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 Strad.