Casey Deidrick, an actor best known for playing Chad DiMera on Days of Our Lives , has been arrested after an alleged domestic violence incident. On Sunday, Feb. The arrest came after Deidrick, 37, allegedly assaulted his unidentified girlfriend and snatched her phone in their Nashville home, TMZ reported, citing an arrest warrant. The actor was charged with domestic assault and interference with an emergency call.
He was later released from the Davidson County Sheriff's Office around a. According to a warrant obtained by TMZ, the soap star told law enforcement that he and his girlfriend got into an argument, and thinking she was secretly recording their conversation on her phone, he snatched her device. Deidrick also claimed that his partner wrapped her hands around his neck, but officers wrote they didn't find any evidence of such assault.
In his girlfriend's account to the police, she denied recording him and claimed she was "cowered in a corner" of their kitchen during the argument. She then alleged that the actor came up behind her, got her into a "bear hug," taking the phone from her hand, per the warrant.
She also claimed that she "demanded her phone back" in order to call the police as she feared for her safety. After she agreed to move out of their home the same day, Deidrick returned her phone. If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at , or go to thehotline.
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