Welcome to Arrest Stories. Reality television star Garrick Merrifield from the TLC show Seeking Sister Wife was arrested in Colorado on domestic violence charges just days after announcing the birth of his newborn daughter. Here's what may have happened.
Forty-year-old Garrick Merrifield was taken into custody by authorities in Chaffee County, Colorado on misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Merrifield, who stars in the TLC reality series Seeking Sister Wife, has since bonded out of jail and been released from custody.
The arrest came just over a week after Merrifield announced the birth of his daughter Sarah with his wife Lorrana on July third, two thousand twenty five. Merrifield had recently given an interview on November seventeenth where he expressed his joy about the new addition to his plural family, stating he was excited to see more of her personality and watching her grow up with her siblings.
Merrifield lives in what he calls a plural marriage arrangement with two wives and four children total. He legally divorced his first wife Dannielle Merrifield after ten years of marriage so he could take additional wives, though she remained part of the family structure. The couple has three children together. In October two thousand twenty four, Merrifield legally married Lorrana, a Brazilian woman, while maintaining his relationship with Dannielle in what they describe as a de facto plural marriage.
The TLC show chronicles Merrifield's life navigating relationships in his plural family arrangement. In recent interviews, family members had spoken positively about their coparenting dynamic, with Lorrana describing it as wonderful to have all the support and be there for each other.
Details surrounding the specific incident that led to Merrifield's domestic violence arrest remain unclear at this time. Authorities have not released additional information about the circumstances or which family member may have been involved.
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