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Melissa Rycroft Strickland was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk in Southlake, Texas, on Nov. 1, according to jail records.
She also faces charges relating to an invalid license and alleged vehicle damage under $200.
Rycroft pleaded guilty in September to a previous DWI charge
Melissa Rycroft Strickland was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, two months after pleading guilty to a previous DWI charge.
The Bachelor a former student, who appeared on season 13 of the reality show in 2009, was arrested in Southlake, Texas, on Sunday, November 1, according to jail records viewed by PEOPLE.
Rycroft Strickland, 43, was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving on an invalid license with a prior conviction or suspension without financial responsibility and collision causing damage to a vehicle under $200.
His bond was set at a combined total of $9,000, records show.
TMZ was the first to report the news.
Melissa Rycroft Strickland.
Credit: Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office
The charges come more than a year after Rycroft Strickland was arrested in Southlake on Sept. 23, 2025, and charged with DWI.
In a press release shared with PEOPLE at the time, the Southlake Police Department said they responded to a single-vehicle crash around 12:05 p.m. local time and found “a black Cadillac Escalade that had struck a tree.”
“Prior to the crash, witnesses reportedly observed the Escalade driving erratically,” the statement continued, noting that the driver was later identified as Rycroft Strickland.
Rycroft Strickland was evaluated by officers on scene and given a standardized field sobriety test, before being arrested and transported to Keller Jail, police said.
“No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported,” the statement concluded. “The matter remains under investigation.”
Following his arrest in 2025, Rycroft Strickland shared a brief message to a fan on social media, thanking them for their support.
“Life really sucks right now and I’m struggling, but I’m trying to move forward…but thanks for the kind words in what seems like a world of negativity….” she wrote in October last year.
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According to Us every weekRycroft Strickland was sentenced in September of this year to 20 months of probation and $2,000 in fines and court costs after pleading guilty in the case.
A judge ordered that she must complete 36 hours of community service, complete a DWI training course and submit to a substance abuse evaluation. He was also prohibited from drinking alcohol or using illegal drugs while on probation, using a camera-activated ignition interlock device on his car and submitting to drug and alcohol testing.
Reality TV star and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, who appeared on Jason Mesnick’s season of The Bacheloraccepted Mesnick’s proposal on the show before breaking up with her on live television in favor of his now-wife and finalist Molly Mesnick.
Rycroft Strickland later appeared in Dancing with the stars in 2009 and returned in 2012 when she won the All-Star season.
She shares three children with her husband, Tye Strickland, whom she married in 2009 before the couple starred on the reality show together. Melissa and Tye three years later.
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