Nov 24, 2007 7:27 pm US/Pacific
'Bachelor' Contestant Arrested In Florida
SEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) ―
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This photo provided Friday, Nov. 23, 2007 by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows Maribel Liliana Delgado, who also goes by Mary Delgado.
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
A former cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who was proposed to on the reality TV show "The Bachelor" was accused of punching a man she lives with in the mouth, authorities said.
Mary Delgado was taken into custody just after midnight Wednesday on a battery charge and was under the influence of alcohol when she was arrested, according to a police affidavit.
Delgado received a proposal on the show in 2004 from professional bass fisherman Byron Velvick. The two appeared together Tuesday in a special episode of "The Bachelor" called "After the Final Rose."
The police affidavit does not name Delgado's fiance, but says the pair have lived together "as a family" for the last three years. According to sheriff officials, Delgado was released Wednesday afternoon.
She gave her name as Maribel Liliana Delgado. A telephone listing for the pair could not be found.
Seminole is about 10 miles northwest of St. Petersburg.
Delgado was originally on season four of "The Bachelor" with Bob Guiney. She made it through to the final three Bachelorettes before being sent home without a rose.
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