Influencer and Dancing With The Stars’ Hayes Grier arrested after assault which ‘left man with brain damage’

Hayes Grier is set to appear in court on Monday (Picture: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)

Hayes Grier – an influencer who appeared on Dancing With The Stars in the US – has been arrested following an alleged assault that left a man with brain damage.

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office confirmed 21-year-old Grier, who has a home in Encino, California, was detained Friday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, on warrants.

According to TMZ, he faces three charges: felony conspiracy, common law robbery, and assault causing serious bodily injury. He was released after posting $17,500 (£12.5k) bond.

Grier is accused of assaulting William Markolf as well as stealing his $1,200 (£862) phone, however the cause of the alleged assault has not been determined.

Police state Markolf was left with injuries including a broken eyeball socket, brain damage, bruised ribs, bleeding from the back of the head, and loss of hearing following the alleged assault.

Grier rose to fame in 2013 on now-defunct social media platform Vine, and is now a popular influencer on Instagram, where he boasts 5.6million followers, and YouTube, where he has 882,000 subscribers.

He is facing three charges (Picture: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office)

He appeared on DWTS in 2015 (Picture: Amanda Edwards/WireImage)

In 2015 he was the youngest competitor on the 21st season of Dancing With The Stars, when he appeared on the show aged 15. He came in eighth place.

Grier – whose 26-year-old brother Will is the Carolina Panthers backup quarterback – also appeared in the Hulu 2016 series Freakish, while his family was the centre of the Verizon Go90 app reality show, Top Grier.

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The influencer is scheduled to appear in court at 9am on Monday, according to local press. It’s not clear whether he will appear from North Carolina or California.

Metro.co.uk contacted reps of Hayes for comment.

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