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Actor Devin Ratray is facing serious medical and legal troubles, after he was reportedly hospitalized "in critical condition," which put a delay on a domestic violence trial he was scheduled to attend today. The trial is put on pause while the Home Alone actor is "back home resting on doctor’s orders," according to a source. By time of writing, there has been no specific condition named for his hospitalization, but Ratray's defense attorney, Scott Adams, attributed it to heart issues, which led to Ratray being admitted into the intensive care unit. Devin Ratray is being charged with domestic violence Devin Ratray was recently hospitalized, reportedly due to heart problems / Stephen Vaughan/©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 47-year-old Ratray has been accused of strangling his then-girlfriend in the bed of their hotel room back in December 2021. He has further been accused of covering her mouth with his hand during an argument and of punching her repeatedly in the face after she bit his hand in an attempt to escape. RELATED: Devin Ratray From ‘Home Alone’ Is 45 And Once Got In Trouble With The Law The woman told police she did manage to break free and proceeded to hide from him in a stairwell. An Oklahoma City police detective said in a court affidavit that "while strangling the victim, stated the following: 'This is how you die.'" Ratray denies hitting or strangling the woman. The trajectory of the trial Devin RatrayHe has been accused of attempting to strangle his girlfriend / ImageCollect Ratray, known for playing the older brother of Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister in both Christmas classics, is resting on doctor's orders while key trial events have been put on hold. Jury selection was set to begin in Oklahoma on Monday but that stage has been delayed until February. The actor reportedly dislikes being associated with Home Alone / Henry McGee-Globe Photos, Inc. ©2009.K62958HMc The couple had been in Oklahoma City back in 2021 for an event but Ratray's girlfriend claimed the actor did not want to be there and had only gone because he needed money. "Devin ... doesn't want to be known for something he did 30 years ago," she testified in court. "It was (a) point of contention for him his whole life and it's something that I dealt with a lot when we were dating and that's why he'd never done these cons before because he didn't want to promote that he was in 'Home Alone." That evening, fans approached Ratray for an autograph; he grew emotional and agitated. To calm the situation, his then-girlfriend gave out two signed autograph cards without asking for money. When they returned to their hotel room, he allegedly attacked her. HOME ALONE, clockwise from bottom left: Hillary Wolf, Michael Maronna, Devin Ratray, Macaulay Culkin, Angela Goethals, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, 1990. ph: Don Smetzer / TM & Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved / courtesy Everett Collection RELATED: ‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Danny Masterson Charged With Raping Three Women