After Modern Family actress Sarah Hyland broke up with her longtime boyfriend, Matt Prokop, in late August, things seemed to settle down almost immediately. But Star has learned that the actress has been having a difficult time ending their five-year relationship — and has even filed a restraining order against her ex! 
 
 “Matt has become obsessed with Sarah,” claims a source. “He calls and texts her constantly and has even said some strange things about her and her dog.It’s terrifying Sarah and she just wants him to stop and for it to all go away.” 
 
 Insiders have even told Star that the 24-year-old actor has been seeking treatment for alcohol and marijuana abuse at an Orange County rehab facility since the split. “Matthew has been doing everything he can to remain in Sarah’s life,” the source explains. “But Sarah wants nothing to do with him and has even packed up all his belongings and shipped them back to his family’s home in Texas.” 
 
 Matt’s obsessive behavior led the 23-year-old to file a restraining order once he left rehab on Sept. 21. “It’s all getting to be too much,” the insider admits. “At this point, she is beyond creeped out.” In the court documents, Sarah reportedly says, “His grip was so tight that I could not breathe or speak. I was scared and in fear for my life.” 
 
 Matt has been ordered to stay at least 100 feet away from Sarah and her dog at all times. 
 
 THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2014. 
 
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 " starjust got a temporary restraining order against her ex-BF -- claiming the guy choked her, pushed her and threatened her life ... and her TV mom witnessed some of the abuse.TMZ has obtained court docs filed by Hyland -- who plays Haley Dunphy -- in which she claims her exterrorized her both verbally and physically during the last 4 years of their relationship.According to the docs, Prokop -- an actor who once appeared on "Modern Family" -- pinned Hyland against a car during an argument about her outfit back in May and unleashed hell ... calling her "c**t, c**t, c**t" and choking her.Hyland says in the docs, "His grip was so tight that I could not breathe or speak. I was scared and in fear for my life."Sarah says she suffered injuries to her voice -- and had a "very sore throat following this event."In the docs, Hyland says she knew she was in an abusive relationship -- and asked her TV momto come to her house to help "peacefully end the relationship."Hyland says she had purchased a plane ticket to send Matthew back to his home in Texas -- but when Matthew arrived to the home and saw Julie (along with others), he freaked out ... "ran outside into the backyard and began screaming."Hyland says Prokop threw a lighter at her -- and that's when Julie stepped in and told Sarah to get out of the house because she wasn't safe around Prokop.In the docs, Hyland says Prokop also threatened to set one of her homes on fire -- and threatened that she would never see her dog again.After Hyland broke up with Prokop, she claims he "relentlessly bombarded me with vile, threatening and emotionally disturbing texts and voice mails including his own suicide threats."Hyland says Prokop entered a rehab facility in August -- but he got out on Sept. 21st ... and claims the director of the facility contacted her and told her it would be in her best interest to get a restraining order against him due to his mental state and attitude against her.Hyland took his advice -- and an L.A. judge granted a temporary restraining order ... requiring Prokop to stay at least 100 yards away from Sarah and her dog at all times.We reached out to Prokop and his people for comment -- so far no word back.
– Modern Family star Sarah Hyland says her ex-boyfriend abused her for the last four years of their five-year relationship and after they broke up, and now she's gotten a temporary restraining order against Matthew Prokop. In court documents obtained by TMZ, Hyland, 23, says Prokop, 24—who himself once appeared on Modern Family—once pinned her against a car and choked her "so tight that I could not breathe or speak," calling her a vile name. She also describes an incident in which he threatened to set one of her homes on fire and says she feared for her life. Hyland eventually asked Julie Bowen, who plays her TV mom, to come along with her so she could "peacefully end the relationship," but she says that when Prokop arrived at Hyland's home to find Bowen there, he "ran outside into the backyard and began screaming," then threw a lighter at Hyland before Bowen told Hyland to leave because she wasn't safe. After the breakup, which Star says happened late last month, Hyland says Prokop kept threatening her—and after he was released from a stint in rehab on Sunday, she says, the director of the facility warned her that due to his feelings about her and his mental state, she should get a restraining order.