'Bachelor' Brad Womack's Bad Boy Past Comes Back to Haunt Him

This season's "Bachelor" is the dashing....Bradley Pickelsimer? Yep, ABC's background checkers missed the fact that second time "Bachelor" star Brad Womack used to go by a different name- and has a bit of a rap sheet. Welcome to the reality TV Hall of Shame.

Womack's 1993 arrest likely slipped past the "Bachelor" screeners because he went by his given name at the time- Stephen Bradley Pickelsimer.

According to E Online, Womack's 1993 felony arrest was for forging a driver's license. He was also arrested for public intoxication and passing a bad check. Not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to bring home to mom and dad, eh?

You can take a peek at Womack's rap sheet here .

But Womack's bad boy past is just one more skeleton that has come out of his closet and likely won't affect viewer opinion of him. "Bachelor" fans have already heard all about his sad childhood and absentee daddy issues. At this point, you either love Brad or you don't. A rap sheet from 18 years ago probably won't hurt him at this point.

Meanwhile, he's far from the first reality star to have an arrest record come back to haunt him.

Back in 2009, seven "Dancing With the Stars" cast members had rap sheets, including Macy Gray (stealing gas; driving while intoxicated), Michael Irvin (cocaine possession) and Aaron Carter (marijuana possession).

And while filming the MTV reality series "Jersey Shore," Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was arrested for public drunkenness after a boardwalk slosh fest. The arrest was shown on a recent episode of the series.

And many times, reality stars get into trouble after their reality stint has ended. Everyone from "Real World" star Puck Rainey to "Hills" stars Jason Wahler and Stephanie Pratt have been busted with DUIs and the original 'Survivor" winner, Richard hatch, got slapped with jail time for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize. It was just an oversight, Judge....

As for Womack, even with his rap sheet past, in "Bachelor" fans' eyes his biggest crime still may be not choosing either Jenni or DeAnna.