BacheloretteAlum DeAnna Pappas Arrested After Argument with Ex-Husband Stephen Stagliano

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano.Photo:Amy Graves/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Amy Graves/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

DeAnna Pappaswas arrested after an argument with her ex-husband,Stephen Stagliano.

TheBachelorettealum and her former husbandannounced they were separating after 11 years of marriagein January 2023. Their divorce was finalized in June 2024, perIn Touch, and they share two children: daughter Addison, 11, and son Austin, 9.

DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano attend the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center’s “Eternal Beauty” celebration on September 26, 2019.Paul Archuleta/Getty

Paul Archuleta/Getty

In Pappas' response — in which she filed a restraining order against Stephen ordering him to stay 100 yards away from her — Pappas claimed that when Stephen picked up their daughter later that evening, “Stephen told me that I needed to walk closer to him because he wanted to smell my breath to make sure that I was not drunk.”

Pappas said she ignored his comment and walked back into the garage. She then heard a noise and found Stagliano allegedly following her into her garage. Their daughter was allegedly still inside his vehicle 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,” Pappas alleged.

DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano.Rob Latour/WWD/Penske Media via Getty

Rob Latour/WWD/Penske Media via Getty

“I attempted to shut the garage door again. Stephen used his hand and pushed the garage door upward again so that it would not close,” she continued.

Pappas alleged that afterward, while Stagliano said he was calling the cops, he continued to push up her garage door making her fear for her safety.

After calling a friend to stay on the phone with her, Pappas said she saw Stagliano stealing things from her garage, prompting her to walk outside.

DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano attend 46NYC’s Alex’s Lemonade Stand to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer, at Merchants' Gate, Central Park on August 29, 2010.Slaven Vlasic/Getty

“Stephen then took his hands, grabbing me, and then forcefully shoved me. He pushed me back again,” Pappas claims.

She alleges that when officers arrived at the home after midnight, she was told that Stagliano accused her of being drunk and was pressing charges against her for domestic violence, claiming she “was the aggressor who assaulted him.”

Pappas says she voluntarily submitted to drug and alcohol testing after being bailed out of jail on Feb. 27 and tested negative. PEOPLE reached out to Pappas and Stagliano’s attorneys for comment.

Deanna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano attend the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center’s “Eternal Beauty” celebration on September 26, 2019.Paul Archuleta/Getty

Per a copy of their divorce agreement included with the new documents, Pappas and Stagliano have agreed to share joint custody of their two kids.

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