The 'Shahs of Sunset' star was arrested on March 27.
There's an end in sight for Mike Shouhed's alleged domestic violence case -- but he still has work to do.
Citing court documents, TMZ reported several of the former Shahs of Sunset star's charges from his March arrest have been dismissed thanks to a deal with prosecutors. The dropped charges include domestic violence, battery and unlawfully attempting to dissuade a witness.
According to TMZ, Shouhed must complete a diversion program instead of entering a plea. In addition to anger management, gun safety and parenting classes as well as community service, Shouhed is also barred from possessing and owning any weapons for two years.
"In this case, the DA didn’t bring this case because they saw the facts like I did," his lawyer, George Mgdesyan, told ET in a statement. "If this case was brought to trial, the prosecution would not be able to prove it. All my client’s guns were legal, in his bedroom that was locked with a keypad. No one was allowed in the master bedroom. It was unfortunate that there was one weapon registered to my client before laws changed, and it was a technical violation. However, the City Attorney’s Office charged him with gun charges. In light of the offer, he was not convicted and will earn a dismissal that’s in his best interest because the domestic violence charges were dismissed. If the domestic violence charges were not dismissed, we would proceed to trial. It was a no brainer. Now that these legal issues are getting settled Mike is focused on reuniting his family."
Shouhed was facing 14 criminal charges after a March incident. In July, the Los Angeles City Attorney charged the 43-year-old reality star with domestic violence, battery and unlawfully attempting to dissuade a witness, among other charges, ET confirmed. Shouhed pleaded not guilty to every count.
In addition to charges related to domestic violence, Shouhed was charged with possession of an assault weapon, criminal storage of a firearm, and other weapons-related infractions, ET confirmed. He pleaded not guilty to those counts as well.
The charges came after Shouhed was arrested for a felony in Los Angeles on March 27, according to a booking sheet previously obtained by ET. Shouhed was booked in the early hours of March 28, before being released hours later on $50,000 bail, according to the doc.
A LAPD public information officer told ET that West Valley officers responded to a radio call of "unknown" trouble at approximately 10 p.m. on March 27.
Page Six, who was first to report the news, said that when officers arrived, Shouhed was arrested for alleged "intimate partner violence with injury." The outlet reported that a LAPD public information officer said that the phrase is another legal term for domestic violence that is used when there is "visible injury" on the victim.
Page Six reported that Shouhed’s attorney at the time, Alex Kessel, told them that his client denies all the allegations.
While the identity of Shouhed's alleged victim was not made public at the time of the incident, his fiancée, Paulina Ben-Cohen, named herself as such in a statement through her attorney.
"Paulina’s primary focus is on keeping herself and her children safe," Ben-Cohen's attorney, Joshua Ritter, told ET. "She supports the work that the police and the City Attorney’s Office have done and she continues to cooperate with them, while looking forward to putting this sad situation behind her and moving on with her life."
Last August, Shouhed announced his engagement during Shahs of Sunset's season 9 reunion. The pair's engagement came after their sexting scandal, in which Ben-Cohen found messages from another woman on Shouhed's phone. Shouhed admitted he sexted someone else while in a relationship with Ben-Cohen during an interview with E! News last year.
Ben-Cohen has two children from her last marriage, while Shouhed was also previously married. Shouhed and his ex-wife, Jessica Parido, separated in 2015, less than eight months after their wedding. Though Shouhed initially denied cheating on Parido, he eventually came clean on a 2016 episode of Shahs.
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