Ronnie Ortiz-Magro is insisting he was the good guy in the disconcerting altercation with Jen Harley which led to his arrest last week.
According to TMZ sources, the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star claims he never picked up a knife against his baby momma during their latest domestic incident in Los Angeles which reportedly ended in cops breaking down a door, tasing the father-of-one, and booking him for kidnapping.
As we reported, Ronnie has been accused of striking his on-again-off-again girlfriend and chasing her with a knife while holding their daughter Ariana Sky. But Ron now apparently says he never so much as touched the weapon during the ordeal, and insists he was merely trying to protect their 18-month-old.
These new insiders claim the 33-year-old only confronted Jen because he was afraid she was trying to take Ariana away from their Airbnb rental home. While surveillance footage showing a terrified Jen outside with Ariana in her arms does seem to support this, it sounds like she was only trying to get their little girl away from Ronnie — who Jen claims went off the rails after doing cocaine.
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TMZ published the footage over the weekend showing a barefooted Jen early Friday morning approaching their neighbor’s home and attempting to open the gate. She then appeared to check the trunk of the neighbor’s car to see if it’s open — possibly to hide her daughter inside — before walking away.
The neighbor who shared the footage (check it out HERE) with the outlet said Jen ended up pounding on her glass door asking for help, but the neighbor was frightened to let her in, so she instead called the police. The neighbor then allegedly looked out her window to see Jen trying to drop baby Ari over a fence as a shirtless Ronnie showed up and swiped the child back.
According to the neighbor, Ronnie and Jen struggled for a moment before the father grabbed the baby, allegedly struck Jen, then left the premises. Harley apparently came back to the house a little bit later without Ariana and asked to use the phone, but the neighbor told her cops were already on the way.
When police eventually arrived around 2:50 a.m., Ronnie was holed up in their rental with Ariana and refused to come out. Cops had to breach the front door and subdue the MTV icon with a taser before cuffing him to a gurney and booking him on kidnapping charges. He was released from custody a short while later.
TMZ’s sources say both Ron and Jen’s friends are adamant they split up for good, for Ariana’s (and their own) safety.
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[Image via Jen Harley/Instagram]
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