Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan arrested for violating probation and remains jailed

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Home Improvement actor Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested for the sixth time in five years and remains in jail after he was denied bail, according to jail records.

Bryan, 44, was arrested Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, for violating the probation he was serving for his previous domestic violence conviction. His fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, was also arrested and booked at the same jail.

The former child actor was denied bail and is set to remain in jail until December 3, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Cartwright also remains in custody as she faces five charges, including attempted assault and one count of driving under the influence.

Police did not immediately return The Independent’s request for comment.

Bryan is serving a three-year probation from 2023 after he pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony assault related to domestic violence. Part of the conditions of his release included no contact with his victim.

The father of eight has faced several legal issues after he retired from his acting career in 2009. Best known for his performance as Brad Taylor on ABC’s sitcom Home Improvement that ran from 1991 to 1999, Bryan also appeared in shows including Veronica Mars and Smallville, and movies First Kid and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

A month after his divorce from his first wife was finalized in 2020, Bryan was arrested for the first time in Oregon after allegedly strangling his then-girlfriend. He pleaded guilty to menacing and fourth degree assault in February 2021 and had six other charges dismissed, according to the Eugene Police Department at the time. He was sentenced to three years of probation.

He was arrested and charged with fourth-degree felony assault, third-degree robbery, and harassment in 2023 and, as mentioned earlier, pleaded guilty to the assault, resulting in three more years of probation. The judge warned him at the time that if he did not follow the rules of probation, he could end up in jail. He was also found guilty of scamming money in a fraud scheme that year, and then arrested twice for driving under the influence the following year.

Bryan’s most recent arrest was in January, when he was charged with second-degree domestic violence in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

According to a police report obtained by People at the time, cops said the woman who accused Bryan of assault lives with him and shares children with him. The woman told police that Bryan allegedly choked her and punched her in the face multiple times.

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The national domestic abuse helpline offers support for women on 0808 2000 247, or you can visit the Refuge website. There is a dedicated men's advice line on 0808 8010 327. Those in the US can call the domestic violence hotline on 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Other international helplines can be found via www.befrienders.org

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