An actor who appeared in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" pleaded non guilty Wednesday to attempted murder in the wounding of his girlfriend.
Shelley Malil, 43, was ordered held on $10 million bail after Superior Court Judge Marshall Hockett deemed him a flight risk. He faces a maximum time of life in prison if convicted of the charge, which includes special circumstances of premeditation, causation great bodily injury and using a deadly weapon.
Prosecutor Steven Carver said Malil, who number 1 gained fame in Budweiser's 2001 Super Bowl "What are you doing?" commercial-grade, appeared on the back patio of Kendra Beebe's house Sunday in the inland suburb of San Marcos and attacked her with a knife patch her two children slept upstairs.
"There was a prolonged attack," Carver said after Malil's arraignment hearing. "He came up and started stabbing her immediately without any words or argument."
A man wHO was visiting Beebe disarmed Malil, world Health Organization found a second knife inside the house and continued attacking Beebe, Carver said. A neighbor world Health Organization heard the commotion plant Malil on the front patio and took aside the moment weapon earlier the worker fled.
"He did not stoppage his murderous acts voluntarily but because of the heroic acts of the Apostles of the neighbor," Carver said.
Beebe, a 35-year-old mother of deuce, was stabbed 20 times. At least three of the wounds � deep punctures to each lung and one to her throat � were life-threatening.
Beebe remains hospitalized but is expected to survive, Carver said.
Malil was arrested Monday after his lawyer persuaded him to board a train from Los Angeles to Oceanside, in northern San Diego County.
"He surrendered himself," aforementioned Malil's attorney, Sean Leslie, who contacted law enforcement on the actor's behalf before the surrender.
Malil was initially held in lieu of $2 million bail. Carver requested an increase to $4 million, citing the actor's ties to his home country of India, along with a phone call the actor allegedly situated to a friend after the tongue attack claiming he was in Tijuana, Mexico.
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