Their past is coming out!
It’s not uncommon for people struggling with difficult life events to turn to substances in order to feel better. While self-medicating is far from advisable, it’s something we’ve seen many of the Teen Mom cast members and their baby daddies turn to when things get hard. Unfortunately, for many of them this self-medication has been the beginning of a long path of addiction and legal problems. Some of them are still battling these demons.
It’s easy for fans to think that they know everything about the Teen Mom cast members. We’ve watched them learn, change, and grow for nearly a decade, after all. But the truth is, many of them are still keeping some major secrets from fans and viewers.
Even though this Teen Mom star may seem one way on the surface, they’re apparently much more complicated than they seem. This includes a history of legal troubles due to their shocking use of meth.
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Alarming Charges
From the very beginning of Teen Mom, many of the cast members have been open with cameras about their drug use. However, at the beginning, the only drug they were using was weed… at least on camera. As the years went on, the stars and their baby daddies soon began abusing prescription pills and even using harder drugs like heroin. Viewers have gotten to see just how devastating drug addiction can be through the eyes of the Teen Mom cast and their loved ones. In fact, addiction to hard drugs is something that the cast are still dealing with to this day.
But fans may not have known until recently that one star has a history of meth use.
MTV recently added several new cast members to the Teen Mom family when they introduced their newest show, Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant. The show follows all new cast members in their teens and early twenties as they struggle with their baby daddies, their parents, and their new little ones.
Many of the new cast members have become instant fan favorites, while others are clearly going to become notorious over the years. But as their fame grows, more dark secrets of their past are surfacing as well. For Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant star Ashley Jones’ baby daddy Bar Smith, recent updates are not painting him in a good light.
According to an update by Radar Online, Bar Smith has a past arrest for possession of meth and other alarming charges.
Busted!
Bar was charged with possession of meth on Dec. 7, 2015, the outlet reports. He was also charged with giving false information to the police when he “did falsely represent and identify himself/herself as another person and as a fictitious person to a police officer, upon a lawful detention and arrest, in order to evade the process of the court and evade proper identification,” Radar reports. They revealed that Bar was also charged with trespassing with intent to interfere, as he “entered lands for the purpose of injuring property and property rights with the intention of interfering with, obstruction, and injuring the lawful business and occupation carried on by the owner of such land.”
For the charges, Bar pled no contest and served five days in jail.
He was also ordered to stay 100 yards from the Children’s Hospital in Oakland, as that is where officials believed he trespassed. He was placed on three year probation after a deferred entry of judgement was granted.
This isn’t the only shocking news of a Teen Mom star being busted with meth. In fact, Jenelle Evans’ ex boyfriend Kieffer Delp was recently arrested for running a meth lab!
Meth Lab
Unfortunately for Jenelle, the man she fell head over heels for is also the one who introduced her to heroin. In her memoir, Read Between The Lines: Diary of a Teenage Mom, Jenelle recalled using a lot of drugs during her relationship with Kieffer.
“I did a lot of heroin and weed,” she wrote in the memoir. “That was all I did. Just smoked and shot up and laid around chillin.”
Only around a week into this drug-heavy lifestyle, Jenelle woke up on the bathroom floor only to discover she had overdosed on heroin.
“I had no idea how long I was out or what I did during the time,” she wrote. “It was scary, not knowing. I asked Kieffer why I was lying on the f*cking floor. Kieffer sid I passed out.”
Jenelle demanded why Kieffer didn’t take her to the hospital if he knew that she had passed out while on heroin. But all Kieffer had to say was “Sometimes that happens.”
“He meant that it was just a thing that happens on heroin,” Jenelle wrote in her memoir. “Sometimes you just blackout. Sometimes you lie around on the bathroom floor while your boyfriend enjoys his high… Sometimes you go down and you don’t get back up.”
This incident was a huge wakeup call for Jenelle, who soon checked into a hospital for detox. Jenelle has since cleaned up, but Kieffer didn’t follow in her footsteps. According to a local news source the Post-Gazette, Kieffer was arrested after police discovered that he was operating a meth lab in January 2018.
“Police received multiple complaints about a possible meth lab in the basement apartment and had been investigating it for a few weeks,” according to the outlet. “Upon conducting a search warrant, they found items and chemicals to substantiate the claim.”
Apparently, Kieffer was running this all by himself. “Mr. Delp is believed to have operated the meth lab on his own,” the Post-Gazette reports. “There are no other suspects at this time.”
According to the outlet, Kieffer’s bail was set at $50,000, which he was unable to produce. He is currently being held in Allegheny County Jail, and his preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place on Jan. 23. The Post-Gazette reports that Kieffer “faces felony charges related to the manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamines and the improper disposal of chemicals.”
Repeat Offendor
As for Bar Smith, it seems that he hasn’t left his criminal activity in the past either. His baby mama Ashley Jones has recently accused him of being abusive toward her in front of their newborn child.
“You guys want to know the real about Bar?” Ashley screamed in an Instagram Live update. “He f*cking beats me! How’s that for real? He and his mom are bullies! He puts his f*cking hands on me and he expects me not to put my hands back on him! His mom put her hands on me and he expects me not to put my hands on her,” she exclaims. “But he beats my motherf*cking a** in this house with my daughter!”
