{"id":260133,"date":"2026-08-28T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/brittany-cartwright-says-jax-taylor-assaulted-her-threatened-to-gut-her-like-a-fish\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:27:27","slug":"brittany-cartwright-says-jax-taylor-assaulted-her-threatened-to-gut-her-like-a-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/brittany-cartwright-says-jax-taylor-assaulted-her-threatened-to-gut-her-like-a-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Cartwright Says Jax Taylor Assaulted Her, Threatened to &#8216;Gut&#8217; Her &#8216;Like a Fish&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/jax-taylor-brittany-cartwright-finally-reach-custody-deal-complete-with-booze-drug-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal war between Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor<\/a> took a stunning new turn today.<\/p>\n<p>In court documents obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/28\/brittany-cartwright-gets-restraining-order-against-jax-taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, Brittany requests a temporary restraining order, alleging that Jax threatened to \u201cgut\u201d her \u201clike a f\u2014en fish\u201d and physically attacked her.<\/p>\n<p>The request was granted, and Jax has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from Brittany at all times.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Jax Taylor and  Brittany Cartwright attend the 2019 E! People's Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on November 10, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. \" class=\"wp-image-562042 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1186834432-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jax Taylor and  Brittany Cartwright attend the 2019 E! People\u2019s Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on November 10, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth\/WireImage)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brittany also requested sole custody of the exes\u2019 5-year-old son, Cruz, but that petition was denied pending a hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Brittany alleges that Jax engaged in \u201ccoercive control, financial abuse, emotional and psychological abuse, gaslighting, and even physical violence perpetrated upon me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also accuses him of physically attacking her and throwing furniture at her, which resulted in injuries.<\/p>\n<p>She goes on to claim that Jax \u2014 with whom she co-starred on Bravo\u2019s <em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em> \u2014 intentionally damaged multiple iPhones and one iPad during one of his alleged rages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcHAFJEmmQj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>TMZ has also obtained what they say are photos showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2026\/08\/28\/brittany-cartwright-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the aftermath of one of Jax\u2019s alleged violent outbursts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The photos seem to show a large bruise on Brittany\u2019s knee, a badly damaged iPad, and other signs of <\/p>\n<p>Brittany alleges that the damage took place during a July 2024 incident at their home.<\/p>\n<p>She claims that Jax became angry after going through private messages on her iPad.<\/p>\n<p>She alleges that the bruise is a result of Jax throwing a coffee table, which struck her on the knee.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, these are very serious allegations, and the legal war between these exes is likely to intensify even further from here.<\/p>\n<p>Jax previously<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/jax-taylor-says-brittany-cartwright-is-sabotaging-his-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> accused Brittany of trying to sabotage his career <\/a>by making damaging public statements.<\/p>\n<p>These days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/jax-taylor-says-brittany-cartwright-is-sabotaging-his-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jax is dating Lori Krebs<\/a>, a friend of Brittany\u2019s who previously worked as her publicist.<\/p>\n<p>Brittany condemned the relationship, as well as Jax\u2019s infidelities and other transgressions during their relationship, but this is the first time that she has accused him of physical abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor has yet to publicly respond to the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/brittany-cartwright-says-jax-taylor-assaulted-her-threatened-to-gut-her-like-a-fish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes The ongoing legal war between Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor took a stunning new turn today. In court documents obtained by TMZ, Brittany requests a temporary restraining order, alleging that Jax threatened to \u201cgut\u201d her \u201clike a f\u2014en fish\u201d and physically attacked her. The request was granted, and Jax has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-260133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260133","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=260133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}