Zachery Ty Bryan Attends Court, Faces Possible Full Sentence for 3 Probation Violations: Report

Zachery Ty Bryan is reportedly facing a full sentence after violating probation three times.

Bryan, 44, appeared in an Oregon court on Monday, December 29, and admitted to the violations, according to the ABC News affiliate station KEZI. The outlet reported that Bryan will be sentenced on February 17. 

The former Home Improvement actor, who lives in the city of Eugene, Oregon, was convicted of domestic violence in Lane County in 2023. Instead of receiving up to 20 months in prison, he was given three years of probation. His probation officer now wants the court to give Bryan a full sentence. 

Us Weekly has reached out to Bryan for comment. 

Bryan was arrested multiple times over a period of 26 months, per KEZI. Those arrests included three for driving under the influence of intoxicants and two that were out-of-state and violated a travel ban. In early 2025, he was taken into custody for allegedly assaulting his fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, in South Carolina.

Bryan and Cartwright, 32, were both arrested last month in the Fall Creek area of Oregon.

“On November 29th at about 12:30 p.m., Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of reckless endangering in the area of Big Fall Creek Road milepost 5, a popular camping area northeast of Lowell,” The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement at the time. 

The statement added that Bryan and Cartwright were driving in a pickup truck with their three children when Bryan got out of the car and started walking on the road. 

“Cartwright then attempted to run over Bryan, crashing the truck with the children inside into the ditch,” the Sheriff’s Office stated. “Bryan was able to move out of the way and avoid injury. No one inside the pickup was injured.”

According to authorities, both Bryan and Cartwright “were impaired.” 

Bryan was arrested for violating probation as a result of the prior assault conviction and released from police custody on December 10. As for Cartwright, she was arraigned on December 1, pleading not guilty to one count of driving under the influence, two counts of recklessly endangering another person and three counts of reckless driving. 

(Bryan has denied the allegations against him. People previously reported that he’d been “cleared.”)

Per court documents obtained by Us Weekly earlier this month, Cartwright was released, pre-trial, with conditions that included not communicating with Bryan. She was also instructed to use an alcohol monitor. According to KEZI, she will head to trial on February 11. 

Bryan and Cartwright announced their engagement in November 2021. They share a daughter, born in April 2022, and twins born in May 2023. 

Cartwright is a former model and also worked as a jetpack instructor in Newport Beach for three years, per her Facebook profile.

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.