Jenelle Evans has faced dark allegations in the past, but could she be at risk of losing her son? After this evidence has come out, it's not looking good for her.
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When you’re a Teen Mom star, every move you make when it comes to your children is placed under a microscope. It’s not uncommon for relatively harmless behavior to be blown out of proportion by fans and the media, and the cast members have had to grow a thick skin. But now and then, news comes to light that is much more shocking than just a simple mistake — and it seems that the cast members may be guilty of neglect or worse.
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Jenelle Evans is no stranger to custody battles or getting hate from fans. In fact, she probably has more experience in both of those categories than any other Teen Mom. But recently, it’s more than just raising her voice or using the wrong formula that has fans upset with Jenelle. In fact, things seem to be a great deal more serious.
Recently, a video of Kaiser discussing potential abuse with his father Nathan Griffith has fans concerned for the toddler’s safety. The video 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.”
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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.”
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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.”
The morning after the video surfaced, 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.”
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Source: Instagram @j_evans1219
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.
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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.”
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Now, even more accusations are coming out about Jenelle’s treatment of her sons. After the most recent episode of Teen Mom aired, many became concerned that Jenelle was neglecting Jace’s needs.
In the clip, Jenelle brings Jace to drop him off with his grandmother and primary caregiver Barbara. Jenelle hands Barbara a pill bottle, and Barbara asks, “So you have the other pills?”
“No,” Jenelle says. “I didn’t bring the other bottle.” Barbara asks, “How come he’s got pills left?”
Jenelle reveals that she consciously chose not to give Jace his medication for two days. “I didn’t give them to him for like two days.” Barbara exclaims, “Why not?” seeming concerned.
“Because he was fine,” Jenelle says. “He was fine!”
“I know, Jenelle, but it throws it off,” Barbara points out.
“He was fine,” Jenelle says. “So don’t worry about it.”
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Although the moment quickly passes on the show, fans found the implications to be much more serious than Jenelle believes. Depending on what medication Jace is on (likely for his diagnosis of ADHD that has been revealed on the show), taking a daily dose on a regular basis could be important to his health and mental wellbeing.
User Dexterig recalled, “Well I remember [Jenelle] saying in a season finale when barb said he had adhd and was going on medication and she said she didnt want him on medication because he could start selling it.” They pointed out, “I think at that point he was 5-7 or something.”
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“Barb sent meds with him. I am sure she expected her instructions to be followed as his custodian. Jenelle shouldn’t get an executive override, especially concerning medication. I am sure Barb is documenting this-a judge would certainly be interested if Jenelle isn’t doing what is in Jace’s best interest (even tho it may be OK or acceptable). She would be FURIOUS if Barb did that to her!!” pointed out reddit user Deej006. User grindinformyson theorized, “David is the kind of asshole who probably thinks the cure for any mental health problem is fresh air.”
Some think that she was doing this as a way to have control over Barbara.“She withholds his medications to spite her mom. If that isn’t enough envidence that she doesn’t give a sh*t about her son, I don’t know what is,” wrote Infactinfarctinfart. User Whyamiaguy agreed, “Jenelle did that to spite her mom. She is a awful human who would hurt her own child to spite her mother.”
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In fact, many fans believe that Jenelle could be abusing her son by not giving him his medication.
“Honestly if she was in touch with her son at all, you think she'd realize that perhaps the doctor who prescribed them isn't a total quack,” wrote reddit user kindredgossamer. “Jenelle doesn't want to accept that Jace might be suffering. She wants to paint her perfect picture as always. If you deny your child medication they need to be stable, that's by all accounts abuse.” User Tutiloo wrote, “If a kid has a heart condition or diabetes or depression and the dr advises medication it is child abuse to withhold that. If the drs advice against meds that’s one thing but intentionally withholding them is up there with refusing vaccines or intentionally making your kid sick.”
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Even Chelsea Houska’s father, Randy, spoke out about the incident! “Psychotropic medications have to be taken regularly to maintain levels in the bloodstream to maintain effect,” he pointedly tweeted. “It is not taken as taking an Advil when you have a headache, where it is taken in response to a symptom. It is taken to avoid the symptom.”
Although Jenelle clearly thought nothing of this, it’s only given fans more reason to be concerned for her children. However, Jenelle and David have remained quiet about the incident involving Kaiser. 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.
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“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.”
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Source: Instagram @j_evans1219
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?”
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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.”
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“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.”
As for David, he has spoken out about the incident on Facebook, at least confirming that Kaiser is not in his and Jenelle’s care. “I love you allllll to the moon to back Bubba!” David wrote. “I felt bad Kaiser Griffith put my name on the fathers day gift but they said he wouldn’t budge about it all week and wouldn’t have it any other way. Nobody will come between the bond we have and cant wait to get you back today or tomorrow!”
It's not looking good for Jenelle!
David also wrote, “I’m so glad Kaiser had a great birthday party with us because there was a lot of fighting and drinking at his dad’s bday party!”
Even David’s mother spoke out about the incident on Facebook, writing, “David’s not violent and he would never hurt Kaiser or any child! Nathan will do and say anything to get air time! He’s a woman beater and a cheater! Everything he says is hearsay!”
She also wrote, “[Kaiser] loves David. David and all of us love him. I love walking in the door and he runs to me with a big hug and says I love you Mema. He loves his Mommie so much. I know he’s missing you and asking for you. He loves for you to kiss him good night…”
Now, Jenelle is finally speaking out with an explanation of the bruise: she and David claim that Kaiser got the bruse on his bottom from an accident on a water slide.
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“There is not an emergency hearing. There’s an investigation based off a bruise from a water slide on water day confirmed by his daycare,” Jenelle wrote on Facebook, adding, “Don’t want to hear it.”
She later added, “Now I could show everyone some sh*t that Nathan has done that’s way worse and has been reported and he’s been watched. But that’s no ones business.” She explained, “When Kaiser is home he’s go-karting, dirt biking, 4 wheeling, zip lining, jumping off our waterfall spa into the pool. He’s fearless and ges bruised from time to time. He has 9 acres of land to play on.”
She even claimed that her mother, Barbara, who has expressed concerns for Jenelle’s children in the past, believes that Nathan’s claims are false. “Yeah it’s all bullsh*t,” she wrote. “Even my mom told Nathan she saw nothing wrong with the bruise.”
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But fans weren’t quite buying the explanation. “God d***it, Jenelle,” wrote user ReginaldDwight on reddit. “Your four year old doesn't care that he has 9 acres of swamp to play on. He doesn't care if he gets to jump from your Waterfall Spa™ into a pool. He doesn't care that you throw big expensive toys his way. You need to love him with more than just your paycheck. You chose to reproduce with Nathan's alcoholic, psychotic a** and that means you have to be the one to step up and provide Kaiser with the love and support of both parents since Nathan is obviously never going to get his sh*t together. It's hard, yes, but this is why you don't have a child with someone you've known for a month. It shouldn't be this hard to love your child. Go get some therapy and think of someone other than yourself for once.” User kvm_1496 wrote, “They’re seriously bickering about whose beat Kaiser the worst?!? This is sick!”
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When one fan saw Jenelle and David’s claims, they asked the source of the leak, @deadbeatmom_jenelle on Instagram, about them. “Jenelle said the bruise is from the water slide at daycare,” the fan wrote.
“Yes I know that is what she’s telling everyone,” wrote deadbeatmom_jenelle.
“Is there a way to prove that she’s lying?” the fan asked.
Deadbeatmom_jenelle replied, “No. Which is why [Kaiser] will probably be turned back over ot her and David.”
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