Survivor's Erik Huffman arrested for domestic abuse against wife Jaime Dugan

Disheartening news comes this past weekend ofan arrest made in late January of this yearafterSurvivoralums Erik Huffman and Jaime Dugan allegedly got into a fight.TMZwas the first to report the news on March 8, withUs Weeklyalso reporting on the news on March 11 after obtaining the police report on the case. Huffman and Dugan met onSurvivorduring the 15th season, titledSurvivor: China, which aired on CBS in 2007.

As US Weekly reports, police arrived at a convenience store in Spartanburg, South Carolina in January after receiving a disturbance call, to find only Huffman at the scene. Huffman told authorities that Dugan left the store after they allegedly got into a fight, in which Dugan accused her husband of cheating on her. "He told the police that he was concerned about Dugan’s wellbeing," the publication reports. TMZ reports that Huffman told authorities that Dugan said she might harm herself.

When police finally spoke with Dugan, she explained that she and her husband got into an argument because she found a burner phone in his car. "She alleged that they fought over the device and he broke her fingernail and left some small cuts on her hand," Us Weekly writes. Dugan shared that she ended up leaving the convenience store for her own safety. TMZ says that Dugan also denied saying she was going to harm herself.

Huffman was then arrested for third-degree domestic violence. You can see his mugshot in the TMZ tweet below.

Neither Huffman nor Dugan ended up winning their season ofSurvivor, with Dugan, then 22,finishing on Day 21, and Huffman, then 26, leaving on Day 33. And while the two cast mates did not make things official while on the show, they ended up dating after they were voted off. When meeting onSurvivor: China, they realized they didn't live far from each other in the real world and bonded over that connection.

Huffman and Dugangot engagedin 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina. Since then, the couple got married — afterwinning a $80,000 wedding— in 2009 and welcomed their son Harper into the world.

It's uncertain where Huffman and Dugan go from here. Dugan, who is activeon Instagram, has her page set to private right now, and it doesn't look like she's made any public statements to the media since the arrest. CuriousRedditors discussed her recent social mediaactivity in a forum, with the general consensus being deep disappointment in the situation and heartbreak for Dugan.

Huffman and Dugan have one of thelongestSurvivorrelationships, and fans are incredibly sad to hear this news.

Survivorseason 46 is currently airing on CBS.

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