Cassie Randolph, 25, filed for a restraining order against Colton Underwood, 28, four months after their surprising May 2020 split, according to new legal docs obtained by HollywoodLife. Cassie filed for the restraining order on Sept. 11 at a Los Angeles court, citing domestic violence prevention as the reason behind the filing. At press time, no further details were revealed. Following the discovery of the docs, HollywoodLife reached out to Cassie and Colton’s reps for comment.
Colton and Cassie sent shockwaves through Bachelor Nation after they decided to go their separate ways in May. Although the former couple assured their fans that they were “meant to be friends,” their split has been anything but amicable. In fact, Cassie eventually called Colton out for allegedly sharing intimate details with the public about what was a very serious and meaningful relationship for the pair.
Roughly one month later, in July, Cassie took to Instagram herself and called out Colton for “monetizing” their love story. “Colton, as you know we made an agreement to not publicly discuss our break up. I have honored this, as have you thus far,” she shared. Cassie also addressed appearing on The Greatest Seasons — Ever special, where she opened up about her breakup with Colton. “I didn’t see any harm in doing the interview, as I wasn’t going to dish out details about our relationship to them,” she continued.
She also revealed that Colton refused to give her “any sort of approval on the chapter” that he’d allegedly been preparing to add to his memoir, The First Time: Finding Myself and Looking for Love on Reality TV, which she said would “heavily feature” her. “This seems a bit unfair to me. Colton, you can do what you want, but please do not have a double standard,” Cassie wrote.
Colton responded with his own IG message, writing in part, “These last few weeks have been challenging because, by now, you all know I’m an open book and I enjoy sharing my life with y’all.” He, too, went on to call out his ex in the caption to his post, writing, “When our relationship ended we agreed to handle things as privately as possible as we attempted to navigate our new relationship as friends. I chose to do that since we were living in this interim period, but obviously a lot changed this week.”
The former Bachelor couple met on Season 23 of The Bachelor, which aired in early 2019. During the latter half of the season, Cassie dramatically left because she wasn’t ready to get engaged. Nevertheless, Colton pursued Cassie, cutting off his relationships with Tayshia Adams and Hannah Godwin in order to be with Cassie.