Paris Hilton‘s ex-fiance Chris Zylka has now been charged with two felonies after turning himself into the authorities following his recent arrest.
Zylka, 39, was arrested earlier this month after getting into a bloody brawl with police following an alleged attempted carjacking in Ohio.
An arrest warrant was issued for Zylka after he somehow escaped custody, but on Monday Zylka surrendered, a clerk at the Warren Municipal Court shared with TMZ.
Zylka was hit with two felonies – assault for allegedly elbowing an officer, in addition to attempting to commit an offense with his alleged attempted carjacking.
He was also charged with three misdemeanors – disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and aggravated menacing.
Zylka’s legal troubles began earlier this month. Police were called to Warren, near Cleveland, at 4:45pm on December 4 following a report of a man with no shirt or shoes on in the cold who was attempting to get into a vehicle with a possible gun, according to local station WKBN.
Paris Hilton’s ex-fiance Chris Zylka has now been charged with two felonies after turning himself into the authorities following his recent arrest; pictured 2019
He was captured on bodycam footage with a bloody nose and bruises.
When police arrived they found traffic at a standstill with model and actor Zylka pushing the front of the vehicle while ‘foaming at the mouth’ and appearing to be under the influence of drugs, per WKBN.
Zylka had allegedly tried to get into a woman’s car and had been trying to break the window, police said, with the Leftovers actor allegedly pointing a cellphone like he was brandishing a gun at two detectives who arrived at the scene.
When he was ordered to get on his knees and officers attempted to handcuff him, he resisted, getting one wrist in the restraint before an altercation broke out.
Zylka ‘exchanged blows’ with an officer per the report, with the other detective using a taser which accidentally struck the officer brawling with Zylka.
This officer then used his taser twice on Zylka which did not seem to affect him.
The footage shows Zylka was finally arrested after a third detective managed to subdue and cuff him.
Zylka was filmed struggling with officers and paramedics as he was strapped to a gurney and loaded into an ambulance while bleeding.
Police said paramedics gave Zylka ketamine to calm him down.
Zylka was arrested after getting into a bloody brawl with police following an alleged attempted carjacking in Ohio last week
Zylka and Hilton dated for three years before their romance ended in a called-off engagement in 2018 – pictured 2018
The police report notes personal weapons included ‘hands, feet, fist, teeth, etc.’
A Warren Police Dept. spokesman previously confirmed to TMZ Zylka was no longer in custody and an arrest warranted had been issued. The outlet notes Zylka was possibly able to escape at the hospital.
Zylka is best known for his role as Tom Garvey in the HBO series The Leftovers from 2014-2017.
Zylka and Hilton dated for three years before their romance ended in a called-off engagement in 2018.
Zylka, 39, was captured on bodycam footage with a bloody nose and bruises after police were called to Warren, near Cleveland at 4:45 pm on December 4 following a report a man with no shirt or shoes on in the freezing cold was attempting to get into a vehicle with a gun
Zylka – who was ‘foaming at the mouth’ and reportedly under the influence of drugs – was filmed struggling with officers and paramedics as he was strapped to a gurney and loaded into an ambulance while bleeding
Zylka is pictured at the gym in an October 2024 post
Hilton is now married to Carter Reum and is mom to son Phoenix, 23 months and daughter London, 13 months.
In 2023 Zylka opened up about their past relationship and revealed that he misses Hilton’s family, but admitted he couldn’t divulge many details about their romance due to an NDA.
‘I have nothing bad to say, and anyone that does have anything bad to say about her, is probably a bad person, to be honest with you,’ he declared.
Getting candid, he noted, ‘I miss her family. I miss her mom and dad and her brothers and sister. I miss driving from her house to Bel Air to hangout with them.’
As for regrets, Zylka said, ‘I’ve never been able to apologize to her for just like, not being grateful for the experience and all that she did for me.’
Continuing to praise the entrepreneur, he added, ‘She’s the one relationship that I’ve ever had that there was no take, it was all give. It was all give. And it was really lovely.’
He dished, ‘I’m not supposed to say anything because when we did finalize everything and breakup — I know about past breakups with her, so I did sign an NDA saying that I won’t write a book or say anything like that, but there was never anything negative that I could say.’
Chris referred to Paris as a ‘rockstar’ for her musical accomplishments as a DJ.
A Warren Police Dept. spokesman confirmed to TMZ Zylka is no longer in custody and there is a warrant out for his arrest
The two ultimately went their separate ways so he could focus on work, which he had not doing during their time together.
‘My work was just really important to me. And I obviously chose her over work, and I don’t regret it. It was at the peak of my career,’ he explained.
‘We were going into the final season of The Leftovers. And my time with her, I didn’t work, which was just two, three years, but the overall experiences and just the people, the people that you would meet. Just such lovely people.’
