Home Improvement’s Zachery Ty Bryan Breaks Silence on Domestic Violence Arrest, Claims It ‘Got Blown Out of Proportion’

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Zachery Ty Bryan broke his silence three years after making headlines for his domestic violence arrest.“I do know when things get in the way of who you’re meant to be, where you’re supposed to go and what God has planned for you,” the Home Improvement alum, 41, alum told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement for a profile on the actor, which was published on Thursday, June 22. “He sometimes challenges you to do some reflecting by looking in the mirror and taking responsibility.”Bryan claimed that the October 2020 incident with partner Johnnie Faye Cartwright was “blown out of proportion” at the time.“We got really loud.

We were screaming and because we were in a townhome that had [thin walls], everybody could hear,” he said, alleging that he and Cartwright, 29, didn’t “even really get that physical” before he was arrested. “At the end of the day, [the police] throw a bunch of counts at you because they ultimately want you to plead to something.

I could’ve fought it — but that’s more stress and drama.”The former child star was arrested in October 2020 for allegedly strangling Cartwright.

Us Weekly confirmed in February 2021 that Bryan agreed to a plea deal in the domestic violence case in which he agreed to plead guilty to menacing and fourth-degree assault.Bryan received three years of probation, was required to attend a violence intervention program called Bridges2Safety and promised to have no further contact with the victim.