Jef Holm of The Bachelorette is suing his former roommate Roby Hayes, alleging that he enters his home without permission and “threatens” him.
This bromance has reached its breaking point.
Jef Holm has filed for a temporary civil harassment restraining order against Robby Hayes, documents filed on Aug. 9 in Los Angeles show. According to court records viewed, Jef’s request for protection and was granted by a judge. The judge ordered Roby to stay 100 yards away from Jef’s home and workplace.
In the filing, Jef, who found reality TV stardom after proposing to Emily Maynard on season eight of The Bachelorette, described Roby as an “old roommate” who “used to live” at his L.A. area home. It’s unclear from the documents when their friendship soured and Roby moved out, but “at least once a week” Jef states Roby enters his property without permission and “becomes hostile.”
“I do not feel safe around him,” Jef states in the filing. “He threatens me and still hasn’t stopped to this day. He claims he has belongings there and that’s why he enters but he is not on the lease and is making me fearful.”
In the filing, in July 2021, Jef also claims “I was alone in my home when he entered abruptly and aggressively. Started threatening me and I felt very unsafe.”
We tried reaching out to Roby but did not get anything from him. However, Jef is more than willing to talk.
“In regards to the Roby situation, it’s definitely been an unfortunate turn of events,” Jef states. “I’m still processing all of it to be honest. The simple version is I invited Roby into my house that I was renting in Venice, which I am now in the process of purchasing. I allowed him to live there rent free for years as a friend. When the living situation became hostile I asked him to leave and he refused. It went on like this for months, eventually I had to take legal action.”
He goes on, “It’s sad because I didn’t want it to end like this. Hopefully tensions will die down and the temporary restraining order can be dropped. I just want to move on and I wish him the best.”
Jef invited Roby and fellow Bachelor Nation alum Chase McNary to relocate into his home in 2017, according to Us Weekly. Unfortunately, a restraining order has been set out for August 30th 2021.