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Life After 'Bachelor' Is Hard & Chris Soules Was 'Having Trouble' Coping, Says A Pal

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May 8 2017, Updated 4:34 p.m. ET

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Chris Soules apparently likes to drink (a lot), and he likes to do it while on the job! According to , ever since the former Bachelor returned to his normal bumpkin life in the middle of nowhere Iowa he has been on quite the alcohol binge, even while working!

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“He’s quite the drinker,” Robert Berry, whose friend owns the land Chris grows his corn on, told Radar. “My friend told me that when she goes to her farm, she sees a string of empty beer cans all over the field. He just drinks them while he’s working and throws them on the ground when he’s done...I guess he was having trouble out of the limelight,” added Robert.

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“Ever since he came back from Los Angeles, everyone was saying that Chris got involved with other things besides drinking,” Robert continued. “I mean, it seems quite odd that he would run into the back of a tractor on a clear road, with no obstructions. He definitely was not in his right mind.”

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Coincidently, the farmland where Chris works is near the cornfield owned by the victim, Kenneth Mosher, who was killed in the reality star’s fatal hit-and-run crash.

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As OK! readers know, Chris was arrested on April 25 after allegedly slamming his pickup truck into the back of a tractor-trailer, killing the driver, before fleeing the scene after calling 911. The reality star was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal car accident that left one individual dead.

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In court papers, obtained by Radar, the State of Iowa accused Chris of purchasing alcohol before the fatal crash. Empty and partially consumed open alcoholic beverages were also located in his vehicle. Chris is due to appear in court on May 10.

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What do you think of Chris’ alleged drinking while working? Sound off in the comments!

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