Vampire Diaries hunk Zach Roerig arrested for DUI allegedly failing multiple sobriety tests

Vampire Diaries and Dare Me star Zach Roerig had a run in with police over Memorial Day Weekend that resulted in the actor being arrested and spending a messy night in jail.

According to TMZ, Roerig, 35, was pulled over on Sunday at around 2:30 AM in his hometown of Montpelier, Ohio, for not having a front license plate.

But when police approached the vehicle for questioning, they allegedly encountered a driver – Zach – with slurred speech and bloodshot eyes, and say he smelled strongly of liquor. 

TMZ’s sources even go so far as to claim that when officers conducted a series field sobriety tests, Zach allegedly said, ‘This is very hard, I can’t do this when I’m f***ing… When I can’t have a beer.’

The Rings actor was consequently arrested for misdemeanor DUI, and placed in a holding cell overnight. 

Later, Roerig was released from custody on his own recognizance.

As of Friday, his arraignment is scheduled for next week, on June 4th.

And on Wednesday, just three days after his arrest, Roerig took to his Twitter for the first time in almost three years to announce a virtual Vampire Diaries reunion with some of his male cast mates, including Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley.

More recently than VD, Roerig  appeared on the just-canceled USA teen cheerleading drama Dare Me.

Producers on that show, which is co-produced by Netflix, are reportedly shopping the it to other networks in an effort to give it a second life.

For Roerig, meanwhile, this weekend’s fumble is not his first time involved with the law.

In 2013, the father-of-one was awarded custody of his then two-year-old love child from her jailed mother Alanna Turner, who was serving time in federal prison after pleading guilty to ‘various crimes,’ according to TMZ.

The existence of his secret daughter emerged in July of that year, when the actor sued for child support – a claim he since dropped.