TLC's 90 Day Fiancé has taken our small screens by storm since its 2014 debut. Chronicling the
fascinating exploits of American citizens and their foreign fiancés who come to the States on
K-1 visas, this series is totally built for drama. These are the biggest scandals to plague the show.
"I had some problems. Legal problems." Fans of 90 Day Fiancé watched the rocky
relationship between Colt and his Brazilian bride Larissa play out during the show's
sixth season. In November 2018, according to Colt's since-deleted Instagram Stories,
he explained that during an argument, he attempted to deactivate Larissa's phone, which
led her to post a plea for help on social media. Shortly after, the cops showed up for Colt. But
after a discussion with the couple, it was Larissa who was arrested. Colt declined to press charges.
"I never thought in my life that I would go to the jail in America."
In January 2019, it appears Larissa was arrested again, after another argument.
When police arrived, officers noticed Colt had injuries, with one officer telling Us Weekly,
"He had a swollen lip, and his gums and teeth were bloodied."
When the authorities finally tracked Larissa down,
she claimed that Colt had physically assaulted her. The officers, however, were unconvinced;
she was taken into custody and held on $3,000 bail. Colt filed for divorce days later.
Molly and her Dominican husband Luis appeared on the fifth season of the show — and their
marriage was as brief as it was troubled. In addition to Molly being 16 years older than Luis,
the couple fought frequently, culminating in a blowout battle over the loud music he refused to
turn down. Feeling unsafe when Luis called the police, Molly fled from the house with
her children in tow. When she returned, Luis had packed up his things and left.
"I never thought in a million years that this would come to this. This
is not the person I met and I’m fed up with this s---."
According to legal documents obtained by Reality Blurb,
the couple married in July 2017 and separated on January 5th,
2018. Molly filed for divorce on January 23rd, less than three weeks after their official
separation. But it sure didn't take Luis long to move on. Just five months after the divorce was
finalized, In Touch Weekly reported that Luis had remarried. He told the outlet,
"Yes, I did get married. I have no contact with [Molly]. I just want to be happy.
I don't want to know nothing about it. But if she wants to congratulate me, it's OK."
"He is all about this white chocolate…Oooo."
Loyal viewers of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days will recall Angela and Michael — who was
originally from Nigeria — on the show's second and third seasons. But off camera, Angela had
a brush with the law when she was arrested for driving under the influence in September 2018.
As Us Weekly noted, the booking report indicated she was pulled over in Georgia where she was
allegedly driving 60 in a 35 mile-per-hour zone. The officer said he could smell alcohol inside
the vehicle, but Angela allegedly tried to pass it off as coming from a passenger in the back seat.
The officer requested she take a field sobriety test, which she quickly failed.
Angela was then arrested, but put up a bit of a fight, accusing the officer of being,
quote, "racist." Angela was hit with several charges, according to the outlet, including:
"Driving under the influence, refusal, driving without [a] license on [her] person,
and speeding in excess of maximum limits."
Season 4 of the show introduced viewers to Jorge and his Russian bride Anfisa as their turbulent
relationship unfolded on camera. In February 2018, Jorge landed in some serious trouble
when he was pulled over for an alleged traffic violation, according to TMZ. But during the stop,
police discovered some weed in his car — nearly 300 pounds of it.
That September, the reality star pled guilty to marijuana possession and received
a two-and-a-half-year sentence. In an interview with TMZ, he revealed his lawyer was able to get
him a greatly reduced sentence. Apparently having gotten the original charges dropped, Jorge said,
"With the [initial] charges against me, I was looking at around 24 years
or something like that — some ridiculous number."
"But that's the past, and I overcame that. It definitely made me stronger."
Jorge was released earlier than expected. In May 2020,
he shared a snap of himself on Instagram, writing,
"The sky is the limit. #Freedom."
"Did you think it was gonna be like this?”
“No." Like many
couples who opened their lives to 90 Day Fiancé, Jason and Cassia landed in divorce court. Their
union hit a big bump in the road when, in early 2017, Jason was arrested for domestic violence.
According to a police report obtained by Starcasm, Cassia alleged that Jason grabbed her
arm hard enough to leave a mark and then roughly pushed her off their bed. She then called 911.
When an officer arrived, Jason denied the charges and was placed under arrest.
After splitting up for good, Cassia later revealed she had
initially hoped Jason's behavior would improve after the arrest,
yet the opposite proved to be the case. In a lengthy statement to the outlet, Cassia
recalled that Jason even began joking about the incident. In hindsight, Cassia said she realized,
"[Jason is] a mean man [who] has destroyed everything I felt for him."
"This is definitely crazy and you only live once."
Paul and wife Karine were introduced on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, with the couple proving to
be a nearly bottomless well of reality drama. The relationship took a strange turn in October 2018
when Paul claimed on social media that his wife was the victim of revenge-fueled erotic videos.
According to Starcasm, Paul took to Instagram to post what appeared to be
screen grabs from a video, featuring his wife in a revealing outfit. He wrote,
"This man is posting revenge [videos] of Karine. Please help Karine criminally prosecute him."
He also claimed the images were posted by his wife's ex, a man by the name of Mike.
