Lincoln Adim, one of Becca Kufrin’s contestants on The Bachelorette, was reportedly convicted of assault and battery just days before the season premiered. Reality Steve first broke the story and published the statement from the Suffolk County Massachussetts D.A.’s office, and People magazine followed up, interviewing Jake Wark, the press secretary of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
According to the DA’s statement, Adim was found guilty on May 21, 2018 of indecent assault and battery for groping and assaulting a woman on a cruise ship. The incident in question happened two years prior on May 30, 2016. Wark told People Adim was sentenced to one year behind bars, but it was suspended for a two-year probationary period.
And Walk explained to People that, “The judge ordered him to stay away from the victim and attend three Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week during those two years,” Wark explained. “If he complies with the judge’s orders, he will not have to serve out his term, but if he fails to comply with those orders or re-offends, he could be ordered to serve out the year behind bars. By law, he is expected to register as a sex offender.”
Glamour reached out to ABC and Warner Horizon, the studio behind the Bachelorette franchise, and both declined to comment.
This story is coming on the heels of another controversy involving a Bachelorette contestant. On June 1, Garrett Yrigoyen issued a statement via Instagram after reports surfaced that he liked homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise bigoted posts on social media.
“I never realized the power behind a mindless double tap on Instagram and how it bears so much weight on people’s lives,” he wrote. “I did not mean any harm by any of it. My Instagram ‘likes’ were not a true reflection of me and my morals.”
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