After 5 years together, Sarah Hyland and boyfriend Matt Prokop split for good, but not before Hyland revealed to the world the abusive relationship she had been in the past years. From the outside, this duo seemed like a picture perfect couple, but we later learned that they were the complete opposite.
The couple first met during their auditions for High School Musical 3: Senior Year in 2008 and the starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Geek Charming together. They began their relationship shortly after that. In 2012, Hyland underwent a kidney transplant as a result of her lifelong battle with kidney dysplasia and she repeatedly told reporters that Prokop stood by her side through all of it. He helped her with medication and taking her to doctors appointments.
From there, things got quite ugly. Sarah Hyland filed for a temporary restraining order against Matt Prokop. The document states that he choked her, pushed her and even threatened her. It claims that he terrorized her both verbally and physically during the last 4 years of their relationship. Evidence of the abuse was found in a report of an argument the couple had about one of Hyland’s outfits where Prokop proceeded to pin Hyland against a car and choke her, calling her names as well.
Other allegations include Matt threatening to set one of Sarah’s homes on fire and also suggesting to her that she would never see her dog again. Hyland’s Modern Family costar Julie Bowen apparently stepped in to help Sarah end the relationship peacefully. Unfortunately, when Prokop saw Julie Bowen arrive, he freaked out, began running outside into the backyard screaming, and then threw a lighter at Sarah Hyland. Bowen then to Sarah to get out of the house, because she wasn’t safe around Matt. Sarah tried to end the relationship many times, but Prokop would always threaten her, saying he would burn her house down, kill her dog or even commit suicide himself. Finally, Hyland was able to end the relationship and soon after, Prokop entered a rehabilitation facility but he is said to already be out of treatment.
At word of this, the director of the facility contacted Sarah Hyland and her family telling them that it would be in their best interest to get a temporary restraining order against him due to his current mental state and attitude towards the actress. The restraining order that Sarah Hyland took out states that Matthew Prokop is to stay at least 100 yards away from Sarah and her dog at all times.
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