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What Did James McCoy Taylor Do? All We Know After Bachelorette Alum’s Texas Arrest
James McCoy Taylor, known from The Bachelorette season with JoJo Fletcher was arrested on Sunday, August 4. The 38 year old was taken into custody at College Station Police Department. Arrests were as result of warrants from an April 24 incident. There are charges against Taylor including assault causing bodily injury and unlawful restraint. He posted a bond after being released the same day totaling $8000.
Taylor, in his statement to PEOPLE, adds “not so much as a scratch on me,” showing police pictures of himself without any bruise on his body. Furthermore, he asked how he could apprehend someone without causing any injuries.
This is not his first legal trouble for Taylor. In 2022, he was detained in College Station for driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. Local news reported that he was found urinating in a parking garage. He ignored the advice of a police officer not to drive and thus got arrested as well as had an 18-year-old college freshman who couldn’t understand what was happening to him at the time; henceforth he had to pay cash bail for $7000.
Bachelor Nation also condemned Taylor’s views concerning the Capitol riots which occurred on January 6 this year leading to some individuals describing him as controversial. Additionally, there has been support for those events through his Twitter account although he denies being there later again but claimed that the FBI had followed him up during that day.
After supporting the riots, Bachelor Nation banished him when Mike Fleiss called it out on Twitter Bachelor creator announced it on social media James McCoy Taylors’ banishment from the ABC reality show franchise among other reality shows making it clear by writing “exiled from bachelor nation” in his bio section on Instagram.
In another interview with PEOPLE Magazine, James McCoy expressed anger. Money and fame are not worth it because they only destroy lives, he said. He claimed that he never harmed anyone and was always nice to everyone he met. Therefore, by implying that she didn’t mention a lot about the woman whom he had an April encounter with besides not even knowing her name.
Taylor maintains his innocence saying that there has been no basis for any of these accusations against him. The public as well as law enforcement agencies continue to keep tabs on Taylor.
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Vinesh Breaks Silence After Heartbreaking Olympics 2024 Disqualification
“It’s part of the game,” a brave Vinesh Phogat told the Indian coaches who met her after her shock disqualification from the Paris Olympics for weighing 100g more than the permissible limit in the women’s 50kg category on Wednesday. Women’s national coach Virender Dahiya and Manjeet Rani met the feisty wrestler, who had caused a flutter at the wrestling arena by beating world number one and defending champion Yui Susaki in the opening round on Tuesday. As the nation prepared to celebrate Vinesh’s medal-winning run — she was assured of at-least a silver — Vinesh was disqualified when she could not ace the second weigh-in.
“It sent a shockwave through the wrestling contingent. The girls were feeling pretty low after the news broke. We met Vinesh and tried to console her. She was brave. She told us, ‘it’s hard luck that we missed the medal, but it is part of the game’,” Dahiya said, sharing the details of their meeting.
“Several IOA officials were also there to meet her.”
There was more bad news for Indian wrestling during the day when Antim Panghal made a first round exit in the women’s 53kg, losing her opening bout by technical superiority.
“She just could not play her game, did not look in her element,” said the coach.
In a shocking reversal of fortunes, Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on Wednesday from the Olympics after being found overweight ahead of her women’s 50kg final here, leaving her medal-less within hours of coming close to an unparalleled gold.
Vinesh had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal bout in her category on Tuesday night. Before this morning, she was assured of at least a silver medal but will now be coming back empty-handed due to the disqualification.
The shattered 29-year-old had to be taken to the polyclinic inside the Games village due to severe dehydration earlier in the day.
“She was found overweight by 100gm this morning. The rules do not allow this and she has been disqualified,” said an Indian coach.
The Indian Olympic Association requested privacy for the wrestler, who was competing in her third Olympics.
“It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning,” the IOA stated.
“No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you to respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand,” it added.
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