Reportedly out on bond after an arrest over alleged domestic violence, the Before the 90 Days alum faces disturbing claims online — and has not addressed them.
Rick Van Vactor is reportedly out of custody. The 90 Day Fiancé alum, whose legal name is Douglas Van Vactor, has been released on bond following an arrest over alleged domestic violence involving his girlfriend, per Reality Tea. The case drew wider attention after disturbing footage surfaced online — footage that appears to show a man identified as Van Vactor choking and slapping a woman while young children watch nearby.
What the record shows about Rick Van Vactor’s release
According to a California VINE custody record cited by Complex and reported by Reality Tea, the 53-year-old Van Vactor is listed as out of custody after posting bond. The record, updated on Oct. 27 at 3:47 p.m. Pacific, names the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as the reporting agency. It does not specify the charges against him, and no court date has been reported. As of Reality Tea’s report, Van Vactor has not publicly addressed the allegations.
The claims behind the alleged altercation
The franchise-focused Instagram account Kiki & Kibbitz reported that the alleged altercation began after Van Vactor’s girlfriend became upset over his activity on the Instagram account of Emma Perry, a fellow franchise personality who currently appears on 90 Day: Hunt for Love. The account also shared screenshots of purported private messages alongside the footage it says shows the confrontation. None of those claims has been independently confirmed, and at this stage they remain allegations — serious ones, but allegations all the same.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, confidential assistance is available through the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233), or by texting START to 88788. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
A franchise history viewers already know
Viewers met Van Vactor on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, where he appeared alongside Trisha Stiley, a midwife from Madagascar. Their relationship ended after he admitted to having sex with a former girlfriend during a period when he and Stiley were not communicating, per Reality Tea. He was later linked to Mari Spradlin.
Long before reality TV, Van Vactor lived through a family tragedy. In 2013, his two-year-old son, Pharaoh, died from blunt-force trauma while in the care of Mathew Berry, his former wife’s live-in boyfriend, and Berry was arrested in connection with the child’s death. “The coroner called me today and told me my son was beaten, beaten to death,” Van Vactor told KBAK/KBFX at the time, per Reality Tea.
The 247 Take — Arrest headlines move fast in the 90 Day universe, but this one arrives with more questions than answers: the custody record does not name the charges, the footage has not been independently verified, and Van Vactor has said nothing. What comes next — a court date, a statement, any word from TLC — will matter far more than the screenshots driving the story right now.
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Sources: Reality Tea (the reported release on bond after the arrest over alleged domestic violence; the footage appearing to show a man identified as Van Vactor; the Kiki & Kibbitz account’s claims about the alleged altercation, Emma Perry, and the purported messages; the California VINE custody record — out of custody after posting bond, updated Oct. 27, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as reporting agency, charges not specified — via Complex; the Before the 90 Days history with Trisha Stiley; the 2013 death of his son Pharaoh and his KBAK/KBFX quote; and Van Vactor not having publicly addressed the allegations)
