Southern Attraction’s Thomas Ravenel Sentenced After Pleading Responsible to Assault and Battery

UPDATE: Thomas Ravenel appeared in Charleston County court docket on Wednesday, the place he pleaded responsible to third-degree assault and third-degree battery.

The Charleston County court docket clerk advised E! Information the Southern Attraction star has a 30-day suspended sentence and has to pay a $500 high quality.

In response to native information station Dwell 5 WCSC, a decide learn a letter from the sufferer, who was not within the South Carolina courtroom, and Ravenel acknowledged his conduct.

“Your honor, on the evening of the incident I did try and kiss her and, in so doing, I grabbed her arm and that was improper, and I’m a lot appreciative of the chance to apologize to her in court docket immediately,” Ravenel mentioned, per the information outlet.

Again in September 2018, Ravenel was arrested for assault and battery and accused of sexually assaulting his household’s former nanny in 2015.

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Thomas Ravenel has been arrested. 

The Southern Attraction alum was booked round 10 a.m. Tuesday morning in Charleston County, S.C. on costs of alleged assault and battery second diploma, in accordance with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Workplace inmate data.

Ravenel was later given a $20,000 private recognizance bond and, as a situation of the bond, surrendered his passport, a Charleston court docket official confirmed to E! Information. The truth star should stay inside South Carolina till additional discover and can want written permission to depart. 

He has additionally been ordered to not have any contact with the unidentified sufferer within the case in any approach, together with verbal, digital, written or by means of a 3rd social gathering, and should keep at the very least one block away from the sufferer’s residence, faculty and place of employment. 

E! Information has reached out to Ravenel’s legal professional for remark. 

In response to an affidavit filed on Monday, the investigating officer testified that the unnamed sufferer was working as a nanny for Ravenel in Charleston in January 2015 when he allegedly undressed and made sexual advances towards her. The officer testified that Ravenel allegedly “grabbed the sufferer’s hand and positioned it on his penis” earlier than trying to take away her garments. Within the course of, the unnamed sufferer’s underwire bra “minimize into her pores and skin and her shirt wrapped round her neck,” which made her battle to breathe. Per the officer’s testimony, Ravenel allegedly “pulled down the sufferer’s pants,” mentioned “Present me your p—y,” and started to seize at her vagina. 

In response to the affidavit, Ravenel allegedly put his penis within the sufferer’s face whereas she was crouched all the way down to the bottom and requested her if she preferred “massive d–ks.” The sufferer escaped and notified her then-ex-husband and members of the family. Her accidents had been photographed and she or he recognized Ravenel as her assailant in a photograph. 

Ravenel, who spent 5 seasons on the Bravo collection earlier than asserting his exit in August, has additionally been accused of sexual assault by two ladies. Following the general public allegations, he didn’t seem for the Southern Attraction reunion taping, which aired in July. 

“Together with Bravo, our shopper made the mutual resolution to not attend immediately’s reunion taping as there’s a pending investigation,” Andy Cohen learn in an announcement on the time. “Our shopper is totally cooperating with authorities on that investigation. He expects to be fully vindicated as soon as the investigation is concluded. He sends his finest regards to his followers and his fellow castmates.”

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In Could, Ashley Perkins publicly claimed that her mom, Debbie Hollaway Perkins, met Ravenel by way of Tinder and went on a date with him on Dec. 25, when he allegedly held her down by her wrists, pulled his penis out and “shoved” his fingers into her non-public elements. Perkins, who mentioned she didn’t witness the alleged incident, detailed the claims on her web site and to Fox Information. 

Ravenel’s legal professional, Richard P. Terbrusch, advised E! Information in an announcement, “My shopper enjoys a sure diploma of fame and sadly has turn into—unfairly—a goal for a person who has, in my view, doubtful motivations.”

Perkins additionally mentioned that her mom advised her in regards to the alleged incident instantly after it came about and took photographs of her wrists. Ashley claimed Gloria Allred (who had no remark when reached by Fox Information) took on her mom’s case in June 2016 and met for mediation with Ravenel’s authorized staff, for which Ashley claimed she was current. Ashley alleged that Ravenel settled along with her mom for $200,000 and that her mom signed a non-disclosure settlement.

In an announcement to E! Information on the time, Bravo mentioned, “Haymaker, the manufacturing firm for Southern Attraction, and Bravo take allegations like these very significantly. Haymaker is conducting an investigation, and as soon as all the knowledge is gathered and thoroughly reviewed, applicable motion will likely be taken.”

After listening to Perkins’ story of her mom, Ravenel’s former nanny for his two kids, often called “Nanny Daybreak” to followers of the present, additionally got here ahead with allegations towards the fact star stemming from an incident in 2015 and filed a report with the Charleston Police Division in Could. On the time, she advised Individuals that he’s being investigated for “first-degree forcible rape.”

“We’re conscious of the Metropolis of Charleston’s ongoing investigation of the allegations made by Daybreak Ledwell,” Terbrusch advised E! Information in an announcement. “Somewhat than interact in a media tit-for-tat, we have now supplied our cooperation within the investigation and are assured that when the reality comes out Thomas will likely be vindicated.” 

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