MTV star Tony Raines, an everyday on The Problem, was arrested early Sunday morning (February 23) for working a automobile whereas intoxicated. As first reported by TMZ, the 36-year-old Raines was charged with one rely of working a automobile whereas intoxicated, one rely of reckless operation and 4 counts of negligent injuring. Particulars of what precisely led to the arrest haven’t but been made clear.
On-line information assist TMZ‘s report, displaying that the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Workplace in Louisiana booked Charles Anthony Raines (Raines’ full identify) at 3 a.m. native time Sunday. He was bonded out of custody at round 9 p.m. Sunday, with TMZ reporting he was held on a $7,500 bond.
Raines first appeared on MTV’s Actual World: Skeletons in 2015 earlier than occurring to star in a number of seasons of The Problem, together with Battle of the Bloodlines, Rivals III, Invasion of the Champions, Soiled 30, Remaining Reckoning, and Champs vs. Stars II, which he gained in 2018. He additionally appeared on All Stars 4 final yr and most just lately competed in Battle of the Eras, which concluded in January.
He was beforehand in a relationship with fellow Problem star Madison Partitions-Channing, with whom he shares a nine-year-old daughter, Harper. In October 2023, he married Alyssa Giacone, with whom he shares an eight-year-old daughter, Isla.
Talking about Giacone in an interview with Folks in 2023, Raines mentioned, “There’s a lot I really like about her. From her seems to be to how nice a mom she is to the way in which she cares for me, however what means probably the most is the sensation that I get realizing that she helps me by way of all the pieces, and actually having a companion that has my again and finest curiosity at coronary heart.”
Whereas particulars of Sunday’s incident stay scarce, TMZ reviews that sources allege Raines acquired right into a combat with one other man at a marriage in Hammond, Louisiana, on Saturday (February 22) night time. Raines was mentioned to have left the occasion in his automotive and was arrested someday later.
This isn’t Raines’ first run-in with the legislation. In April 2016, he narrowly averted a DUI cost in Charleston, South Carolina, earlier than ultimately being booked for ingesting in public when police discovered him ingesting in his truck in a Burger King parking zone.