“The Bachelorette” alum Devin Strader denied allegations of assault towards his ex-girlfriend stemming from a 2017 arrest and restraining order that were recently unveiled.

“Following my time on ‘The Bachelorette,’ there have been many stories and misrepresentations put out in the media that I want to take a moment to address,” Strader began in a Thursday social media post. He pointed to “challenges from a low point in [his] past” that have “been brought up and severely misconstrued.”

In the affidavit from Strader’s arrest, reported by RealitySteve, Strader’s ex-girlfriend accused him of putting her in a chokehold and nearly killing her, with his ex waking up to bruises across her body.

“The accusations are simply not true as I have never inappropriately laid hands on another individual or treated my ex-girlfriend in any of the ways I have been depicted. That restraining order was never granted, and fully dismissed,” Strader continued,...