Rick Van Vactor was a familiar face from a rocky season of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. Now his name is back in headlines — and the loudest thing about the story is how much of it is still unconfirmed. Here is what we actually know, versus what one blog has reported.
Who Rick Is — And How He Got Here
Viewers met Rick, 52, in Season 8 as a California hair-and-wig business owner and divorced father of five. He had been talking online to Trisha Stiley, a 25-year-old midwife from Madagascar, and flew there to meet her in person for the first time — after she had gone quiet on him for five days, a silence that shaped everything that followed.
The Madagascar Trip That Fell Apart
The trip unraveled in two blows. First, Rick confessed that while he believed Trisha had ghosted him, he had been unfaithful with an ex in Colombia. Trisha was willing, at first, to move past it. Then came the second blow: Rick would not cut off contact with that ex, and for Trisha, that refusal was the line. She ended it before he flew home, and at the Tell All revealed she had moved on — pregnant with someone else’s baby.
Life After Trisha: A New Romance — And a Quiet Unfollow
After the season, Rick turned the page publicly. In April 2026, he shared an airplane photo with a new woman on his Instagram Story, and later marked five months together. By October 2026, reports tracking his social media say she appears to no longer follow him — a quiet unfollow fans read as a split, unconfirmed by either side. That ambiguity matters, because the newest reports concern that relationship.
The Arrest Reports: What Was Actually Claimed
On October 29, 2026, the 90 Day blog KiKi and Kibbitz reported that Rick was, in its words, “reportedly arrested on 10/28/2026 following an alleged physical confrontation with his current girlfriend,” and that he was released on bail. TV Insider’s October 30 roundup relayed the same report, and TV Season & Spoilers covered it the same day.
Here is what has not happened, as of publication: no police statement, court record, or charging document has been cited, and neither Rick nor TLC has confirmed the claim. The blog itself stressed the allegations remain unproven and an arrest does not mean guilt; TV Season & Spoilers noted the source was still seeking official details. This article does not repeat the blog’s more graphic claims or treat them as fact. In short: one blog’s report, picked up by entertainment outlets, with no independent official confirmation so far.
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The debate breaks into two camps, both asking how much weight one unconfirmed report should carry. One side says wait for facts — a single blog post without official backup is not a verdict. The other points to Rick’s on-screen history — the cheating confession, the refusal to block his ex — and says the reports fit a pattern of red flags from Season 8.
Both arguments have a limit. A television edit is not a court record, and a pattern spotted on a reality show is not proof about an off-screen incident. Equally, “unproven” does not mean “untrue” — only official records or firsthand statements can change that. Until then, the fairest summary is the simplest: reports exist, confirmation does not, and the story is unfinished.
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So where do you stand? Team “wait for the facts” — or Team “pattern of red flags”? Tell us in the comments, and what evidence would change your mind.
