14 DAY TRIAL // Amber Portwood, the star of MTV’s controversial reality series “Teen Mom,” has officially been charged for domestic violence after video of her beating up and verbally abusing then-fiancé Gary Shirley was aired by MTV this September.
A report on HollywoodLife suggests the reality star faces about 3 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines for a series of charges, including domestic violence.
“Amber, 20, was officially charged Nov. 18 with two felony counts and one misdemeanor for domestic violence and battery,” the report reads.
Had not Amber and Gary’s daughter been present to the violent episodes, she would have gotten a lighter sentence, as we were also telling you on a previous occasion. Sadly, that was not the case.
“Under Indiana law, an incident of domestic abuse is considered a felony if a child is present for the abuse – which baby Leah was in both cases,” HollywoodLife says.
We also told you back then that police had asked MTV to hand over all the tapes shot for the reality show, including footage that was never aired on TV.
It turns out that there was more abuse going on than what MTV showed back in September, since one of the felony charges was based on footage that was never aired, the aforementioned e-zine says.
“The two incidents related to the felony charges occurred Aug. 14, 2009, and July 18, 2010, while the misdemeanor incident (in which Leah was not present) occurred June 14, 2010. Official documents state that Amber choked, slapped, punched and kicked Gary, 24, in their home,” HollywoodLife writes.
A warrant on Portwoo’s name has not yet been released, but it’s pending, Public Information Officer, Detective Mitch Carroll says for the same e-zine.
“The affidavit has been submitted to the prosecutor for formal charges. If convicted, Portwood faces up to three years in jail and fines of up to $10,000,” Carroll says.