Someone alleging himself to be Mike denied posting any videos online,
implying that Paul had posted the photos himself in order to drum up publicity. In
a screengrab that CafeMom published, Mike threatened to take legal action.
"Somebody bring me a fan please. Holy s---. Mmm!" Lisa and her much younger Nigerian husband,
Usman [US-min], were featured in the fourth season of Before the 90 Days. And as tempestuous as their
relationship was on camera, things really went off the rails when some unaired footage from
the season "tell-all" special was leaked via Instagram. In Touch Weekly reported in May 2020,
that those who saw it witnessed Usman accusing Lisa of using a racial slur against him.
Lisa subsequently appeared on The Domenick Nati Show and revealed she had been receiving death
threats from viewers, via social media. Addressing her use of the word, she said,
"It was used out of context and used out of
stupidity. My husband accepted my apology, but the haters don't."
While Lisa told Nati that she was advised to lay low until the dust settled, that apparently didn't
happen. In June 2020, The Blast reported that Lisa's booking agent issued a social media post
indicating that an appearance she'd been scheduled to do was, quote, "canceled due
to TLC not allowing Lisa to do the interview." Jamaican hubby Jay and his American bride Ashley
were first seen on the sixth season of the show, with their on-and-off relationship including two
divorce filings and Jay's subsequent arrest after violating an order of protection Ashley
took out against him. And as fans remember, one of the couple's more infamous moments on the show
saw Ashley catching Jay trying to hook up with women on Tinder — the day after their wedding.
"You know, he's getting a lot of backlash in the press, which he should,
I just wish he would own up to it instead of trying to throw me under the bus."
While the incident made for compelling TV,
Jay later claimed the whole thing had been faked for the cameras. He told In Touch Weekly,
"[It] was staged because without drama you don't have a show. […] It was just an act."
But what wasn't an act was Ashley's alleged struggle with her mental health, following
the couple's split. In June 2019, a source for Radar Online claimed that Ashley had been battling
depression, which had allegedly become so severe she spent two weeks in a professional facility.
The problem, according to the source, was that even though the couple had broken up,
"Jay won't leave her alone. […] [He is] messing with her head."
Despite all that drama, the pair eventually seemed to reconcile. In March 2020,
Ashley shared a video of herself and Jay on Instagram, writing, quote,
"Maybe this quarantine isn't so bad after all." A rep for Ashley also confirmed to In Touch Weekly
that while the two were not officially off or on, they were still legally married. But, considering
Ashley tagged a post in October 2020 with, quote, "this is why I'm single"…maybe she is.
"I'm not proud of my past. I'm not. But it is my past. And I have to accept it."
When it comes to stirring up scandal within the 90 Day franchise, it's tough to top
Geoffrey's checkered past. Introduced during the 2020 season of 90 Day Fiancé:
Before the 90 Days alongside Russian fiancée Varya, Geoffrey made headlines
when his supposed rap sheet resurfaced. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported on Geoffrey's
January 2020 court appearance following a 2019 arrest, in which he was charged with…
"Aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault, interference with emergency calls and vandalism."
Reportedly, his then-girlfriend alleged that he hit her head against a hardwood
floor and physically pushed her into furniture and against the wall.
According to the divorce filing obtained by Starcasm, Geoffrey's ex claimed he assaulted
her and threatened her life. Further revelations came from the Motion for Protective Order filing
of a different ex-wife. According to the report, Geoffrey allegedly sold,
quote, "opiate medication" and used their children, quote, "as a 'cover' or 'mule'
in his illegal activities." He also spent 13 months in prison on drug charges.
as the first-ever LGBTQ couple to appear on the franchise.
"I probably like her way more than she likes me right now,
but it's ok, we've got time to work on it."
As viewers watched their long-distance relationship unfold on Before the 90 Days in 2020,
some couldn't help but notice that Stephanie was reluctant to show any physical affection
toward Erika when she visited her in Australia. Fans then wondered whether YouTuber Stephanie
was actually faking her orientation in order to drum up interest for her YouTube channel.
Erika responded to the speculation, later telling Entertainment Tonight,
"[I'm] not gonna sit here and say that she is something or she isn't,
because that's her own personal journey."
"I want someone to be excited about like being around me."
Still, Erika did reveal that she and Stephanie didn't spend all that much
time together beyond what had been filmed for the show. She added,
"Honestly, we didn't sleep in the same room or even the same hotel room more than four nights."
David and his Thailand-born wife Annie first showed up on Season 5 of 90 Day Fiancé and
subsequently appeared on 90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk. But prior to appearing on reality TV, David
apparently had political ambitions. According to a 2010 article in the Louisville Future,
describing him as a, quote, "conservative activist," David had been recruited to run
against an incumbent for a seat on the Jefferson County Board of Education in Louisville, Kentucky.
Describing himself as a, quote, "different kind of Republican," David declared he wasn't officially
a member of the Republican Tea Party faction, but admitted to aligning with much of their platform.
"But I believe in David. I believe in him."
But David's campaign stirred up controversy, according to Wave 3 News,
when evidence emerged that he didn't actually live in the district in which he was running,
and that he moved into the home of a friend who did live in the district in
order to qualify. To his credit, David didn't deny the allegations. He said,
"Did I move there to run for office? The answer is yes."
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