Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s girlfriend Saffire Matos slams ‘misleading information’ about the Jersey Shore star’s recent arrest for ‘domestic violence’… and confirms the couple is ‘fine’
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s girlfriend, Saffire Matos, slammed ‘misleading information’ circulating about his recent arrest for ‘domestic violence.’
Saffire took to Instagram with a lengthy message on Monday to confirm the couple is ‘fine’ despite his recent run-in with the law last week.
Ronnie was arrested on Thursday in Playa del Rey on suspicion of violating a California law covering violence against intimate partners, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Speaking up: Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s girlfriend, Saffire Matos, slammed ‘misleading information’ circulating about his recent arrest for ‘domestic violence’
‘Ronnie and I are fine,’ Matos wrote on her Instagram Story. ‘There is a lot of misleading information floating around out there. With anybody who reached out with concern I appreciate it with all my heart, but everything that’s being portrayed out there are not facts.’
The couple reportedly met in February 2020 and began dating shortly after, before going Instagram official with sexy swimsuit snaps from their vacation to Puerto Rico last summer.
She added: ‘I don’t think it’s fair that people are using false accusations to gain attention. Please leave Ron and I alone. You don’t know what someone is going through at the end of the day. Don’t believe everything you hear or read online.’
Talk about it: Saffire took to Instagram with a lengthy message on Monday to confirm the couple is ‘fine’ despite his recent run-in with the law last week
Love is in the air: The couple reportedly met in February 2020 and began dating shortly after, before going Instagram official with sexy swimsuit snaps from their vacation to Puerto Rico last summer
They eyelash technician also asked her 200,000 followers for ‘privacy’ and thanked them ‘for all your support.’
Ronnie was released at 7:18 p.m. on Thursday after posting $100,000 bail and was whisked away in a white Mercedes convertible, TMZ reported.
‘He was arrested on April 22 at 11:50 a.m. for domestic violence, but due to victim confidentiality, I can’t go into detail,’ Officer Rosario Cervantes, a spokesperson for the LAPD, told CNN.
‘Ronnie and I are fine,’ Matos wrote on her Instagram Story. ‘There is a lot of misleading information floating around out there. With anybody who reached out with concern I appreciate it with all my heart, but everything that’s being portrayed out there are not facts’
‘He was arrested on April 22 at 11:50 a.m. for domestic violence, but due to victim confidentiality, I can’t go into detail,’ Officer Rosario Cervantes, a spokesperson for the LAPD, told CNN
His attorney, Scott Leemon, told TMZ: ‘We have just learned of the new allegations against Ronnie and need some additional time to further investigate. As such, we will not be making any other statements at this time.’
Ronnie was previously charged with felony domestic violence after a physical altercation with on/off girlfriend Jen Harley on Oct. 4, 2019, and later pleaded no contest to domestic battery and resisting arrest.
He’s currently on probation after he pled to seven misdemeanor counts that included criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and resisting arrest.
Harley was in Las Vegas at the time of his recent arrest and drove to Los Angeles to pick up their three-year-old daughter Ariana Sky, who was in Ronnie’s custody at the time of the incident.
Trouble: Ronnie was previously charged with felony domestic violence after a physical altercation with on/off girlfriend Jen Harley on Oct. 4, 2019, and later pleaded no contest to domestic battery and resisting arrest; seen the day before on Oct. 3, 2019