{"id":253862,"date":"2026-07-26T20:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/below-deck-alum-details-alleged-conditions-in-immigration-detention-center-after-30-hour-hold\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:42:58","slug":"below-deck-alum-details-alleged-conditions-in-immigration-detention-center-after-30-hour-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/below-deck-alum-details-alleged-conditions-in-immigration-detention-center-after-30-hour-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Below Deck\u2019 Alum Details Alleged Conditions in Immigration Detention Center After 30-Hour Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/below-deck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Below Deck<\/em><\/a> alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/below-deck-meds-natalya-scudder-blames-kyle-viljoen-for-tumi-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Natalya Scudder<\/strong><\/a> is detailing her alleged experience in an immigration detention center after she said she was held for \u201c30 to 40\u201d hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI basically got pulled from, like, this main waiting area to the behind-the-scenes area of the airport, which is like a detention holding center,\u201d Scudder, who starred on season 7 and 8 of the hit Bravo reality TV show, alleged while<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/25\/natalya-scudder-details-horrific-conditions-detention-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> speaking to <em>TMZ<\/em><\/a> in an interview published on Saturday, July 25. \u201cDirty blankets on the floor; there\u2019s stains all over the walls; there\u2019s a shower but there\u2019s no towels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scudder added, \u201cI said, like, \u2018How long am I going to be here for?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018You\u2019re going to be here from one to five days.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality TV alum, an Australian resident who had a visa to visit the United States but not work in the country, said she landed in LAX and was going through immigration when she realized \u201csomething is wrong here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/below-deck-guest-anthony-drewitt-barlows-house-raided-by-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/below-deck-guest-anthony-drewitt-barlows-house-raided-by-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Why Former &#8216;Below Deck&#8217; Guest&#8217;s House Was Raided by Federal Agents<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFormer Below Deck guest Anthony Drewitt-Barlow\u2019s house has been raided by federal agents. Drewitt-Barlow, who appeared on one episode of the hit Bravo series in 2021, had his home raided by Homeland Security agents in Tampa, Florida earlier this week,according to TMZ. \u201cHomeland Security Investigations Tampa did execute a federal search warrant at that location,\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey were just like, \u2018In 2024, you took photos on the land that generated this much money.\u2019 They said that, \u2018You earned this money by taking photos on American soil,\u2019\u201d she alleged. \u201cAnd they had a problem with it, saying I legally worked on the wrong visa.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125.1%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4387918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"belowdeckalum.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/belowdeckalum_13ff73.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Natalya Scudder\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She continued of her alleged experience, \u201cThere\u2019s no, like, consent form \u2014 they just take your iPhone. They went through absolutely everything \u2014 your ChatGPT history, your notes, your texts. They even pulled up deleted messages. Whatever you think is deleted in your iPhone is not deleted it all goes into, like, some storage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scudder claimed that the authorities went through \u201ceverything you\u2019ve ever screenshotted, taken a picture of, googled,\u201d calling the experience \u201cembarrassing\u201d and alleging that some agents were laughing when they \u201ccame out of this room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you get taken to, like, a detention center where I was the only girl and they give you no information \u2014 they just tell you you\u2019re detained,\u201d she continued, adding that after asking for a blanket she was allegedly told she\u2019s not at the \u201cBeverly Hills Hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018If I\u2019m here for one to five days, how will I shower?\u2019 They said, \u2018Oh, you just wash yourself and dry yourself with your dirty clothes and put them back on,\u2019\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Scudder said that after finally calming down and managing to fall asleep, agents shook her awake for her official interview. After answering \u201cthe first few questions,\u201d she claimed, she said she knew she was going to be deported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>She said that after a 17-hour flight to the U.S., she was detained for 30-40 hours and then sent back to Australia via another 17-hour flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love America, but I think the laws \u2014 the warning from this, for anyone who does content creation, would be: they really have locked in now on people who do Instagram or make any money from YouTube, OnlyFans, Playboy,\u201d she concluded, adding that if a person is \u201ctaking pictures on American soil\u201d they should have a work Visa.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us<\/em> has reached out to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/below-deck-alum-details-alleged-30-hour-immigration-detention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below Deck alum Natalya Scudder is detailing her alleged experience in an immigration detention center after she said she was held for \u201c30 to 40\u201d hours. \u201cI basically got pulled from, like, this main waiting area to the behind-the-scenes area of the airport, which is like a detention holding center,\u201d Scudder, who starred on season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}