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Multiple members of the Teen Mom franchise have run into trouble with the law.
While some, including Jenelle Evans and Amber Portwood, have posed for the camera on multiple occasions, other stars’ mugshots, including Farrah Abraham and Adam Lind, have not been released by authorities. (Abraham was first arrested for a DUI in Omaha, Nebraska, in March 2013, and Lind’s most recent arrest was in December 2017 after Chelsea Houska’s ex violated his probation for a no-contact order).
Us Weekly confirmed in January 2022 that Abraham had been arrested again after allegedly slapping a security guard outside a Los Angeles nightclub. She was taken into custody and was issued a citation before being released hours later.
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Portwood, for her part, was arrested for domestic abuse against ex-boyfriend Andrew Glennon in July 2019. (She was released from custody several days later.)
Scroll through to see a history of the Teen Mom stars’ mugshots:
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‘Teen Mom OG’ and ‘Teen Mom 2’ Mugshots: A Timeline With Jenelle Evans, Amber Portwood and More
Multiple members of the Teen Mom franchise have run into trouble with the law. While some, including Jenelle Evans and Amber Portwood, have posed for the camera on multiple occasions, other stars’ mugshots, including Farrah Abraham and Adam Lind, have not been released by authorities. (Abraham was first arrested for a DUI in Omaha, Nebraska, in March 2013, and Lind’s most recent arrest was in December 2017 after Chelsea Houska’s ex violated his probation for a no-contact order).
Us Weekly confirmed in January 2022 that Abraham had been arrested again after allegedly slapping a security guard outside a Los Angeles nightclub. She was taken into custody and was issued a citation before being released hours later.
Portwood, for her part, was arrested for domestic abuse against ex-boyfriend Andrew Glennon in July 2019. (She was released from custody several days later.)
Scroll through to see a history of the Teen Mom stars’ mugshots:
Abraham’s mom was arrested for domestic abuse serious assault in January 2010 after an argument with her daughter. According to the police report, Danielsen allegedly grabbed Abraham by the throat and "hit her along the side of her head and hit her in the mouth.” Police observed "multiple cuts to the right side of the victim's mouth” at the time. TMZ reported in February 2010 that Danielsen struck a plea deal and the case was ultimately dropped.
Portwood was arrested in December 2010 and charged with two felony counts of domestic battery, one felony count of neglect of a dependent and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery after a domestic violence incident with her ex-fiancé Gary Shirley, with whom she shares daughter Leah. The violent fight was captured by MTV cameras and aired on an episode of Teen Mom. Portwood spent the night in jail and a temporary restraining order was issued between the pair.
The Teen Mom 2 star has been arrested 15 times, including the aforementioned arrest with Delp in October 2010, an outstanding warrant for cyberstalking in March 2012, possession of heroin, possession of paraphernalia and simple assault on her husband at the time, Courtland Rogers, in April 2013, and driving without a license in February 2015.
In May 2011, Shirley was arrested in Indiana for driving with a suspended license. He was released on $3,000 bond.
Portwood was arrested for violating probation in December 2011 after pleading guilty to two counts of domestic battery. She spent Christmas in jail after a probation search resulted in authorities finding several different prescription pills in her possession.
After the MTV personality failed to adhere to her court-ordered rehab program, she backed out of her plea deal on a felony drug charge in May 2012 and was sentenced to serve two or more years in an Indiana prison.
Teen Mom 2 star Briana DeJesus’ ex was arrested in August 2017 for not showing up to court for previous marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia charges, TMZ reported.
Delp made headlines for his January 2018 arrest for allegedly operating a meth lab in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. According to the court documents obtained by Us Weekly, he was charged with operating a methamphetamine lab, possession with intent to deliver, possession of substances for methamphetamine, waste in manufacture of methamphetamine and possession and prohibited acts.
Maci Bookout’s ex was arrested in March 2018 for violating his probation related to a previous heroin possession. He was released on a $5,000 bond the night of his arrest.
Edwards was arrested for “previous charges or other reasons,” according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, in July 2018. The inmate information system listed the charge as possession of a controlled substance. News of the reality star’s second arrest in 2018 came days after he and wife Mackenzie Standifer revealed that they will not return to Teen Mom OG ahead of season 8.
Portwood was arrested on felony domestic battery charges in Indiana in July 2019, according to Radar Online.
“I really had to go through something terrible in order for me to kind of sit back and say, ‘Hey, this is what I need to work on. This is how I work on it. And no more excuses. It’s time to actually do the job and get it done — one by one and not putting too much on myself,'” the Teen Mom OG star exclusively told Us in March 2020. “I think once I started doing it that way and really working hard on it in the best way that I could, I learned to truly, truly love myself in a sense.”
Portwood continued at the time: “My children are my main priority always, even though it might be hard for some people to think that. I truly just try to think of my family, think of my beautiful children and what I need to do next so I can be here for them and be the best mom I can be. I did a major change within myself and within my life in a little less than a year and I am happy. It’s a blessing in disguise as well as one of the hardest times in my life.”
Evans’ ex-husband was taken into custody in North Carolina in January 2020 on drug and larceny charges. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Us that he was arrested for one count of felony larceny and one count of felony possession of a schedule I drug and two misdemeanors: possession of a schedule II drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Us confirmed in November 2021 that Evans’ husband was charged with driving with a revoked license and possession of an open container after he was pulled over in North Carolina. He’s expected in court in February 2022 after he was released from custody via a $750 bond.
Brooks, who dated Rachel Beaver on and off since daughter Hazelee was born in February 2019, was arrested in March 2022 for unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon. Us confirmed that the Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant alum was being held at Monroe Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee. A court date is set for March 15. In Touch was first to report the news.
Ryan was arrested at the beginning of the year on several charges — including harassment, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance in February — after he violated an Order of Protection sought by his estranged wife, Mackenzie Edwards. (She filed for divorce later that month.)
He was arrested again that March for stalking and violating a restraining order.While a judge dismissed the charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and stalking, Ryan pleaded guilty to harassment, which required he wear a GPS monitor and complete a “rehab treatment,” per court documents obtained by Us.
The Tennessee native was arrested for a third time in 2023 when he was booked for simple possession of a controlled substance and a DUI in April, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Us.
Police found Ryan “unconscious and unresponsive” in the driver’s seat of his truck and was treated with Narcan by medical professionals. He was found with a bag containing a crystal type substance,” the document noted, along with a “second small bag of what appeared to be a blue powder" as well as a rolled-up paper receipt.
“The vehicle [was] running and in drive,” the paperwork stated. “Police observed that the vehicle’s front driver’s side tire hit the curb on the center median where the vehicle then came to a stop.”
Per the affidavit, Ryan said that he "snorted a powder before waking up in the back of an ambulance." He was taken to jail, where he will remain until April 20. He is being held with no bond.
The 16 & Pregnant alum was arrested for involuntary manslaughter in July 2025. Purvis was also charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. TMZ reported at the time that the involuntary manslaughter charge is for allegedly distributing a drug called tranq. (Tranq is a mix of fentanyl and xylazine.)
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