“90 Day Fiancé” star Yvette “Yve” Arellano has been charged with domestic violence amid her husband Mohamed Abdelhamed’s texting scandal.
Arellano was charged on August 15, 2022 with one count of assault against a household member and one count of battery (household member), according to New Mexico court records seen by Vidak For Congress.
The TLC reality star has a bail hearing scheduled for September 6.
“The allegations of domestic violence have been falsified by Mohamed,” Arellano’s representative, Dominique Enchinton of Dominton Talent House, said in a statement to Vidak For Congress. “Mohamed and the woman he cheated on Yve with discussed his options from the start.
“They specifically discussed a U-Visa and how Mohammed might qualify in case Yve found out about his indiscretions,” the representative said.
“The domestic violence allegations are completely false and just a ploy to keep him in the US. Yve was not arrested on 8/15 or any other day,” the statement said. “Yve has never insulted Mohamed and just wants this chapter in her life done so she can move on.”
Arellano’s arrest comes about three weeks after Abdelhamed, 28, got caught up in a digital cheating scandal in which he was accused of texting inappropriate messages to another woman shortly after he and Arellano, 48, got married.
The Egyptian resident addressed the cheating scandal during Sunday night’s ’90 Day Fiancé’ telegram, where he admitted to texting other women. Abdelhamed said he met a woman online, and while he initially thought they were “just friends,” their relationship turned into something “bigger.”
“You know, it’s very shocking, raw, disappointing, saddening,” the Albuquerque resident said of his infidelity. “He chose to spend his time getting into other relationships and engaging in activities that a married man shouldn’t.”
While it was unclear at the end of the episode if the couple stayed together, Abdelhamed hinted at a split on his Instagram story on Monday.
“A lot of people ask why I don’t tell my part of the story, it’s because I tried my best to end my relationship respectfully, that’s all,” he wrote.
Arellano, meanwhile, thanked her fans for their support after his infidelity was exposed.
“Thank you ladies for sharing your stories of infidelity, heartbreak and pain,” she wrote on her Instagram Story Sunday. “Of course we are not alone. Why commitment is not a commitment for some. Much healing is needed in this world on so many levels.
“If you don’t want to be exclusive, just say so,” she continued, “so people can make their own informed decisions…”