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Mike Shouhed is being sued by his former fiancee, Paulina Ben-Cohen.
Slightly below two years after the Shahs of Sundown alum, 45, was arrested amid claims of a home violence incident at Paulina’s Los Angeles residence, Paulina has filed a lawsuit towards him, accusing him of assault and battery, gender violence, and intentional infliction of emotional misery, claiming he “viciously, brutally, and repeatedly assaulted and battered” her in a bed room and youngsters’ playroom.
In courtroom paperwork filed Friday and obtained by PEOPLE on March 25, Paulina particulars the March 27, 2022, incident at her residence as she seeks unspecified and punitive damages.
Trying again on Mike’s alleged assault, Paulina stated that after placing her youngsters to mattress and starting to take pleasure in a tobacco-free hookah, which is a standard observe in her tradition, Mike began an argument, slamming her as a “horrible mom,” a “f*cking wh*re,” and a “piece of sh*t.”
In response, Paulina shared her ideas on the connection and urged Mike go away. Then, after he refused, she started to pack his belongings and informed him to “not make this tougher than it already was,” which prompted a reportedly violent outburst from the previous actuality star.
Mike “forcefully grabbed [Paulina’s] hair and shoulder and violently threw her to the bottom,” her paperwork, which embrace screenshots of safety footage, state.
Mike can also be accused of bending over Paulina as she laid on the bottom and “[striking] her within the face, after which [putting] his hand over her face and [trying] to suffocate her as she writhed on the bottom and struggled to breathe,” and threatening to kill her, telling her he “had a hitman who would put her away.”
Ultimately, Paulina tried to name 911.
“Almost 4 minutes after [Mike] initiated his collection of vicious and brutal assaults on plaintiff, this harrowing incident lastly got here to an finish,” her criticism shared. “After [Mike] went upstairs to retrieve one among his firearms, the police have been known as, got here to the residence and arrested [Mike].”
Following the incident, which resulted in 14 expenses being introduced towards him, together with home violence expenses and weapons expenses, Mike’s legal professional, Alex Kessel, denied Paulina’s claims.
“My very own investigation reveals no acts of home violence was dedicated by my shopper,” he stated in a press release to PEOPLE. “I’ve little doubt Mike might be exonerated. Please honor the presumption of innocence.”
Paulina additionally spoke to PEOPLE on the time, by means of legal professional Joshua Ritter, stating that she was “the sufferer within the case.”
“Paulina’s major focus is on maintaining herself and her youngsters protected,” Ritter stated in a press release on his shopper’s behalf on the time. “She helps the work that the police and the Metropolis Lawyer’s Workplace have performed, and she or he continues to cooperate with them whereas wanting ahead to placing this unhappy scenario behind her and shifting on together with her life.”
In October 2022, Mike struck a cope with prosecutors that might dismiss the costs towards him.
Shahs of Sundown premiered on Bravo in March 2012 and continued by means of August 2021.
