After Mike Shouhed was arrested for an alleged domestic violence charge, his attorney, Alex Kessel, said he had ‘no doubt’ Mike would be ‘exonerated.’
Mike Shouhed has been arrested following a report of an alleged case of domestic violence. According to police records, the 43-year-old Shahs of Sunset star was taken into custody on March 27 by the Los Angeles Police Department and was booked on a felony charge. According to Page Six, who first broke the news, Mike was booked at 1:05am and released on a $50,000 bond later that day. His upcoming court date is set for July 25.
In a statement given to PEOPLE, Mike’s attorney, Alex Kessel, said, “My own investigation reveals no acts of domestic violence was committed by my client. I have no doubt Mike will be exonerated. Please honor the presumption of innocence.” HollywoodLife has reached out for a statement.
Page Six, who first broke the news, reported of his “intimate partner violence with injury” arrest and also noted of a slew of cryptic posts on Mike’s since-deleted Instagram page. “Your life is your responsibility. Your success is your responsibility,” he reportedly wrote on one of his Instagram stories. “Your failure is your responsibility. Your reaction is your responsibility. Your behavior is your responsibility.”
Mike also shared a now-deleted video of him dancing in his car to the popular Spanish song by Joe Arroyo called “Rebelion,” whose lyrics state, “No le pegué a la negra,” which translates in English to “don’t hit the black woman.”
Although it has not yet been reported who was the victim of the alleged assault, Mike and his fiancée, Paulina Ben-Cohen, were likely living together, as Mike announced their engagement last August during the Shahs of Sunset ninth season reunion. “I actually asked her son his permission to marry his mommy, and I gave him the ring,” he noted during the taping. “We were in Hawaii, and I planned with the concierge where the most beautiful part of the beach was gonna be.”
