Matt Prokop Cast on 'Modern Family'

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Modern Family is set to fill the shoes of Haley Dunphy's Brad Pitt in True Romance-echoing boyfriend Dylan with actress Sarah Hyland's real-life boyfriend Matt Prokop. The two have acted together in a film called Conception as well as in Chris Colfer's upcoming Struck by Lightning. Also, they met at a casting call for High School Musical 3. So sweet!

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Prokop dated his Geek Charming co-star Sarah Hyland for several years until August 2014, when she left him and filed a temporary restraining order against him for physically and verbally abusing her throughout their four-year relationship. In October 2014, a permanent restraining order was granted, and Prokop has not worked in the film or television industries since.

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High School Musical 3′ Actor Matt Prokop Arrested on Alleged Child Pornography Charges

The actor was also arrested for allegedly resisting and evading arrest, PEOPLE can confirm

• High School Musical 3 actor Matt Prokop was arrested and taken into custody at the Victoria County Jail on Dec. 24, an employee at the facility tells PEOPLE
• The actor was charged with four misdemeanor charges and two felonies
• He was charged with aggravated assault of a family member with a weapon and second-degree felony possession of child pornography, among other charges

Former child actor Matt Prokop has been arrested on multiple charges, including possession of child pornography.

Prokop, 35, was arrested and taken into custody on Dec. 24 in Victoria County, Texas, an employee at the Victoria County Jail tells PEOPLE. TMZ was the first to report the news.

Prokop faces four misdemeanor charges, including one count of a violation of bond — protective order, one count of evading arrest or detention and two counts of resisting arrest, search or transportation.

The Disney star also faces one charge of second-degree felony possession of child pornography. He is currently housed in the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office Jail. It remains unclear when he will appear in court.

Prokop’s arrest follows allegations of abuse from his ex-girlfriend, Sarah Hyland, who accused Prokop of verbal and physical abuse during their five-year relationship. She claimed that in May 2014, he allegedly slammed her into a vehicle and choked her during an argument, according to court filings previously obtained by PEOPLE.

Then, in August 2014, her Modern Family costar Julie Bowen intervened and helped Hyland end her relationship, which, per Hyland's restraining order filing, allegedly led Prokop to threaten to kill her dog and burn down her house. The following month, Hyland secured a restraining order against him.

In the years since, she has rarely spoken about the previous relationship. “I don’t know if that part [of] any woman will ever be fully healed from that. It’s something that kind of scars her soul a little bit. It’s more so putting love towards that scar instead of hating it and ignoring it,” she told Variety in October 2024.