‘Golden Bachelorette’ contestant display time lower after restraining order

Gil Ramirez’s time on The Golden Bachelorette is in jeopardy.

The contestant allegedly has a historical past of stalking, in response to the request for restraining order obtained by PEOPLE. Ramirez’s ex-girlfriend was granted a brief restraining order in opposition to him on June 11 — just a few days earlier than manufacturing on the collection’ inaugural season started.

A source near the present advised PEOPLE that upon studying about Ramirez’s previous, The Golden Bachelorette “additional edited his already restricted display time and minimized him in promotional property transferring ahead.”

That source additionally famous that the restraining order was granted “within the transient interval between completion of our thorough background investigation and exhaustive vetting course of,” which implies it did not present up on the manufacturing’s background test as a result of it hadn’t occurred but.

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for Ramirez and The Golden Bachelorette for remark.

As he tried to woo ​​Joan Vassos on the season premiere of the present, Ramirez’s profile described him as a 60-year-old educator from Mission Viejo, Calif. At one level within the episode, he tossed a ball to Vassos and joked, “I heard you have been a terrific catch.” He additionally taught Vassos to play T-ball and finally obtained a rose on the finish of the ep.

Ramirez’s ex-girlfriend was granted the restraining order citing alleged “harassment — emotional” because the justification. “Regardless of telling him to not contact me, come to my home — he made repeated undesirable contact with me, relations and pals,” she claimed in a request for a restraining order, alleging that the conduct had lasted at the least two weeks. “25 makes an attempt every day by way of telephone, texts, video. Though lives an hour away — confirmed up at locations I frequent to confront me every day.” (The girl famous that she was not bodily injured by Ramirez.)

A listening to was scheduled for July 2, however was delayed as a result of Ramirez had not been served. On the July 24 delayed listening to, the lady’s case was “dismissed with out prejudice for lack of prosecution for lack of service.” Her restraining order was additionally dropped on that date. 

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The information comes within the wake of one other Bachelor nation determine, Bachelorette contestant Devin Strader, coming below fireplace for additionally having a restraining order taken out in opposition to him. Strader’s ex was granted a brief restraining order in 2017 after he trespassed into her dwelling in Baton Rouge. The contestant — who later dumped Bachelorette Jenn Tran after their engagement — falsely claimed that “the restraining order was by no means granted,” however EW has reviewed copies of the momentary restraining order and the extension that have been certainly granted in 2017.