Jason Hoppy: the full story behind Bethenny Frankel’s ex-husband

Jason Hoppy is an American businessman and former pharmaceutical sales representative who became a familiar face on Bravo through his marriage to Bethenny Frankel. They wed in March 2010, separated in December 2012, and spent the next nine years in court. He has lived almost entirely out of public view since 2021.

His name still pulls thousands of searches a month, mostly from people who watched Bethenny Ever After and want to know how the story ended. The short version: it ended quietly, and the version circulating on most websites gets one important part wrong.

Jason Hoppy at a glance

A note on his birth year, because the search results disagree. IMDb lists 10 September 1971. That matches the NYPD, who described him as 45 years old at the time of his January 2017 arrest. Several biography sites list 1970 instead, which would have made him 46. The 1971 date is the better-supported one.

Before Bravo: sales, basketball, and a family loss

Hoppy grew up in Pennsylvania in an ordinary family. His parents, Robert and Carol, appeared on camera during Bethenny Ever After, which is unusual for the in-laws of a reality star and says something about how willing the family initially was to be filmed.

He lost his older brother, Bryan, in a car accident in February 1991. Bryan was 20.

Hoppy attended the University of Scranton and played basketball there. [VERIFY: University of Scranton attendance and basketball career — reported by secondary biography sites, not by a primary source] He then built a conventional corporate career in pharmaceutical sales, later moving into real estate. Nothing about that background suggested he would end up in tabloids.

The marriage that made him famous

Frankel was already a breakout star on The Real Housewives of New York City when they met in the late 2000s. They got engaged in 2009 and married in March 2010 in Manhattan while she was pregnant. Their daughter Bryn arrived two months later.

Bravo gave them a spinoff. Bethenny Ever After ran from 2010 and followed the wedding, the baby, and the early marriage. Hoppy was cast, in effect, as the steady one.

The marriage lasted two years. Frankel announced their separation in December 2012 and filed for divorce weeks later.

Nine years in court

This is the part people remember, and the timeline is worth laying out properly because it moved in stages rather than all at once.

Frankel has since described the period as the hardest of her life. On her podcast in 2024 she said the litigation left her with PTSD and lasting trust issues. Hoppy has never given a comparable public account, which is a large part of why the public record leans one way.

The 2017 arrest, and what the court actually decided

On 27 January 2017, Hoppy was arrested at his residence. Police said he had contacted Frankel repeatedly by email and FaceTime after receiving a cease-and-desist letter in November 2016, and that he approached her and her then-boyfriend Dennis Shields outside Bryn’s school that morning. According to the complaint, he told her I will destroy you and warned her she could hire as many lawyers as she wanted.

He was charged with aggravated harassment, harassment in the second degree, and stalking in the fourth degree. Additional stalking counts were added at an arraignment in July 2017. He denied every allegation. His lawyers filed a motion to dismiss, which a judge rejected in August.

What actually happened next

In October 2017 he accepted an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal, usually shortened to ACD. This is where most articles about him go wrong, so it is worth being exact.

An ACD is not a conviction and not a guilty plea. Under New York law, the court pauses the case for a set period. If the defendant stays out of trouble, the charges are dismissed and the record is sealed as though the arrest never happened.

Hoppy’s terms were six months of compliance with Frankel’s order of protection and no new offences. He met them. On 20 April 2018 the case was formally dismissed and the order of protection expired. There was no hearing, no verdict, and no criminal record.

That distinction matters. Writing that Hoppy “was convicted of stalking” is factually false, and several pages currently ranking for his name imply exactly that.

How the custody question ended

The criminal case and the custody case ran in parallel and influenced each other. A judge ordered fresh forensic custody evaluations in 2018. A multi-day custody hearing followed in 2019.

Frankel was awarded full legal custody in 2020. In December 2021, with Bryn then 11 and old enough for the court to weigh her preference, Hoppy agreed to cede primary residential custody. Frankel’s child support obligation ended at the same time. Reporting at the time indicated Hoppy made that concession himself rather than fighting it to a ruling.

Frankel has spoken publicly since about Bryn being settled and happy. Both parents remained legally involved in her life.

What Jason Hoppy is doing now

Very little that is publicly documented, which appears to be deliberate. He has no active public social media presence and gives no interviews. Reporting places him in the New York area. He has not appeared on television since the Bravo years.

Two claims circulate constantly and neither is confirmed:

• A remarriage. In 2026 the gossip account DeuxMoi posted that Hoppy had remarried and had a child. No mainstream outlet has verified it and no public record has been produced. A separate claim naming a specific new wife in 2021 appears only on low-quality biography sites and traces to no original source. Treat both as rumour.
• A net worth figure. Numbers ranging into the millions get published confidently across dozens of sites, none citing anything. He was a salaried sales professional who received a private divorce settlement. Nobody outside his accountant and his lawyers knows the figure, and any site that states one precisely is guessing.

Being honest about that gap is more useful than filling it. If a fact about a private person’s finances has no source, it has no value.

FAQs

Who is Jason Hoppy?

An American businessman and former pharmaceutical sales representative, known publicly as Bethenny Frankel’s ex-husband and a cast member on Bethenny Ever After.

How old is Jason Hoppy?

He was born on 10 September 1971, which makes him 54 as of August 2026.

Was Jason Hoppy convicted of stalking?

No. He was arrested in 2017 and accepted an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal. The charges were dismissed in April 2018 with no conviction.

Does Jason Hoppy have custody of Bryn?

No. Frankel received full legal custody in 2020 and primary residential custody in December 2021.

Is Jason Hoppy married again?

There is no verified evidence of a remarriage. A 2026 gossip-account claim remains unconfirmed by any mainstream outlet.

When was the divorce finalised?

January 2021, roughly nine years after the couple separated in December 2012.

What is Jason Hoppy’s net worth?

Jason Hoppy is a pharmaceutical sales rep and licensed New York City real estate agent who has a net worth of $2.5 million.

Why this story keeps resurfacing

Hoppy stopped talking in 2021. Frankel did not, and she has a podcast, a large audience, and an ongoing willingness to revisit the marriage. Every time she does, his name climbs the search charts again and a fresh batch of articles gets written by people who never covered the original case.

That asymmetry is the real reason the record on him is so unreliable. If you are researching him, check the date on anything you read and check whether it distinguishes an arrest from a conviction. Most do not.

Jackson Padilla

JacksonPadilla is a writer at Around Celebrities, covering celebrity families, relationships, biographies, and the stories behind the stars. With a focus on clear and engaging storytelling, Kole helps readers discover the people and connections beyond the spotlight.