2 days Ago By Lexy Perez
Prior to joining the cast of ‘s — and ultimately winning the final rose and being briefly engaged to lead Jenn Tran — Devin Strader was arrested and had a restraining order filed against him. , who reports spoilers and news on franchise, was first to report the news, reportedly from Strader’s arrest warrant on one felony count of “simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling” seven years before the show’s most recent season. At the time, Strader was arrested on accusations that he burglarized an ex-girlfriend’s home in Louisiana.
His ex-girlfriend also had a restraining order against him at the time. In the affidavit prepared by the Baton Rouge Police Department and filed in 2017 by the un-named ex-girlfriend, the woman alleged that after a trip out of town, she returned to find her home burglarized and the diamond necklace Strader had given her while they were dating missing. According to the woman, she and Strader lived two doors away from each other.
The woman also alleged that Strader came to her house multiple times “banging on the door several times and screaming at her,” which led her to eventually file a restraining order against him. She also alleged that Strader “made a fire out in the street with what appeared to be the actual restraining order” and when she “had a tire flattened in her vehicle and when it was getting changed, [Strader] came outside and began laughing at her.” After Strader’s arrest on burglary charges, reported that Strader pleaded guilty to charges of criminal trespass and simple criminal damage to property of less than $500.
He also received one year of unsupervised probation. News of Strader’s background re-ups questions surrounding ABC’s vetting process for the show’s cast, given this is not the first time a casting controversy has clouded a season. After one of season 14 Bachelorette Becca Kufrin’s contestants was cast despite a pending sexual assault case, ABC reality chief Rob Mills said that the team had they have since been able to correct in the background process and have applied from 2019 and on.
What was public during Strader’s vetting process was the affidavit of a burglary arrest. The details in the restraining order, however, were sealed when producers were conducting their background checks, a production source tells Strader would have presumably been asked about the sealed details; it’s not known when the details became unsealed or what Strader told producers at the time. “We take the safety of our contestants very seriously and make every effort to conduct thorough diligence,” a source close to the show tells .
“As exhaustive as our vetting process is, this protective order did not surface in our searches.” Still, navigating the social media waters as viewers get to know and search for contestants has remained to be a more complicated task in the reality show’s vetting process. Just yesterday, released the potential cast of Grant Ellis’ upcoming contestants.
The early reveal gives the show time to gather feedback before the final list is announced. when he leads the 2025 season. During the of , Tran proposed to Strader.
However, the season when Tran revealed during the special, that, shortly after she proposed to him on the pre-taped finale, he appeared to not be the person she had picked in the end. He called off their engagement through a phone call, she said when confronting him, through anger and tears, on the live TV stage earlier this month. Strader recently shared a 13-minute video on Instagram in which he revealed private text messages between him and Tran as a means to defend himself and the relationship timeline presented.
The video has since been deleted. Shortly after the finale, it was announced that Tran would be competing on the new season of which premieres Tuesday night. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The Hollywood Reporter.
