Shahs of Sundown alum Mike Shouhed is being sued by his former fiancée, Paulina Ben-Cohen, over an alleged home violence incident from March 2022.
In courtroom paperwork obtained by ET, which have been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket on Friday, Ben-Cohen claims she was “viciously, brutally, and repeatedly assaulted and battered” by Shouhed whereas he was residing along with her and her youngsters at their residence in Encino, California.
Based on the paperwork, Ben-Cohen and Shouhed started to argue after she’d put her youngsters to sleep of their room, and tensions escalated as Shouhed allegedly accused her of being a nasty mom. Ben-Cohen claims he referred to as her a “f**king whore.”
It was at this level that Ben-Cohen stated she informed Shouhed that he ought to depart, and he or she started packing his garments for him.
Based on the paperwork, as she was doing so, Shouhed allegedly “bumped into the room, forcefully grabbed [her] hair and shoulder, and violently threw her to the bottom.” After falling to the ground, and a clothes rack falling on prime of her, Ben-Cohen claims Shouhed “bent over her, struck her within the face, after which put his hand over her face and tried to suffocate her as she writhed on the bottom and struggled to breathe.”
Ben-Cohen claims that, after just a few moments, Shouhed left and he or she retrieved her cellphone to name 9-1-1. As she was calling, she alleges that he returned to the room and threatened to hit her once more earlier than threatening her life.
Based on the paperwork, Shouhed allegedly “additionally threatened to kill [Ben-Cohen] and informed her he had a hitman who would put her away.”
Ben-Cohen claims the incident escalated as soon as extra, because the struggle spilled into the hallway after which into her youngsters’ playroom, the place Shouhed allegedly tried to suffocate her for a number of seconds earlier than throwing her to the bottom, onto a bicycle, and attacking her bodily once more.
The paperwork declare that the alleged assault occurred over 4 minutes, earlier than Ben-Cohen’s live-in nanny tried to intervene, and finally police arrived on the residence, the place Shouhed was taken into custody.
Every of the alleged incidents within the lawsuit have been accompanied by screengrabs from safety digital camera footage, supporting the accusations.
Ben-Cohen’s lawyer John C. Carpenter, of Carpenter & Zuckerman, tells ET, “This sort of conduct can’t be tolerated.”
ET has reached out to Shouhed’s lawyer for touch upon the lawsuit.
Shouhed was arrested for a felony in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022, in line with a reserving sheet beforehand obtained by ET. Shouhed was booked within the early hours of March 28, earlier than being launched hours afterward $50,000 bail, in line with the doc.
A LAPD public info officer informed ET on the time that West Valley officers responded to a radio name of “unknown” hassle at roughly 10 p.m. on March 27.
Web page Six, who was first to report the information, stated that when officers arrived, Shouhed was arrested for alleged “intimate companion violence with damage.” The outlet reported {that a} LAPD public info officer stated that the phrase is one other authorized time period for home violence that’s used when there’s “seen damage” on the sufferer.
In October 2022, the costs have been dismissed due to a cope with prosecutors. The dropped costs embrace home violence, battery and unlawfully making an attempt to dissuade a witness. Shouhed was ordered to finish a diversion program as an alternative of getting into a plea. Along with anger administration, gun security and parenting lessons in addition to group service, Shouhed can also be barred from possessing and proudly owning any weapons for 2 years.
Shouhed confronted 14 prison costs after the March incident. In July, the Los Angeles Metropolis Lawyer charged the 45-year-old actuality star with home violence, battery and unlawfully making an attempt to dissuade a witness, amongst different costs, ET confirmed. Shouhed pleaded not responsible to each depend.
Along with costs associated to home violence, Shouhed was charged with possession of an assault weapon, prison storage of a firearm, and different weapons-related infractions, ET confirmed. He pleaded not responsible to these counts as nicely.
Shouhed introduced his engagement to Ben-Cohen throughout Shahs of Sundown‘s season 9 reunion in August 2021. Ben-Cohen has two youngsters from her final marriage, whereas Shouhed was additionally beforehand married. Shouhed and his ex-wife, Jessica Parido, separated in 2015, lower than eight months after their marriage ceremony.
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