Zachery Ty Bryan arrested in Myrtle Beach, charged with domestic violence

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Bryan was arrested by Myrtle Beach police Thursday and booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on a charge of domestic violence. This is not the first time he has faced such allegations.

Zachery Ty Bryan, one of the stars of the 1990s hit sitcom “Home Improvement,” has been arrested and charged with domestic violence in South Carolina.

Bryan, 43, played Brad Taylor, the eldest son of Tim Allen’s character Tim Taylor on the Emmy-nominated show, which ended in 1999.

Bryan was arrested by Myrtle Beach police Thursday and booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County, inmate records show. As of Friday, he remained jailed at the facility on a second-degree domestic violence charge and a $10,000 bond, according to the jail.

Horry County court records do not indicate Bryan has legal counsel. His next court date is scheduled for March 28.

Zachery Ty Bryan charged with DUIs, domestic violence in the past

Bryan was also arrested twice in 2024 on DUI charges. The first was in February in La Quinta, California, and the second was in October in Custer County, Oklahoma. In total, the actor has had five DUI arrests, although it is not clear if any of them led to convictions.

In addition to the DUIs, Eugene, Oregon police arrested the former child star in 2023 on suspicion of domestic violence.

Bryan ran into similar legal issues in October 2020 when he was accused of domestic violence. A judge sentenced him in 2021 to three years of probation and ordered him to be part of a domestic violence prevention program.

Six other charges related to the 2020 incident — harassment, coercion, strangulation, interfering with making a report and other charges of menacing and fourth-degree assault — were dismissed.

“I don’t know what’s going on with him,” Tim Allen told The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, calling Bryan “an amazing kid who has grown into a complex man.”

If you are a victim of domestic violence, The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) allows you to speak confidentially with trained attorneys online or by phone, which they recommend to those who believe their online activity is being monitored by their abuser (800-799-7233). They can help survivors develop a plan to achieve safety for themselves and their children.

Safe Horizon’s hotline (safehorizon.org) offers crisis counseling, safety planning and help finding shelters (800-621-HOPE (4673). It also has a chat function where you can confidentially seek help from a computer or telephone.

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