STUDIO CITY, Calif., Sept. 23 (UPI) — An actor and daytime Emmy award-winning producer has turned himself in after being accused of allegedly stabbing his roommate and fleeing to Mexico.
Andre Salaman Bautista, a native Colombian who moved to the United States in 2006 to pursue an acting career in Hollywood, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
In early September, Bautista, known professionally as Andre Bauth, was accused of allegedly attacking and stabbing his roommate with a kitchen knife shortly after a joke was made about his aspirations. According to victim Clayton Haymes, 23, the producer became angry after his roommates giggled over his goals to one day win five Oscars in the future.
“When he said ‘five Oscars,’ we all just kinda laughed a little bit, and he got really upset,” Haymes told CBS LA earlier this month. Bautista allegedly chased his roommate — also an actor — into a room before stabbing him in the lung. “I was terrified for my life,” Haymes said, tearfully. “I’m just happy to be alive.”
Bautista fled to Mexico after the alleged incident and turned himself in to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City last Thursday.
The El Landlord producer and actor’s bail was set at $550,000. He is reportedly due back in court for a bail motion hearing Sept. 24. If found guilty, the Emmy-award winning producer will face a maximum of 13 years in prison.
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