A North Texas influencer who gained online notoriety for professing a desire to date incarcerated men was arrested on felony charges this week.
Ash Trevino, whose full name is Ashley Lopez-Trevino, was spotted near her home on Wednesday night by a Venus police officer, according to the department’s chief, James Groom. The officer knew she had “active felony warrants entered into the system by the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office” and took her into custody. She bonded out of the county jail for $15,000, People reported.
Joe Fitzgerald, a sergeant with the county’s sheriff’s office, told The Dallas Morning News the office “has no connection to Ms. Lopez-Trevino’s criminal investigation,” adding that its “only role” was to detain her for an arraignment.
People said it obtained a Venus Police Department arrest report that detailed two warrants from November, one for healthcare fraud between $2,500 and $30,000 and another for fraud. The News has not yet independently confirmed the nature of the warrants.
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Lopez-Trevino, who public records show has lived in Ellis County, deferred comment to her lawyer and manager. The News did not immediately hear back from them.
In clips that emerged online after the arrest, Lopez-Trevino said she didn’t know about any warrants.
“Imma fight this,” she said in one video, adding, “I date inmates. I don’t become an inmate.”
Lopez-Trevino, 36, built a social media following posting lifestyle content on TikTok, where at one point she had roughly 1 million followers. Her original account no longer exists, but she continues to post on Instagram and Snapchat.
Her posts have been met with intrigue and scorn. She has chronicled social media feuds and her experiences dating inmates. Some viewers have criticized Lopez-Trevino, who is a mother, for potentially exposing her daughters to her romantic partners.
She also found herself embroiled in controversy over whether her daughters had beds in her home. She appeared on a podcast with her daughters in May and explained the situation was temporary.