Deanna Stagliano Admits She’s Not Prepared for Baby No. 2
DeAnna Pappas is facing legal trouble.
The Bachelorette alum was arrested on a domestic battery charge, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, after an altercation with her ex-husband Stephen Stagliano in the early hours of Feb. 27. She was released on $20,000 bond that same day.
The two—who share kids Addison, 11, and Austin, 9—announced they were getting divorced after 11 years of marriage back in January 2023. The divorce was finalized last June.
However, more insight into the events surrounding DeAnna and Stephen’s alleged altercation came to light one week after her arrest when Stephen’s mother Lynn Stagliano filed a declaration March 7 stating, according to court documents obtained by E! News, that she “very clearly smelled alcohol on DeAnna’s breath” while picking Austin up from her former daughter-in-law’s home for school.
In her response, the 43-year-old filed a domestic violence restraining order against Stephen, 40, that same day, alleging multiple cases of verbal and physical assaults against her, often in front of their two children, as well as detailing what allegedly happened the night of her arrest.
