He may be busy asking Spanish language television viewers if we are in good hands as the new Latino face of Allstate but one woman in Los Angeles is saying she wasn’t in good hands as Esai Morales‘s girlfriend. Last Thursday the actor, best known for his roles in La Bamba and NYPD Blue, had a lawsuit filed against him by former girlfriend Elizabeth Mazzocchi who claims that he assaulted her on numerous occasions and gave her herpes.

According to her lawsuit, the couple began dating in January 2006. Two months later, Morales moved into Mazzocchi’s home and she began managing his career, believing it was “in their mutual interest as a couple working towards a permanent relationship to help [him] further and improve his career.”However, their relationship rapidly deteriorated, and by April of that year, the actor began a “systematic pattern of abuse” against Mazzocchi that included forcibly raping her in May 2006, and kicking and punching her in a November 2006 incident that led her to dial 911—even though Morales had allegedly threatened to have “every gangbanger in town looking to kill [her]” if she ever called the police.

Mazzocchi is also claiming that Morales owes her $25,000 in management fees. Morales and his reps had no comment.

Via / Yahoo!