40-Year-Old Virgin star charged with attempted murder after frenzied knife attack on girlfriend

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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An actor who starred with Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his former girlfriend more than 20 times.

 

Shelley Malil, 43,  who played Carell's co-worker Haziz in the comedy hit, has been remanded in custody on £1million bail.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department confirmed he was arrested on Monday as he left a train in Oceanside.

Shelley played Haziz in the hit film The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Shelley played Haziz in the hit film The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Deputy District Attorney Steven Carver said Malil was charged with attempted murder with special circumstances of premeditation, causing great bodily injury and using a deadly weapon.

The native of Kerala, India, is scheduled to be appear in court today in Vista, north of San Diego, and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all counts.

Authorities confirmed the victim's identity as Kendra Beebe.

The actor pictured with former girlfriend Kendra Beebe

The actor pictured with former girlfriend Kendra Beebe

According to her Facebook page, she is a 35-year-old mother of two who works as an insurance broker in Carlsbad, a coastal suburb of San Diego.

Police found her on Sunday night after neighbours reported hearing screams for help and breaking glass in San Marcos, about 15 miles east of Oceanside.

She was reported to be in a critical condition following the attack.

'Malil and the victim had apparently been in a dating relationship which recently ended,' the Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

The actor's agent, Mark Measure of Abrams Artist Agency, declined to comment.

Malil, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks, had taken the train to the San Diego area to meet his attorney, who had joined the actor's family and friends in persuading him to turn himself in, deputies said.

Malil appeared in the Budweiser 'What are you doing?' commercial that aired during the 2001 Super Bowl, a spin-off of the 'Whassup?' spots from the year before.

He has also appeared in dozens of TV shows including NYPD Blue and  Scrubs.

Actor Steve Carell in the film 40-Year-Old Virgin

Actor Steve Carell in the film 40-Year-Old Virgin

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