Shelley Malil, best known for his role in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, has been found guilty of attempted murder. He should probably start praying to Vishnu right about now. Digital Spy reports,

Shelley Malil has been found guilty of the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin actor had been charged with stabbing Kendra Beebe more than 20 times during a violent argument at her San Marcos, California home in 2008.

San Diego County jurors also found Malil guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, although he was acquitted of residential burglary.

He has yet to be sentenced but could face 21 years to life in prison, according to PA.

Defence lawyer Matthew Roberts argued that Malil, 45, went too far after picking up a kitchen knife when he discovered Beebe on her patio with another man, but said that the actor never intended to commit murder.

Deputy District Attorney Keith Watanabe countered that Malil brought the knife to the residence himself, and claimed that Beebe was lucky to be alive.

During the trial, Malil told the courtroom that he only attacked the mother-of-two because he thought that she was a mystery assailant.

Damn straight he didn’t intend to commit murder. If he had really meant business, he’d have called some guys from local 7-11 to gang rape her, beat her, maybe through some acid on her face and razor blade the corner of her mouth for good measure, and then kill her. He showed an amazing amount of restraint by only knifing her. Man should get a medal.

Kelly Brook at the launch of the Montblanc John Lennon Special Edition “writing instrument”, because murder doesn’t produce pictures with boobs:

ABC ran a two-part investigation into Scientology last week that explored the allegedly violent tendencies of leader David Miscavige (as well as delving into the whole “aliens and volcanoes” crap on which their religion is based) in an interview with Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis. But it seems Tommy got cold feet after the interview, because less than an hour before it was set to air, Tommy showed up unannounced at ABC’s studio in an attempt to get the segment squashed. Page Six says

In [the] interview, Martin Bashir asked Davis to comment on the church’s bizarre founding mythology, which involves an intergalactic god named Xenu who brought his people to Earth 75 million years ago and stuffed them in a volcano.

After telling Bashir he wouldn’t discuss “disgusting perversions” of the religion, Davis, with the camera still rolling, removed his microphone and stormed off the set. The dust-up was included in the piece.

But just 45 minutes before the segment was to air on Thursday, Davis showed up at ABC headquarters on West 67th Street and asked to speak to Bashir and the show’s executive producer.

“He demanded to a security guard that he be let in,” a network insider [said]. “He was told as politely as possible that the piece could not be changed. He was then asked to leave.” Adds the source, “He was not happy.”

All this comes hot on the heels of news that Oscar-winning “Crash” director Paul Haggis has publicly resigned from the church on the basis of their gay-bashing and escalating lies, and then there’s the matter of a $900,000 fraud conviction in France today. According to Yahoo News

The court convicted the Church of Scientology’s French office, its library and six of its leaders of organized fraud, [saying] the group pressured members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain and used “commercial harassment” against recruits.

Four of the leaders were given suspended sentences of between 10 months and two years. The other two were given fines.

Statistics indicate that he only way this religion could be more unappealing now is if it were somehow covered with bean curd and swastikas and served on the back of Margaret Cho’s thighs.

Part 2 of the interview after the jump.

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