A former contestant on The Bachelorette is in hassle with the legislation.
Once more.
In accordance with Web page Six, James McCoy Taylor was arrested Sunday and booked on two expenses: assault inflicting bodily harm and illegal restraint.
He has since been launched on $8,000 bond.
School Station Police Division’s public info officer informed The New York Put up at this time 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 expenses are literally associated to some form 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.
Nevertheless, he has not issued a public assertion presently.
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 expenses.
He was sentenced to serve 5 days, pay a $500 nice and $585 in court docket prices — and there was a brief suspension of his drivers license.
Elsewhere, this identical alleged law-breaker participated within the riot on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., to protest former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss again on January 6, 2021.
“Large because of #TheBachelor household for supporting me throughout this time … from high to backside,” he wrote by way of Twitter shortly after this riot went down.
“Conservative producers are the perfect!! Thanks @ABCNetwork @ABC & @BachelorABC for having my again whereas I legally supported our President.”
After all, this wasn’t precisely the case.
The Bachelorette creator, Mike Fleiss, publicly kicked Taylor out of Bachelor Nation in 2021 after he supported the tried coup.
“Whoever that former solid member/fool jerkoff is that went to Trump’s treasonous rally, bought 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.