Shahs of Sundown star Mike Shouhed hashed out a settlement with ex-fiancėe Paulina Ben-Cohen, which can dismiss her assault lawsuit, Us Weekly can completely report.
On September 11, Ben-Cohen's attorneys knowledgeable the courtroom that the events reached a settlement. The lawsuit can be dismissed by Ben-Cohen as soon as all phrases of the deal are accomplished.
Ben-Cohen mentioned she plans to dismiss the case by December 9. The settlement comes days earlier than Shouhed and Ben-Cohen have been set to face off in courtroom at a trial within the lawsuit.
Shouhed's lawyer, Reza Sina, tells Us, “We're pleased to have labored collectively to resolve the ultimate piece of those unlucky occasions and transfer on.”
Again in March 2024, Ben-Cohen filed her lawsuit in opposition to Shouhed over an alleged March 2022 incident. In her lawsuit, she claimed Shouhed was answerable for “viciously, brutally and repeatedly” assaulting and battering her.
Mike Shouhed Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Picture Financial institution/NBCUniversal by way of Getty Pictures
Ben-Cohen claimed the alleged assault occurred at their house along with her child in a close-by room. She mentioned Shouhed began yelling profanities at her and known as her a “slut.” She mentioned she requested Shouhed to go away the house, however he refused. The courtroom docs declare Ben-Cohen tried to pack up Shouhed's stuff to get him out of the house. She claimed this led to him grabbing her hair and “violently” throwing her to the bottom.
“As [Ben-Cohen] was mendacity on the ground, beneath the clothes rack that had come down on high of her physique after [Shouhed] violently threw her to the bottom, [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's lawyer wrote within the lawsuit.
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Ben-Cohen included screenshots of alleged safety video footage from inside the house. She claimed Shouhed continued to assault her in one other room of the house. She mentioned he grabbed her proper wrist along with his left hand, saved her proper hand over her mouth and suffocated her for six seconds. She mentioned he shoved her onto a motorbike that was mendacity on the ground. Ben-Cohen claimed Shouhed left after which got here again to assault her extra.
Ben-Cohen's lawsuit alleged, “Practically 4 minutes after [Shouhed] initiated his collection of vicious and brutal assaults on [Ben-Cohen], this harrowing incident lastly got here to an finish. [Ben-Cohen] had screamed for the nanny who was staying in a room on the opposite aspect of the home whereas [Shouhed] was assaulting and battering her within the playroom, in hopes the nanny would hear her and are available to her support.”
Mike Shouhed Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Picture Financial institution by way of Getty Pictures
“When the nanny did come, the nanny requested [Shouhed] to go away and return when he was calm. This solely angered [Shouhed] additional, and he acknowledged one thing to the impact of he was by no means leaving the home and it was his home. After [Shouhed] went upstairs to retrieve one in every of his firearms, the police have been known as, got here to the residence, and arrested [Shouhed].”
The go well with additionally claimed Shouhed threatened to rent a hitman “who would put her away.”
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Shouhed denied all allegations of wrongdoing. He argued his ex's personal actions stopped her from searching for damages. He claimed any damage she suffered was the results of her personal actions or different entities aside from him.
Shouhed confronted 13 legal expenses over the alleged assault however labored out a plea cope with prosecutors and prevented jail time.
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He was ordered to finish anger administration courses and full neighborhood service hours.
In Could, Bravo introduced The Valley: Persian Style, a derivative of Shahs of Sundown, however Shouhed was not introduced as one of many returning solid members.
