A man has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly threatening to kill "Real Housewives of Orange County" alum Elizabeth Lyn Vargas in her California home.
The Orange County District Attorney's office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan Matthew Geraghty, 33, who had allegedly been extorting tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for not selling nude photographs of Vargas to the media, faces several felony counts.
Geraghty was charged with extortion by force or threat, assault with a firearm, criminal threats, corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and firearm by a felon.
He was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance. Newport Beach Police arrested Geraghty Tuesday after he went to Vargas’ home and allegedly pointed a gun at the reality star "with whom he had a romantic relationship" and threatened to kill her for refusing to give him any more money, police said.
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