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‘Modern Family’ actress granted restraining order

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, Sarah Hyland arrives at Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Los Angeles judge on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, approved Hyland's request for a restraining order that prevents her ex-boyfriend Matt Prokop from contacting her or going near her home or workplace for three years. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file) FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, Sarah Hyland arrives at Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Los Angeles judge on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, approved Hyland's request for a restraining order that prevents her ex-boyfriend Matt Prokop from contacting her or going near her home or workplace for three years. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file)

By Associated Press October 6, 2014 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Modern Family” actress Sarah Hyland’s ex-boyfriend has been ordered to stay away from the actress and not contact her for three years.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Andrea Thompson granted Hyland the protection from actor Matt Prokop on Thursday.

A hearing on Hyland’s request for a stay-away order had been scheduled for Friday, but Prokop did not contest the order.

The 23-year-old actress accused Prokop of choking her and threatening her during their relationship, which ended in August.

Hyland didn’t report the incidents to police and Prokop has not been criminally charged.

Prokop co-starred with Hyland in the TV movie “Geek Charming” and appeared in one episode of “Modern Family.” He also appeared in “High School Musical 3.”

A phone message seeking comment was left for Prokop’s lawyer, Joseph Singleton.