Yesterday we reported on the news that Bryan Masche, the immature dad who stars in the WE reality show Raising Sextuplets, was arrested for a domestic incident while visiting family in Arizona earlier this month. I was surprised by how many people had seen the show, and many of you co-signed my opinion (solely based on the clips that I’ve seen) that this guy is a mean assh*le. Now several outlets have the police report details, and contrary to earlier stories the cops noted that this guy’s six three year-old kids, three boys and three girls, were there and witnessed their dad flipping out, swearing and threatening their granddad. Here’s E! Online’s story, which notes that when police tried to cuff Masche he folded his arms and pouted like a toddler, resisting arrest until he was threatened with a taser:
Police are raising some big questions about the Raising Sextuplets’ dad’s behavior.
Bryan Masche, the reality-TV patriarch who was arrested Sept. 11 on suspicion of domestic violence while visiting family in Camp Verde, Ariz., threatened to “flatten” his father-in-law and screamed profanities while in the presence of his 3-year-old kids, according to the police report.
And, per the cops, Masche continued to refuse to play nice until he was confronted with the threat of a Taser zap.
Masche at first refused to let the arresting officers cuff him, yelling “I didn’t do anything!” and firmly folding his arms in front of him to prevent them from getting at his wrists, the report states.
Finally, one officer told another to deploy his Taser, after which Masche wised up. Sort of.
“Bryan complied prior to the Taser being deployed,” the report continues. “Bryan was then assisted back to his feet and escorted to my vehicle where he was secured. While in my patrol vehicle, Bryan continued to be belligerent.”
Wife Jenny Masche told the police that the belligerence started when she informed her husband that she was going to visit friends in Phoenix, while he wanted to take their children—Savannah, Bailey, Grant, Cole, Molli and Blake—to Lake Havasu City, where they lived before moving to Destin, Fla.
Bryan started yelling and using profanity in front of the kids, Jenny said, and also threatened Jenny’s father when he tried to intervene.
The incident remained verbal and never got physical, the report says, but firearms were present in a nearby vehicle and Masche was becoming “more aggressive” as the fight dragged on.
Bryan, 32, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of domestic violence involving disorderly conduct and threats, as well as one count of resisting arrest. He’s currently free on $3,500 bail and is due in court Oct. 7.
Raising Sextuplets reared its head on WE tv in 2008 as a one-hour special, OMG! Sextuplets!, before becoming a full-fledge series last year. Its second season premiered in June.
But as was the case with another cable reality show with many kids, there’s been plenty of trouble in paradise for the Masches.
“We have totally brutal fights,” Jenny told People in 2009. Added Bryan: “When you understand that there’s no way out of marriage that forces you to work on your marriage. If we’re going to be stuck with each other for the next 80 years, we better make it good.”
[From E! Online]
People Magazine has more on how the fight started. They note that the police report states that Bryan wanted to take all their kids to a lake 200 miles away while Jenny wanted to take the family to visit friends in Phoenix. The report claims that “Jenny did not know if Bryan planned to return with the children.” As for those “firearms in a nearby vehicle,” I hope they were just for hunting and that no one threatened anyone with them. The way it’s stated like that sounds pretty ominous, but that’s the only reference to the guns and there’s no allegation of a shooting threat.
So what’s next for this manchild, his clueless wife and their poor six kids? Is WE going to continue to reward them for their irresponsible behavior? I wouldn’t be surprised if they do, considering that this is the most publicity any of their shows has received in ages.
Photos are form 6/11/10. Credit: WENN.com
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