'Bachelor' alum Melissa Rycroft charged with second DWI 2 months after pleading guilty to first

Bachelor alum Melissa Rycroft has been charged with a second DWI just two months after pleading guilty to the first. The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Texas on Sunday. According to Tarrant County Jail records viewed by Entertainment Weekly, Rycroft, 43, was arrested by officers from the Southlake Police Department, the same agency that booked her for the 2025 offense. Her latest charges include second-degree driving while While intoxicated, Driving with a prior conviction or suspension without financial responsibility and collision causing damage to a vehicle greater than or equal to $200. Jail records indicate that Rycroft has not yet posted bail, which is set at $9,000. She is currently in custody at Tarrant County Correction Center in Fort Worth. As Page Six previously reported, the reality star was arrested in September 2025 for driving while intoxicated. She was booked into the local jail where she stayed for eight hours before she posted her $1,000 bond and a promise to appear in court. Rycroft pleaded guilty to the driving while intoxicated charge in August, agreeing to a 20-month probation sentence and avoiding 280 days in jail per Entertainment Weekly. She was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and additional court fees, including a trauma fine, bringing her total to $2,087. Rycroft rose to fame while competing for the final rose on Jason Mesnick's season of The Bachelor in 2009. She became engaged to Mesnick in the season 13 finale episode, but during the After the Final Rose special, he called off the engagement to be with runner-up Molly Mullaney. After the heartbreak, she went on to star on season 8 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she finished in third place with her partner Tony Dovolani. Rycroft returned with Dovolani for Season 15's All-Stars cast in 2012 and took home the Mirrorball trophy, marking Dovolani's first win after 14 seasons. As for her love life, she went on to reunite with and marry her ex, Ty Strickland, in December 2020, and they share three children together.