Bachelorette alum DeAnna Pappas ‘arrested following dispute with ex-husband Stephen Stagliano’

Bachelorette alum DeAnna Pappas was reportedly arrested last month following a dispute with her ex-husband Stephen Stagliano and has since taken steps to receive a restraining order against him. 

On February 27, Pappas, 43, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge after an alleged argument with Stagliano at her home after he came to retrieve their daughter Addison, according to court documents obtained by In Touch and Us Weekly. Pappas was released later that day on a $20,000 bond.

Pappas alleges Stagliano became physical with her at one point during the evening, grabbing, shoving, and pushing her, before he called law enforcement and allegedly accused her of being drunk. He reportedly said he was going to press charges against her for domestic violence. 

She has denied his allegations and has since filed a restraining order against him. 

The arrest appears to have come to light after Lynn Stagliano, who is presumably Stagliano’s mother, filed a declaration in the divorce alleging that on February 26 she went to pick up her grandson Austin from Pappas’ home to drop him off at school. 

She claimed she could smell alcohol off of Pappas’ breath. 

Bachelorette alum DeAnna Pappas has reportedly been arrested following a dispute with her ex-husband Stephen Stagliano; pictured 2016

The conflict which led to the arrest occurred later that evening when Stagliano arrived to pick up their daughter Addison.   

Pappas said she walked Addison to Stagliano’s car, but her ex asked she get closer to him so he could smell her breath, apparently suspicious she had consumed alcohol.

Instead, Pappas said she ‘ignored’ his remark and retreated back into her garage.

‘I heard noise behind me,’ she claimed. ‘I turned around to see Stephen following me into my garage. Addison had been left alone sitting in his car with the engine running. I tried to shut my garage door. Stephen pushed my garage door upward so that it would not close. I shouted at Stephen to get out of my garage. Stephen refused to leave.’ 

She said she entered her home and locked the door before returning outside after noises were allegedly being made in the garage.

She claims her ex was stealing things from the garage and that her daughter had captured the moment on her phone.  

Pappas said: ‘Stephen took his hands, grabbing me, and then forcefully shoved me. He pushed my back again. In fear that he would hurt me, I immediately went back inside the house and locked the door while I waited for the police to arrive.’

Law enforcement arrived after midnight following a call placed by Stagliano, Pappas said. 

She says they informed her that Stagliano had alleged that she was drunk. They also told her Stagliano was pressing charges against her for domestic violence.

‘Stephen had told the Sheriff that I was the aggressor who assaulted him, which was false,’ she said. ‘At no time was I requested to test for alcohol despite Stephen’s allegations. In fact, the officer that arrested me exhibited no concern that I was at all intoxicated.’

She was subsequently placed under arrest and released. Pappas also says she voluntarily took a drug test after her release and tested negative for both.

Pappas shut down claims made by Stagliano that she is an alcoholic.

On March 7, she filed a restraining order against her ex, requiring him to remain 100 yards away from her. A hearing is currently on the books for later this month.