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Red flag alert, Joan Vassos!
Deadline has confirmed that a temporary restraining order was filed against Gil Ramirez, a 60-year-old educator vying for Vassos’ affection on The Golden Bachelorette. He received a rose on Wednesday’s premiere and will continue on the ABC show.
According to one insider, the filing occurred in a “brief” period between competition of the background investigation and the beginning of production. As a result of “newly confirmed information” that was revealed by People Friday, the show has edited Ramirez’ already limited screen time and cut back his appearances in promotional spots going forward.
People obtained docs that alleged Ramirez stalked an ex-girlfriend who filed a temporary restraining order against him on June 11.
“Despite telling him to not contact me, come to my house …. he made repeated unwanted contact with me, family members and friends,” the woman said in the filing, reported by People. “Twenty-five attempts daily via phone, texts, video. Although lives an hour away … showed up at places I frequented to confront me on a daily basis.”
The woman noted that Ramirez had not physically harmed her. A temporary restraining order was approved, with a hearing set for July 2. But it was postponed because Ramirez could not be served, according to People.
At a rescheduled hearing on July 24, the case was dismissed without prejudice and the restraining order was dropped.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that The Bachelorette Season 21 contestant Devin Strader had a prior arrest and restraining order related to an ex-girlfriend. Strader was arrested for burglarizing an ex-girlfriend’s Louisiana home in 2017. In addition to his arrest, documents from the Baton Rouge Police Department state that Strader’s ex had a restraining order at the time.
In a statement on Thursday, Strader said that the situations stemmed from “a low point” in his past, arguing that the reports about it have been “severely misconstrued.”
“The accusations are simply not true as I have never inappropriately laid hands on another individual or treated my ex-girlfriend in any of the ways I have been depicted. That restraining order was never granted, and fully dismissed,” the statement said. “My college ex-girlfriend and I ended up reconciling and eventually ended our relationship on good terms. This was the first time I ever fell in love and I learned a lot from our relationship. It was a growing experience for both of us.”
A source close to production told Deadline that “this protective order did not surface in our searches,” but the revelation has still called into question the franchise’s vetting process as this is not the first time a contestant with a criminal history has been cast on The Bachelorette.
Strader was the last man standing at the end of Season 21, accepting a proposal from Jenn Tran, but he broke up with her shortly after. Also in his statement, he addressed a video he posted on social media following the After the Final Rose segment in which the news of their split was shared publicly.
