Demi Lovato’s former fiancé Max Ehrich found himself in more legal trouble last month after he was reportedly arrested for possession of nitrous oxide.Ehrich, 35, was taken into custody by police at a shopping center in Florida on August 25, TMZ reported on Monday.According to an arrest affidavit obtained by the publication, it was the actor himself who set police on his tail after he made a call to 911, only to hang up once it connected.In a statement to the Daily Mail, Ehrich’s representative said they were ‘currently gathering the complete facts’ in the wake of his arrest but declined to comment further on the allegations.The legal run-in comes less than a year after the actor – who was briefly engaged to Lovato in 2020 – was arrested for a domestic violence incident involving his mother.According to the police affidavit, officers responded to the aborted 911 call by driving out to the location from where it was placed, where they allegedly found Ehrich in some bushes near a plastic bag with a sizable nitrous oxide container with the designation E942, a food safety number used in the European Union. Demi Lovato’s former fiancé Max Ehrich, 35, found himself in more legal trouble last month after he was reportedly arrested for possession of nitrous oxide Ehrich, 35, was taken into custody by police at a shopping center in Florida on August 25, TMZ reported. The incident comes less than a year after he was arrested in October 2025 for a domestic violence incident involving his mother; seen above in his October 2025 mugshotAccording to the affidavit, the canister was labeled ‘Max Cream Charger,’ indicating that it was intended for whipped cream.TMZ reports that police said Ehrich appeared to be ‘dazed’ when they arrived, and he allegedly displayed a ‘lack of balance when standing.’ In the affidavit, they noted that the nozzle had been attached to the canister, which ‘suggested that the canister was likely being used.’However, they clarified that Ehrich was not observed using the canister or attempting to inhale any of the nitrous while police were with him. The actor allegedly told the officers that he wanted to retrieve unspecified medication from his parents’ home, but he told them that he didn’t feel comfortable going to the house.Police also said that Ehrich claimed that he didn’t plan to harm himself.They reportedly spoke to Ehrich’s parents while he was with them, and they allegedly told the officers that their son is addicted to nitrous oxide, which led officers to arrest Ehrich.After his arrest, Ehrich was transported to a hospital because he said he was feeling unwell, but he was subsequently taken to jail. Police found Ehrich in bushes next to a nitrous oxide canister after he allegedly called 911 before hanging up as soon as the call connected; seen aboe in 2018 in NYC He was arrested in October 2025 over a domestic violence incident involving his mother after a disturbing livestream with her Video from a livestream obtained by the Daily Mail shows Ehrich shirtless and wearing thick black glasses as he walks around a house and appears to confront his motherAccording to TMZ, Ehrich was only there for a short time before he posted bond and was released.Nitrous oxide has numerous industrial uses and is best known to consumers for being used as a propellant in spray cans of whipped cream and cooking sprays. It can also be used in medical and, most commonly, dental procedures to alleviate pain, but it has a second life as a popular recreational drug that gives users who inhale the gas a sense of euphoria.Ehrich’s latest arrest follows his arrest in October 2025 on a charge of battery on a person 65 or older. The charge was reportedly related to a domestic violence incident involving one of the actor’s family members, law enforcement sources told TMZ at the time.The incident comes after the Daily Mail obtained video of a disturbing TikTok livestream in which Ehrich appeared to shove his own mother.It was part of a series of disturbing social media posts from before his arrest that left fans expressing concern. The Daily Mail reached out to a representative for Ehrich for comment at the time but didn’t receive a response.Ehrich, an actor and musician, gained a higher profile in March 2020 when he began dating Lovato, and the two got engaged just four months later in July. However, the engagement ended after just two months.