SILICON VALLEY: An Indian-origin US actor has been charged with attempted murder in San Diego after he allegedly stabbed his former girlfriend more than 20 times. Shelley Malil, a veteran Hollywood actor best known for his performance in the hit 2005 comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", was detained in Oceanside, outside San Diego, police said.
The 43-year-old actor, being held in lieu of $2 million bail at a detention centre, has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder, mayhem and burglary in connection with an attack that San Diego authorities said left his ex-girlfriend in critical condition with 20 stab wounds. Authorities said there was no immediate motive for the attack. But County Sherrif spokesman Phil Brust said in a statement that "Malil and the victim had apparently been in a dating relationship which recently ended." Police were summoned to a house in San Marcos area after neighbors reported hearing glass breaking and a woman screaming for help.
Authorities confirmed the victim's identity as Kendra Beebe. According to reports, she is a 35-year-old mother of two who works as an insurance broker in Carlsbad, a coastal suburb and is reported to be in critical condition with stab wounds and cuts to her face. Malil's attorney was not immediately available for comment, the report said.
Malil, who was born in Kerala in 1964 and migrated to the US at the age of 10, played Haziz, one of star Steve Carell's co-workers at an electronics retail store in the "The 40-Year-Old-Virgin." He also has appeared in dozens of TV shows, including "NYPD Blue" and "Scrubs."
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