Was arrested on November 7, 1996 for making criminal threats and assault with a firearm. Pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of a weapon with intent to assault and felony inflicting visible injury on a cohabitant or spouse, with remaining counts of felony assault with a firearm and making a terrorist threat to be disposed on completion of a probation. She was subsequently ordered by a judge to stay away from girlfriend Maria Luisa Mosquera. Shimizu was ordered to pay a $200 fine, complete one year of domestic violence counseling, 200 hours of community service and sentenced to three years of probation. She served one day in jail.
