Below Deck stars have made headlines for their time on the show — but they have also shocked viewers with their legal troubles behind the scenes.
After wrapping up his time on Below Deck Adventure early, Kyle Dickard got in trouble with the law. In November 2022, Dickard was arrested after he ran onto a soccer field during a game and allegedly tried to bribe authorities to let him go.
According to court documents, the reality star was taken into custody after he ran from the stands into the stadium. Dickard was apprehended by security, but he resisted and was ultimately tackled to the ground. He attempted to run back onto the field before being arrested.
The arrest report stated that Dickard’s behavior “caused the crowd to become unruly” and “incited several others to run onto the field” during the event. The Bravo personality, for his part, didn’t appear worried about his legal woes.
“How it started vs. How it ended 😅 I would of scored if I had a belt on…js,” Dickard wrote via Instagram about the incident shortly after his release. The social media post included footage of him getting ready to run onto the field and a copy of his mugshot.
Dickard is not the only Below Deck alum who got arrested after appearing in the franchise. In 2016, Kate Chastain was charged with battery by strangulation domestic violence after getting into a fight with her girlfriend.
Chastain allegedly bit Rocío “Ro” Hernandez on the forearm, inner bicep and leg after returning to their shared home from a bar. According to body cam footage obtained by Florida Today, the chief stew accused Hernandez of being the one who instigated an argument.
“It’s been a horrible week. It’s been broken glass, fighting, screaming,” she explained to the authorities. “Because I’m on television [I didn’t report it to the police], and I don’t really need a news report coming out that I have a lesbian domestic violence.”
After news of her arrest broke, Chastain took to social media to address the legal trouble, tweeting, “Thank you for your support during this difficult & humiliating time. The truth will come out & I look forward to regaining peace in my life.”
The charges against the Below Deck star were later dropped. For Chastain, the experience caused her to reconsider her approach to dating.
“I’m a little more cautious about who I date because people can appear one way and then be totally different,” she said during an interview in 2018. “Fortunately, that’s all gone away.”
Scroll down to see which other Below Deck alums have faced legal woes over the years:
