Jenelle Evans has faced off with custody battles since her first child was born — but this may be one for the ages. Could Kaiser be taken from her after this video came to light?
From the very beginning of Teen Mom 2, Jenelle Evans has stood out as one of the most controversial parents on the show. It wasn’t long after her first appearance on the show that she signed custody of her son Jace over to her mother Barbara, and ever since then, fans have debated over the merit of her parenting decisions.
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Of course, it didn’t end there. Jenelle went on to have two more children with two different men, each more controversial than the last. These days, she has more on her plate than most, as she is mother or step-mother to five children. Unfortunately, that means there are also endless opportunities for the fanbase to criticize her parenting decisions.
It’s not uncommon for the cast members to be criticized now and then for the way that they parent. Everyone has different mothering styles, and some decisions are more controversial than others. But when it comes to Jenelle Evans, fans’ discontent is more than just about breastfeeding vs formula or which car seat to use. Instead, Jenelle routinely faces accusations that she and her husband David Eason are abusing their children.
In fact, recently, Jenelle revealed that CPS has been called on her 20 times from those accusing her of such abuse. Unfortunately, whether these accusations are true or not, her repeat interaction with Child Protective Services has many fans worried about the safety of her children. After all, where there’s smoke, there is often fire.
But Jenelle remained firm that the rumors were just that: rumors. She insisted that her allegedly jealous and vengeful baby daddy Nathan Griffith was simply out to get her, and that “haters” on social media were joining up with him to circulate nasty rumors about her. However, now it seems that there may be more to this story than meets the eye — and a recent upsetting video has surfaced which has fans shocked.
It’s no secret that Nathan Griffith and his mother Doris believe that Jenelle and David are mistreating Kaiser. In fact, in September of 2017, Doris took Jenelle to cour to attempt to claim custody of her grandson.
In court documents obtained by Radar Online, Doris leveled some major accusations against Jenelle and Nathan.
In the filing, Doris claims that she has a “warm, close, and loving relationship” with Kaiser, and that “the close relationship has been severely jeopardized with [Jenelle]’s constant threats, belittling, and name calling.” She also claimed that Jenelle has been violating “the extant Order,” and that if the court gave Doris custody it would “serve the ends of justice.”
She also, clearly, does not want Kaiser’s custody to go back to her son, Nathan. She writes that Nathan “continues to have multiple felony charges in South Carolina that are not yet resolved,” and that although he “currently has supervised visitation [of Kaiser], [Doris] is the primary caretaker for [Kaiser]” during the visits.
In the documents, Doris levels one of the most serious accusations: that Jenelle smoked weed while she was pregnant with Ensley. She writes, “Upon the birth of Ensley, the newborn tested positive for marijuana.” She continues, “DSS [Department of Children & Family Services] became involved due to Ensley testing positive for marijuana and opened an investigation. Upon information and belief, both [Jenelle and David] had positive drug screens for marijuana.” She also writes that Jenelle “has a long history of drug use and criminal convictions for drug use.”
According to Doris, Jenelle and David are also neglectful of Kaiser’s health. She writes that he “has been in a constant state of congestion for the past several months that never seemed to get better every time he visited. On March 2, 2017, [Doris] took [Kaiser] to Grand Strand Pediatrics where they prescribed a nebulizer. March 19, 2017 he was sick again with runny nose and congestion. Upon information and belief, [Jenelle] does not use the nebulizer on the minor child.”
Neglect isn’t the only thing Doris accuses Jenelle and David of in the court documents. She also says that they may be hitting him. She writes, “There have been several occasions where the [Doris] has seen… bruisings and markings on the minor child that are unusual and more than normal scrapes that a toddler may have… [Doris] is cognizant of the fact that young boys are rough and touch and stumble and fall and get scrapes and bruises, however, [Doris] feels that [Kaiser]’s bruises have been in places that have been indicative of more than rowdy behavior.”
She recalls one time that she saw a specific mark, saying, “On March 31, 2017 there was a bruise on [Kaiser]’s chest of a finger print which appeared as though a finger had been pressed firmly into the minor child’s chest as well as along the minor child’s left arm appearing he had been jerked by the arm.”
If this wasn’t shocking enough, Doris claims that one time, Kaiser told her that David had punched him. She writes that when she picked him up at daycare, “the first thing [Kaiser said was] 'Nana, David punched me.'" She adds that Kaiser “continued repeating the same over and over, and then took his little fist and put it up to his face and repeated it again.”
She confronted David about this, and he said that Kaiser “was trying to get out of car seat and he reached back to stop [Kaiser] and accidentally hit him.” However, Doris claims that Jenelle “has changed the story of how the injury occurred and told two other versions.”
Of course, Barbara appeared in the court documents. Doris writes that “Barbara Evans, [Jenelle]’s mother, and [Kaiser]’s maternal grandmother, has recently expressed that she is also extremely concerned regarding the minor child. Barbara gained primary custody of [Jenelle]’s oldest child, Jace, age 7, on or about May of 2017. Upon information and belief, Jace and the minor child Kaiser were locked out of the house on a very hot day and not allowed back in for a long time.”
She also recalls a time that Jenelle let Jace play in the woods and then lost him, writing that Jace “was lost in the woods for two hours due to improper supervision.”
Doris also presented a motion to produce the DSS records to determine the results of the DSS’s visit, as well as for a nail follicle drug screen to see if Jenelle and David are continuing to use drugs.
In addition, she wants Jenelle to have a psychological evaluation to see if she is fit to retain custody of Kaiser. She writes, “Based upon her actions, [Jenelle]’s mental condition is in dispute and good cause exists for ordering a psychological evaluation of [Jenelle] for the purpose of assisting the Court in determining her fitness to have contact with [Kaiser].”
However, Doris eventually dropped her filing — most likely because she could no longer afford the court fees. Now, only a few months later, things have gotten even more intense after a disturbing video surfaced.
The video filmed by Nathan Griffith, was later reposted by the account @deadbeatmom_jenelle. In the shot, Nathan can be heard asking, “Who put the marks on your butt?” Kaiser responds, “David.”
Nathan then asks, “Do you want to live with mommy and David, or do you want to live with Daddy?” Kaiser responds, “Daddy.”
Soon after, it became clear that Jenelle may be at serious risk of losing custody of her son. The @deadbeatmom_jenelle account, which has previously marked itself as somewhat credible for knowing about Jenelle and David’s sinking house before the episode aired, also added, “Nathan’s mom is currently keeping Kaiser from Jenelle. She is not giving him back today as ordered.”
Of course, many fans were skeptical, but the mysterious account runner responded, “This is why I share old documents and old pictures. I wanted to so that when I tell you the cops are at the house with Nathan and Doris and Jenelle, you’ll know I’m telling the truth.”
“Deadbeat” later confirmed that police were at Doris’ home, adding, “Cops have let, Kaiser is still at Nathan’s mom’s house.”
Nathan’s close friend Josh Friedman seemed to confirm that something was going on between Doris, Jenelle, Nathan, and Kaiser. He tweeted, “Some one grab me some pop corn… Operation save Baby Kai.”
This morning, Teen Mom Updates on Facebook seemingly confirmed the news. “Last night Jenelle went to pick up Kaiser after his weekend with his dads family and they REFUSED to give him back!” the update reads. “Jenelle called the police and the police did NOT make them return Kaiser. CPS is involved and are the ones who made the decision to keep Kaiser from going home with David & Jenelle! Sources are saying ‘something really bad happened.’ We will update with more details as they come.”
They later added: “KAISER UPDATE! — This morning we broke the news that CPS and the police would NOT allow Jenelle & David to take Kaiser home from his grandmas house (Nathan’s mother).”
The post goes on, "When Jenelle & David showed up, the family refused to return Kaiser. Police were called and CPS became involved. CPS said there were was excessive bruising and hand prints on Kaiser, especially on his rear. They determined it was so bad that they would not let him return to Jenelle & David’s care. An emergency custody hearing will be taking place this morning. We will keep you updated 💔 Please everyone say a little prayer for Kaiser, he doesn’t deserve this.”
Now that the fanbase has been overwhelmed with updates that seem to confirm Kaiser is at risk, the fans are beyond alarmed.
“The sh*t has officially hit the fan folks. This is not a drill,” wrote Brianas-Living-Room on reddit.
They went on, “It’s f*cked up it took THIS to happen for cops and CPS to take this seriously but I hope this is the final straw and something is done for the sake of Kaiser. I knew he was being abused, we all knew, well most of us. It sounds like it goes beyond hand prints on the butt but bruising on his body as well. I hope that a judge throws the book at these clowns and charges are filed.” User Jonbonnet wrote, “If this is true all the children need to be taken immediately.”
“This just breaks my heart....I am all for family reunification but at this point chances have been given and clearly abused. I hope that Ensley is ok :/ arghh..makes me so sad…” wrote SAHMLife199. User GodGodDude agreed, “Whether it's true or not, my heart just breaks for Kaiser. Either he really is being abused or all the people that he loves are accusing other people he loves of abusing him. It's so dark and f*cked up.”
As for Jenelle and David, they’ve remained quiet about the incident on their social media. In fact, Jenelle seems to be going in the opposite direction on her social media.
She shared an image of a craft that Kaiser made where he filled out an “All About Dad” sheet for Father’s day. Notably, instead of writing that his father is Nathan, Kaiser wrote that his father is David and filled out other facts about David.
“My kid is one of a kind that’s for sure!” Jenelle captioned the shot. She went on:
“When asked to make a #FathersDay gift the first person he thought of was David. He refused to make another gift for his biological dad. The impact my husband has had on my son has been truly remarkable. When others didn’t step up, David did. Sometimes all you do as a parent goes unnoticed until your child comes home with a sweet gift like this one from school. The bond between them will forever inseparable no matter what tries to come in-between them. (Kaisers teacher wrote his answers for him) 💕💋 #FamilyFirst #LatePost.”
As for Jenelle and David, they’ve remained quiet about the incident on their social media. In fact, Jenelle seems to be going in the opposite direction on her social media.
She shared an image of a craft that Kaiser made where he filled out an “All About Dad” sheet for Father’s day. Notably, instead of writing that his father is Nathan, Kaiser wrote that his father is David and filled out other facts about David.
“My kid is one of a kind that’s for sure!” Jenelle captioned the shot. She went on:
“When asked to make a #FathersDay gift the first person he thought of was David. He refused to make another gift for his biological dad. The impact my husband has had on my son has been truly remarkable. When others didn’t step up, David did. Sometimes all you do as a parent goes unnoticed until your child comes home with a sweet gift like this one from school. The bond between them will forever inseparable no matter what tries to come in-between them. (Kaisers teacher wrote his answers for him) 💕💋 #FamilyFirst #LatePost.”
Ironically, some fans thought that this could just be more evidence of David and Kaiser’s relationship being unhealthy. “There are answers that are not normal for a 4 yr old boy,” wrote user Nice2meetya2.
“What child is taught to be so grateful to his step-father cause he 'lets him go to school'? How many kids are even aware that not every child goes to pre-K and that their parents arranged it etc? When you are 4, those things just happen, you go to pre-K when you do, there are other kids there, you assume it's what all the kids your age do. And when David loves Kaiser, he is allowed to play outside? So he has to earn this love to be able to do normal activities that are healthy for his development? Kicked out of the house in the heat with no shade or something to drink, was that David's love?”
But it’s not just Jenelle’s social media behavior that’s under scrutiny. Many were also outraged that Nathan filmed and shared footage of Kaiser revealing David’s alleged abuse.
“[The video] is exploitive,” wrote 0runnergirl0 on reddit. “If Nathan had video proof of Kaiser supposedly naming his abuser, he really shouldn't have published it to the internet, or shared it with anyone except CPS and the police. Why is this video of poor distressed Kaiser being shared all over the place? He's a person, not a pawn. A lot of people in his life claim to care about Kaiser's wellbeing, but absolutely no one respects his right to privacy.”
“I love to hate Jenelle and David but you can’t ask a four year old who he wants to live with,” pointed out YNotZoidberg2020. “Of course he’s going to say daddy to Nathan and mommy to Jenelle, toddlers just want to make their parent happy. It’s also manipulating as h*ll and probably messing with the poor kid’s head trying to keep up with what the right answer is depending on who he’s talking to.”
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