What We Know About Home Improvement Star Zachery Ty Bryan's Recent Arrest

It's a bit of a dreadful deja vu with Zachery Ty Bryan's current arrest. Bryan was arrested in Eugene, Oregon in October 2020 for domestic violence against Johnnie Faye Cartwright, a woman he'd been having an affair with while he was married to his now ex-wife Carly Matros. The details of what happened per the police report sound pretty horrifying. "Bryan is reported to have assaulted the victim, impeded her breathing, and taken the victim's phone from her when she tried to call 911. The two have been in a relationship," the report read, according to Today.

Bryan pled guilty to two charges — menacing and assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence — and got three years of probation. Other charges included two additional charges of assault in the fourth degree as well as coercion, harassment, strangulation, and interference with making a report, but those were all dropped. As a part of his probation, he was to cut off contact with the victim and complete a violence intervention program. And while we don't yet know who the victim was in the 2023 assault case, it is possible it was Cartwright. The 2023 charge against Bryan mentions the Abuse Prevention Act, which issues restraining orders for victims of domestic violence.