'Teen Mom' Star Amber Portwood Was Arrested For Domestic Battery
By TheBlast Staff on July 5, 2019 at 5:43 AM EDT
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Amber Portwood, 29, "Teen Mom OG" star, has been arrested and charged with domestic battery.
In 2017, Portwood announced that she was bipolar and was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
Portwood was arrested in Indianapolis on Friday around 6 a.m. There's no word yet on who the alleged victim is.
Portwood was first cast in the reality TV show "16 and Pregnant" in 2009. Then she appeared in the spinoff "Teen Mom," and in 2015 she came back to MTV for "Teen Mom OG."
'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood Arrested for Domestic Battery https://t.co/qBtMEMOvwR
— TMZ (@TMZ) July 5, 2019
TMZ writes that Portwood has served 17 months in prison for a probation violation regarding a drugs charges case.
@TheAshleysRR Did Amber Portwood really get arrested for DV last night? pic.twitter.com/IgQ8X8QGKJ
— Bravo Golf Lima (@Benjamin_G_Lund) July 5, 2019
Portwood has two children, James, 1, and Leah, 10. James' dad is Andrew and Leah's dad is Portwood's her ex, Gary Shirley.
But there's more: Portwood and her current boyfriend, Andrew Glennon, announced on "Teen Mom" that Amber was pregnant. Word is the two may get married.
In a "Teen Mom" preview, Portwood only says, "I might be pregnant again.
Romper reports that in an US Weekly story, Amber says it's "up to Andrew" to decide whether they get engaged.
Teen Mom OG's Amber Portwood Debuts Diamond Sparkler on Her Ring Finger — but She's Not Engaged https://t.co/MyCMuX3slG
— People (@people) February 12, 2019