Divorce Papers, a Slap, and the DA's Decision: Inside the Patrick Mendes and Thais Ramone Incident

When Patrick Mendes showed up at his estranged wife’s Nevada home on May 22 to let their child say goodbye before she returned to Brazil, he probably didn’t expect the day to end with a police report and an arrest. But that’s exactly what happened when tensions erupted between the 90 Day Fiancé star and Thais Ramone—just two days after he’d served her with divorce papers.

According to the police report, Patrick claimed Thais slapped him across the left side of his face during the heated argument. Officers who arrived at the scene noted visible marks on his face that corroborated his account, and Patrick even had the incident captured on video. Thais acknowledged the physical contact during questioning but told police she acted in self-defense, also describing Patrick as“controlling”during their interaction with authorities.

Based on their investigation, officers determined that force had been used and arrested Thais at the scene for domestic battery. It seemed like a straightforward case—until it didn’t. The District Attorney ultimately decided not to pursue criminal charges, a development that shifted the entire trajectory of what initially looked like a clear-cut domestic violence case. The decision left questions hanging about what investigators uncovered that prompted the change in direction.

Now the couple’s divorce remains pending, with both parties presumably navigating the fallout from a marriage that’s clearly reached its breaking point. Thais’s representative has maintained that relationship dynamics are rarely simple, offering a statement that emphasized her devotion to motherhood and her family-first approach. It’s a reminder that even in the public eye, the details behind relationship breakdowns often resist easy categorization—and that what plays out in police reports doesn’t always tell the whole story.

The real stakes here aren’t about who’s right or wrong in a single heated moment. They’re about a child caught in the middle of two adults untangling a failed marriage, and about what happens when a relationship that played out on reality TV implodes in real life.