The Bachelorette Alum Arrested for Assault, Illegal Restraint

A former contestant on The Bachelorette is in hassle with the regulation.

Once more.

In response to Web page Six, James McCoy Taylor was arrested Sunday and booked on two prices: assault inflicting bodily damage and illegal restraint.

He has since been launched on $8,000 bond.

James Taylor as a contestant on The Bachelorette. (ABC)

Faculty Station Police Division’s public info officer advised The New York Submit immediately that Taylor was handcuffed and hauled away from at a bar within the Northgate leisure district of Brazos County, Texas.

We don’t have any additional info on precisely what transpired… however the prices are literally associated to some type of incident from April 24, jail data state.

Taylor, who’s smiling broadly in his mug shot, denied any wrongdoing when contacted this morning by Web page Six.

Nonetheless, he has not issued a public assertion presently.

James Taylor for ABC — James Taylor poses right here for an ABC promotional picture. (ABC)

Taylor was a suitor again on JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette, which aired in 2016.

In September 2022, Taylor was arrested for driving whereas intoxicated and illegal carrying of a weapon. A month later, a Brazos County choose discovered Taylor responsible on each prices.

He was sentenced to serve 5 days, pay a $500 tremendous and $585 in courtroom prices — and there was a brief suspension of his drivers license.

Elsewhere, this similar alleged law-breaker participated within the revolt on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., to protest former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss again on January 6, 2021.

“Massive because of #TheBachelor household for supporting me throughout this time … from prime to backside,” he wrote through Twitter shortly after this riot went down.

“Conservative producers are the very best!! Thanks @ABCNetwork @ABC & @BachelorABC for having my again whereas I legally supported our President.”

After all, this wasn’t precisely the case.

James Taylor will get a rose on The Bachelorette. (ABC)

The Bachelorette creator, Mike Fleiss, publicly kicked Taylor out of Bachelor Nation in 2021 after he supported the tried coup.

“Whoever that former forged member/fool jerkoff is that went to Trump’s treasonous rally, acquired a message for ya… You’re formally exiled from #BachelorNation !!!” wrote Fleiss again then, later including:

Thanks all for letting me know. @JamesTaylor_com disgrace on you.