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All these movie stars, rockers, artists...and any body else... They just check inta rehab, or apologize, go on TV and admit their mistakes...

And guess what? The public buys it! That's it. No problem at all. Ever again!
'40-Year-Old Virgin' actor pleads not guilty
August 13, 2008 6:30 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO - An actor who appeared in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder in the stabbing of his girlfriend.

Shelley Malil, 43, was ordered held on $10 million bond after Superior Court Judge Marshall Hockett deemed him a flight risk. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the charge, which includes special circumstances of premeditation, causing great bodily injury and using a deadly weapon.

Prosecutor Steven Carver said Malil, who first gained fame in Budweiser's 2001 Super Bowl "What are you doing?" commercial, appeared on the back patio of Kendra Beebe's house Sunday in the inland suburb of San Marcos and attacked her with a knife while 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, who found a second knife inside the house and continued attacking Beebe, Carver said. A neighbor who heard the commotion found Malil on the front patio and took away the second weapon before the actor fled.

"He did not stop his murderous acts voluntarily but because of the heroic acts of the neighbor," Carver said.

Beebe, a 35-year-old mother of two, 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," said 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 placed to a friend after the knife attack claiming he was in Tijuana, Mexico.

Leslie said he did not know anything about the call.

Malil was convicted in 2005 of a misdemeanor hit-and-run while driving under the influence of alcohol, Carver said.

Malil starred in the Budweiser commercial, a spinoff of the "Whassup" spots from 2000. 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 one of the "Top 10 Overlooked Performances of 2005."

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



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Now if I tried somethin' like that... I'd be drawn and quartered! Or somethin' worse!

Shelley Malil San Diego Union Tribune/ZUMA Press

Shelley Malil is maintaining his innocence.

The actor, best known for his role as one of Steve Carell's heavily accented coworkers in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to one count of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend at least 20 times after spying her with another man.

The charge, which includes the special circumstances of premeditation, causing great bodily injury and using a deadly weapon, carries a possible maximum sentence of life in prison.

Malil, 43, remains in custody in lieu of $10 million bail at San Diego County Detention Center, where he was booked after police busted him getting off a train in Ocean City, Calif. He had reportedly traveled to Los Angeles to meet with his attorney, who advised him to head back south and turn himself in.

Kendra Beebe, 35, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday night. Deputies found her at her San Marcos home after neighbors reported hearing screams and glass shattering. Beebe's two young children were home at the time.

"There was a prolonged attack," prosecutor Steve Carver told reporters after Malil's arraignment hearing in San Diego Superior Court. "He came up and started stabbing her immediately without any words or argument."

It was a neighbor who ran over to Beebe's house and prevented Malil from doing more, not any second thought on the defendant's part, Carver added.

"He did not stop his murderous acts voluntarily but because of the heroic acts of the neighbor," he said.

No statement has been issued by Malil's camp since his arrest.

In court today, the actor's attorney requested that his client's $4 million bail be lowered, pointing out that he "surrendered himself." But Judge Marshall Hockett, deeming Malil a flight risk, instead bumped it up to $10 million.



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