NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—An ex-boyfriend of Elizabeth Lyn Vargas pleaded guilty May 9 to attacking the former “The Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member and was immediately sentenced to six years in prison.
Ryan Matthew Geraghty, 34, was arrested in February 2022 following a roughly two-hour standoff with Newport Beach police at Vargas’s home in the 100 block of Medina Way. Police and prosecutors have not formally identified the victim, but Vargas’ manager confirmed it was the former cast member of the Bravo series.
Prosecutors contended Geraghty began blackmailing Vargas on Christmas Eve, forcing her to pay tens of thousands of dollars to prevent him from releasing nude photos of her. According to the prosecutors, he also allegedly forced her to buy him a BMW….