The Bachelorette’s Brad Involved in Madison Cawthorn Car Crash

One of the Taylor Frankie Paulhis suitors in his season The Bachelorette was involved in a 2014 car accident that left a former Republican congressman Madison Cawthorne disabled.

Brad Ledford it was among the contestants in season 22 of The Bachelorette, which was supposed to premiere on Sunday, March 22.

“I’m desperate for love! If Taylor is looking for a handsome California cowboy, she need look no further than Brad,” the 29-year-old’s ABC report read. “His best friend is his horse, Gus, who he partners with in all his cowboy duties. When he’s not on the farm, Brad enjoys dancing, hanging out at the beach and listening to Adele.”

The description added, “This intrepid romantic is ready to start a family and prides himself on being a generous, loving partner. We can’t wait to see if he can make his way into the Bachelorette’s heart.”

In addition, Brad’s occupation was listed as “cow/entrepreneur.”

About 12 years before Brad’s Bachelor Nation tour, he was involved in an accident that left Madison, 30, in a wheelchair. Brad and Madison were 17 and 18, respectively, when their car crashed. (Brad was driving the car at the time of the incident.)

“He was my brother, my best friend, too [left] I’m in a car to die in a burning grave,” Madison – who left Congress in January 2023 after losing the Republican primary in May 2022 – during his speech at Patrick Henry College in 2017. “He ran to the safety of the woods and just left me in the burning car as the flames started to lick my legs and curl and burn my left side.”

Brad denied that he deliberately abandoned his friend after the accident.

Brad said: “It was very sad that he would say something so untrue like that The Washington Post at that time. “That didn’t happen. I got him out of the car the second time I was able to get out of the car.”

Brad and Madison ended up repairing their friendship with this near-real star who attended Madison’s 2020 election victory party.

“Me and I have been through a lot together,” said Brad People in 2021. “I’m still thinking about it, and I’m trying to figure out how I feel about that, or the best way I think it should be handled. Obviously, I know what he said to me and that’s what really matters, right? He’s apologized for that several times, and it seems very genuine.”

Brad opened The Bachelorette you have it has since been canceled by ABC amid ongoing allegations of domestic violence against wife Taylor, 31.

“Taylor is very grateful for ABC’s support as she puts the safety and security of her family first,” an ABC spokesperson said. Secret Lives of Mormon Wives said the star Us Weekly in a statement on Thursday, March 19. “After years of silent mental and physical abuse and threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally finding the strength to confront the accuser and take steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.”

Taylor was arrested in 2023 after an argument with her then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensenwho pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was placed on probation. Almost three years later, leaked footage of the incident showed Taylor punching Dakota, 33, and throwing chairs at her in front of her daughter. (Taylor shares Indy, 8, and Ocean, 5, with ex-husband Tate Paul, and sons Ever, 2, and Dakota.)

Dakota, who has denied any allegations about his behavior, was granted a temporary protection order against Taylor on Friday, March 20, preventing any contact between the students and giving him the right to stay with Ever until the trial in April.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.