'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood out of jail after felony battery arrest

Amber Portwood, the "Teen Mom" arrested Monday in Indiana and charged with three felonies and then some, was out on bail Tuesday after spending 24 hours in jail on charges of allegedly slapping and choking her baby daddy in front of their 2-year-old daughter.

Portwood faces two counts of felony domestic battery and one count of felony neglect of a dependent plus a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery, related to three incidents over more than a year. The court automatically entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf.

Police began investigating after a September "Teen Mom" episode showed her slapping, choking and kicking ex-fiance Gary Shirley, 24.

The fights were captured on video for the MTV reality show, with outtakes reportedly showing daughter Leah, then 1, in the room witnessing the violence — hence the neglect charge. Dozens of viewers called the state child-abuse hotline after the show aired, according to an Indiana Department of Child Services spokeswoman.

"It's my understanding that Leah will be placed back with her," Portwood's attorney, Robert Schembs, told People on Tuesday, adding that his client and Shirley were still "on good terms," though she's not allowed to have contact with him anymore.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Photo: "Teen Mom" Amber Portwood's booking shots from her Dec. 27 arrest on battery and child neglect charges. Credit: Madison County Sheriffs Dept./ Associated Press.

 

Comments

[sam]

This nasty trailer trash piece of crap should go to jail for abusing this poor man. Whether she abuses him or her child......just because she is a woman does not mean she isnt abusive. Just like a man abusing a woman, she should be held responsible. Lock her up.

[n8whit]

I pray that she finds God in her life and lives the abundant life God wants us to live. Obedience to God always results in a more peaceful prosperous life! John 10:10

[ash]

little girls like her do not deserve to be considered moms, she is pathethic, all she wants is attention, she does not care about her child at all and she should realize how good of a man she has, she does not deserve anything, She needs to grow the hell up! There are girls younger than her that are better mothers!!! My time and This comment isnt even worth being wasted on this crazy chick. All I have to say is grow up and get off them Benzo's!

[Jazmin]

she is nothing by garbage she is a poor excuse for a mother animals take better care of their babies. SHE IS GARBAGE and someone needs to put her in her place

[Ray2447]

Domestic violence will never end as long as the whole truth about it is misrepresented to comply with feminist ideology. V.P. Biden recently called violence against women, "the very worst abuse." The very worst abuse is valuing one life less than another for having been born the wrong gender. Under domestic violence law, the wrong gender is men. Shelter and services are virtually non-existent for male victims of domestic violence. Options out of a bad relationship, that women have, are often not available to men. Men wind up gender profiled and falsely accused by the taxpayer funded, domestic violence industry, because of gender feminist ideology controlling the d.v. industry. Men are often battered by domestic violence, and then battered again by the taxpayer funded, domestic violence industry as shown in "Los Misandry" at Youtube.

[Josh]

Just what we need, another idiot giving Indiana a bad name. She needs to be committed!

[Cary]

Waste of tax-payer time and money. Obviously the best option is therapy and parenting classes for both of these "parents." He's a manipulative jerk and she has anger management issues. Tell me why we are worrying about this guy who clearly wasn't injured rather than all of the domestic violence victims who end up dead or in the hospital each year? Oh yeah, reality TV. Where was the outrage when Kate Gosselin was smacking her husband around?

And by the way, how self-righteous must you be to call another person garbage.

[Mary]

It is a privilege to become a mother, CLEARLY a prime example of what a shame it is that so many deserving parents aren't able to have children, yet people like her are. I hope, for Leah's sake that she wakes up and becomes a little less selfish.!

[Jonathan]

She is an attention craving piece of trash she gets on my damn nerves everytime I see the show I won't to scream

[ChaChaheels]

Lock her up and tie up her tubes...she shouldn't be allowed to bear anymore children....do her good to find a lesbian lover while in prison who would treat her the same as she treated her husband...okay so bite me...

[Kayla]

Wow. She really gives us people in Indiana a great rep.
She shouldn't get her child back either.

[Jenn]

To RAY2447 violence is the very worst abuse. While men are abused, they are more apt to defend themselves. How many times do you hear about men being killed, versus the amount of times you hear about a woman being killed due to domestic violence ? As far as men not having the options women have when they are trying to get out of a violent relationship. When women are in those types of relationships, they are so mentally, emotionally, and physically beaten down that they are completely controlled by their abuser. They typically are cut off from friends, family, and a lot of times society. When have you EVER heard of that happening to a man ? So get off of your high fucking horse, acting like you know all about how domestic violence laws work. By the way domestic violence is not an INDUSTRY you fool.

To CARY
While Gary may not have been hurt the fact still remains that what happened was illegal. It just shows your ignorance in saying what you said. You made the comment about how about we worry about the people who end up dead or in the hospital each year. Well, that's like saying some person hits you, but because you clearly aren't hurt then it shouldn't be worried about. The fact is things escalate. What may not have happened now, if something isn't done at that point to help possibly prevent it i.e. Counseling, jail, consequences in general then it could end up as one of those statistics. Domestic violence is domestic violence PERIOD. No matter how slight, its still domestic violence.

You people do yourself a favor and stop being so frigging ignorant.

As for the real topic of this post. Amber isn't a very good role model for her child at this point. In my opinion she shouldn't be allowed to have her daughter back, until she's able to show significant progress in her ability to deal with her anger. Not to mention her being able to show her daughter attention instead of lying around watching t.v. Or playing on her phone. I won't even go into the men that she's choosing to bring around her daughter. Amber needs help, and thanks to MTV she now has the money to get that help if she chooses to do the right thing.

[tizzy]

ok everybody thats writeing something on here act like there perfect and noone is just becuase she was fighting her babydaddy doesent mean she hurts her child alot of people fight with there mates noone know's what he do to her when the cam is off maybe she was hurt about something he did we dont know so we cant say if she should be put in jail .

[Shana]

I just cant understand how people like her and that Jenelle Evans girl are even allowed to have their children. And why in the hell does MTV continue filming their "stories".