“The Bachelorette” alum James McCoy Taylor has been accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old college student.
Following Taylor’s arrest Sunday, a new report shed light on the April 24 incident that led to the 38-year-old being booked on charges of assault causing bodily injury and unlawful restraint.
The unidentified teen told police that she met Taylor at a bar in the Northgate entertainment district of College Station, Texas, and subsequently went to his home in the nearby city of Bryan, where they started kissing in a bedroom, according to the arrest report obtained by KBTX Monday.
The woman began to feel uncomfortable and told the reality star she wanted to leave, but he suddenly became “very serious and intense” and “got a look on his face that frightened her,” per the report.
The former Blinn College student — who has since switched schools, according to her father — said she then went to the bathroom to call a friend to request an Uber for her to go home, but she found Taylor naked on the bed upon her exit.
The arrest report claims the former ABC personality, who competed on JoJo Fletcher’s season in 2016, finally gave in and started walking the teenager to the front door, only to slam it shut, forcibly kiss her, throw her to the ground, get on top of her and grope her genitals.
The accuser eventually broke free and ran outside, where her Uber was waiting, according to police.
Officers met with the woman the following day and noticed multiple contusions on her hip and butt, per KBTX, in addition to viewing text messages she had sent her friend that read, “I’m not ok” and “He’s forcing himself on me.”
Police also spoke with Taylor, who reportedly described the encounter as “enjoyable and consensual.”
The country singer denied any wrongdoing in a lengthy statement to Page Six.
“Not so much as a scratch on me (as I showed to police via pictures of my whole body, which was awkward to say the least) … but I was trying to ‘unlawfully restrain’ a girl and she just … got away … and walked right to her Uber right outside my house? With no injuries?” he said in part Monday.
Taylor went on to insist he “would never hurt anybody” before admitting he does not even know his accuser’s name.
“We didn’t spend much time together, but I feel like she wouldn’t want all this to have gotten here either if she could go back,” he told us, adding that he does not “hate” the teen for making the allegations but wishes he knew “where this came from.”
Page Six broke the news that the College Station Police Department had taken Taylor into custody Sunday on warrants issued by the Bryan Police Department.
He smiled while posing for his mugshot before being released on $8,000 surety bond.
