing in San Fernando, California, in which Pasqual refused to make eye contact with her.
Instead, he sat hunched in a bright blue prison jumpsuit with his hair scraped into a bun inside a cage, looking only at his lawyer.
Both he and his attorney had objected to media coverage of the court case but their objections were overruled by Judge Bernie LaForteza.
During the five minutes he spent in court, Pasqual spoke just once to tell Judge LaForteza that he understood he was waiving his right to a speedy trial. He faces a fresh hearing on October 8.
Pasqual appeared in CBS’s How I Met Your Mother in 2011
Shehorn, 35, is known for her work on blockbusters including Mean Girls and Rebel Moon
He sat impassively as the prosecution said they will be bringing an extra charge with which he will be arraigned in the fall.
Shehorn, who was dressed in a black vest and loose pants that did nothing to hide the wounds, sat looking directly at Pasqual for most of the proceedings, as she was flanked by two friends.
She told DailyMail.com she also attended his initial arraignment and will make sure he sees her at every court date.
In the meantime, she is continuing to recover and is having therapy sessions in a bid to deal with the trauma while being supported by ‘a good group of friends’.
She said: ‘I’ll be there as much as possible.’
Shehorn also had a message for other women experiencing domestic abuse. ‘You never expect it to happen, but you all have to notice the signs and get out while you can.’
Pasqual will return to court on October 8.
