Last week, however, the 31-year-old was arrested for allegedly hitting and kicking his girlfriend 117 times in half an hour. Chahal pleaded not guilty to 47 criminal charges and posted $US1 million bail Friday. One charge included assault with a deadly weapon — in this case a pillow that was allegedly used to smother the victim.
The attack allegedly occurred after Chahal found out his girlfriend went to Las Vegas with another man, and prosecutors say that the assault was captured on surveillance footage in his bedroom.
Chahal hired a PR agency to handle the press around his arrest. A statement was quickly released in which Chahal’s lawyer announced that the charges were “simply wrong” and the allegations “overblown… Even before the arraignment today, the young woman voluntarily asked the charges be dropped, met with the prosecution, and provided photographic proof of an unblemished complexion to SFPD authorities.”
Chahal, who’s currently CEO of social retargeting firm RadiumOne, was known for his intentionally high profile lifestyle. He appeared not only on Oprah — where he discussed that a Lamborghini is “fun for the first day” but then gets kind of old — but also “Secret Millionaire” and “Extra,” which named him one of “America’s Most Eligible Bachelors.”
Source: Business Insider, USA