This headline confused me, but it was earliy in the morning and I hadn't had enough coffee. Who the devil is Victim Happy Actor?

Oh, right. It was about this:

Possible, but most people are smart enough not to be blinded by the awesome super-nova-like glare of Shelley Malil, and think "he can't have stabbed anyone, he played a fictional role many years ago with considerable skill! It just doesn't add up!"

In case you missed it, Malil said he thought he was stabbing someone else, and stabbed her by accident over 20 times. His lawyer said it couldn't be premeditated because he "acted in the heat of passion," as People put it. Juries might buy that if this was 1865, and Spain, but no. Malil had a public defender, by the way. Apparently "Web series" work - his next-to-the-last imdb credit - doesn't pay as well as you'd think.

The victim appeared in a press conference afterwards, and in case you're curious, this is her:

The naughty tag is for him, obviously. No picture; he doesn't deserve any more pub.