THE GOLDEN Bachelorette star Guy Gansert has been accused of domestic violence in a restraining order request filed three years ago.
According to court records exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Guy, 66, “physically tried to threaten” a former partner in 2021 after their split.
Guy Gansert, here on the Golden Bachelorette, was the subject of a restraining order request filed by an ex[/caption]
Guy Gansert smiled for his Golden Bachelorette promo shot earlier this year[/caption]
Guy Gansert, here on the Golden Bachelorette premiere, swept Joan Vassos off her feet with his charm and good looks[/caption]
On October 12, 2021, a woman filed an application for a “protection order against domestic violence” after an alleged startling encounter with Guy.
After leaving a gym and getting into her car with a female friend, Guy approached the vehicle and briefly spoke to the two women, the ex claimed.
She got out of the car, and said she “realized he had placed something under the rear driver’s tire.”
Before she could bend down to take a look, Guy removed the unknown object and began to “disparage” her, she said.
“After disparaging me for some time and my now-boyfriend, he pointed his finger like a gun then ‘shot’ at me,” the ex claimed in the documents.
“He motioned like he was going to shoot me with his hand shaped like a pistol.”
The friend allegedly missed him making this motion because her “head was down and she didn’t see it.”
This incident was the first time he threatened her, the ex noted.
The former partner chose not to call police and instead filed the restraining order, requesting up to 45 days of protection.
In the filing, she claimed: “He is unstable. He said…he took Ambien at 4am.
“He also said he took 10 pills. I don’t know if the pills were all Ambien.
“He doesn’t sleep and is extremely unstable.”
Ambien is a sedative used for the short-term treatment of insomnia.
SCARY TEXTS
The former partner, while filling out a section about any incidents of past threats, claimed that Guy would send her “stacks of text messages” before the October 2021 incident.
The texts, which he allegedly began sending in July 2021, were about “trying to reconcile” – but she said he would then “flip to anger.”
“If needed, I can provide text messages and a video of adverse party trespassing on my property when he was aware I was not home,” she wrote.
He doesn’t sleep and is extremely unstable
Guy Gansert’s ex
The former couple was supposed to have a hearing regarding the protective order on November 3, 2021, but the woman chose to voluntarily dismiss the application, as she no longer wanted to pursue action.
The couple reached a “no-contact agreement,” as indicated in the dismissal notes.
The temporary protection order was ultimately never granted.
Guy has not responded to The U.S. Sun’s call for comment.
KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS
Guy, an emergency room doctor, made his TV debut on September 18 when he was introduced as one of the contestants vying for Joan Vassos’ heart.
On September 30, the doctor and his ex filed a joint emergency motion to seal the protective order records, as seen in filings obtained by The U.S. Sun.
The Nevada physician indicated that he “participated in a nationally syndicated television show in July and August of 2024,” which is the time The Golden Bachelorette was filmed, and that his “participation in this show was, until recently, unforeseen and subject to a non-disclosure agreement.”
He explained, “However, based on my participation in this show and the audience viewership, I have a grave and ever-increasing concern that the substance of the underlying case may be publicly exposed and thus create unnecessary exposure, harassment, embarrassment, and potentially personal harm to myself….my children and grandchild, and extended family.”
Guy Gansert was cheery during a team kickball game on the show[/caption]
Guy Gansert charmed fans by joining Kim Buike to sing a sweet song about Joan called The Mansion Men[/caption]
GOOD ‘GUY’
In the filing, Dr. Gansert said that he is a “successful and well-respected medical doctor in Reno.”
On October 4, the motion to seal the records was denied because the parties’ motion “did not present any compelling legal authority” to support the rule granting the relief.
After three weeks in the Bachelor mansion, Guy is a frontrunner in the race to win over Joan.
The doctor won over fans in last week’s episode when he consoled fellow contestant Charles Ling and answered medical questions about his late wife’s sudden death.
He also charmed viewers by joining eliminated star Kim Buike in singing a cheesy song for Joan called The Mansion Men after the emotional Rose Ceremony.
He pointed his finger like a gun then ‘shot’ at me
Guy Gansert’s ex
ANOTHER SCANDAL
Golden Bachelorette fans became enraged when it was recently revealed contestant Gil Ramirez was served with a restraining order by an ex-girlfriend just days before the season began filming.
According to People, Gil “made repeated unwanted contact” with the woman, she claimed in court documents.
“Despite telling him to not contact me, come to my house…he made repeated unwanted contact with me, family members and friends,” she wrote in the request.
“Twenty five attempts daily via phone, texts, video. Although [he] lives an hour away — [he] showed up at places I frequent to confront me on a daily basis.”
A judge granted the temporary restraining order, and a hearing was set for July 2.
However, the hearing was postponed, because the order was unable to be served to Gil- likely because he was away filming the ABC reality show.
The temporary restraining order was ultimately dismissed on July 24.
“This filing occurred in the brief period between completion of our thorough background investigation and exhaustive vetting process, and the beginning of production,” a source close to The Golden Bachelorette told People last month.
A source exclusively told The U.S. Sun that Gil is now in danger of losing his job as an athletic director at a California high school.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or chat at thehotline.org.
Guy Gansert is popular with The Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos and viewers alike due to his kind demeanor on screen[/caption]
Joan Vassos, in NYC on September 20, appears smitten by Guy Gansert, a charming retired ER doctor[/caption]