Soon after, Bar’s mother Shen shared the clip and added the caption, “Ashley is hitting h3rself. And said she is telling police bar did it smh but her fans say im crazy and wrong this is what we deal with.” Ashley quickly shot back on Twitter.
“Yeah you did see that video of me slapping myself, but I didn’t lie about anything. He does get physical with me often,” she wrote. “But I love him and I stay because I really want things to work ok . Jesus . I would NEVER lie about something like that.” She explained that slapping herself is “something I do every time the pressure gets [too] real and I’m on the verge of loosing [sic] my sh*t.”
The situation got more confusing when Bar himself spoke out about the violence.
“Here y’all go for everyone who’s wondering, yes sometimes sh*t gets physical on both ends but I ain’t no woman abuser and all that extra sh*t,” he wrote on Instagram. “YES we fight but sh*t who doesn’t, it’s all a work in progress but no one has bruises or none like that so please stop trolling everyone. thank you!!!”
However, fans report that in another Instagram live video, Ashley can be heard saying that he doesn’t have to hit her. Bar reportedly responds, “Well you keep flappin your motherf*cking mouth.” Ashley then allegedly revealed Bar didn’t want her to leave and told her, “Why, so you can call the police?”
The stars are all sending mixed signals, but fans seem decided that it’s not a good situation for anyone. “So no bruises means it’s okay? That’s scary. One day it’ll escalate into bruises or even possibly more. & who just puts this out there on social media for the world to see?” wrote reddit user knelso05.
Complicated Relationships
“Bar needs to be off the show,” wrote reddit user BastaniUsername. “I liked him on TM but all this drama spilling out from Ashley is so scary. I'm starting to understand there is a LOT that goes on behind the scenes we don't see. This is a very dangerous situation for Ashley and [their newborn daughter] Holly.”
Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of the drama in Ashley’s family. She has also just shared that Bar’s mother Shen made a sexual advance at her early on in their relationship.
Ashley opened up about Shen’s sexual advance on her Instagram live. “They got drunk on Amsterdam together with Bar present, and Shen was telling Ashley how pretty she was and tried kissing her. Bar intervened and said, ‘Mom, why are you trying to kiss my girl?’” reveals reddit user CadburyBunnyPoo, who tuned in. “Bar was there when Ashley said it on IG and he did not disagree.”
Soon after, Shen spoke out about the accusations!
“So now i get ugly she posted i tried to mak3 out with her she better prove it in court im done,” Shen wrote on Facebook. “Now I am gonna bring the big dogs out im tired of her lies she is a lot sicker than I thought 1st off I don’t do girls and if I did her panties would be clean.”
Surprisingly, soon after this Ashley posted a public apology to Shen.
“Said and did a lot of sh*t to my mother in law that wasn’t ok,” she wrote on Twitter. “I love her and her son and want to move forward because my daughter deserves it.” Luckily, Shen seems willing to accept the apology.
Fight Me IRL
“It’s heart breaking, but as a mother I will still be there to help in any way,” Shen tweeted. “But healing will take a long time. I have been thru so much over this: lied on, defamed but forgiveness will start healing. I am going with caution.”
There’s just one person standing in the way of this reunion: Ashley’s mother, Pastor Tea, who has made her dislike for Shen very clear from the beginning. She took to Twitter to add her two cents to the confusing fight.
“All your kids are criminals,” Pastor Tea wrote. “And the one in jail now was caught on [camera] but you say he innocent,” she said, referring to Bar’s brother who was found guilty of murder.
“You are low class on every level. I grew up in the projects and I never met anyone more trashy than you. All those kids lives you have ruined. Not one have a solid education and you dont either. Anyone dealing with you loves the mess because everyone knows that to pull me out of character…..you have truly crossed the line.”
Then she asked Shen to talk to her face to face. “Shen you been lying on me since day one. You don’t know me and every time Bar asked you to speak with me you tucked your tail and ran. It’s easy to press a 21 year old but you not gone press me. This goes much further than tv. I’m ready to SEE YOU!!! Nuff said.”
She added, “I don’t do this social media stuff. See me in real life. We got some talking to do. Call me Shen. Don’t run. face to face. Tell me where you getting all your lies from because your own son don’t deal with you because of what you done and you not telling folks.” To no surprise, Shen quickly responded via Facebook.
Called Out
“So I’m confused pastor=your daughter faked [domestic violence] and u find a way to make this about me, naw I’m good,” she wrote, adding:
“When i wanted to talk no one else did but I c what kind of people in dealing with. we will not sit down without attorneys because their behavior is maliciously done from hate and spite. u r capable of anything. focus on the kids getting help and making everything right for holly. I speak truth and real i have proven that.. sorry u disagree but im over it and u. So take the high school behavior to an adult so they can guide u cause this sh*t is real not show.”
As if all of this in-fighting was not enough, Shen has even had some choice words against her own son. The fight started when Bar’s brother was accused of murder.
According to reports by Radar Online, Bar’s older brother Troy Seales, who is thirty years old, was on trial for the murder of Deandre Adams. Adams was shot multiple times in Oakland California on Aug. 25, 2017. He was rushed to a hospital after crashing his vehicle and later passed away due to his injuries.
Bar’s older brother was then arrested on Sept. 12, where he was charged with two counts of great bodily injury and one count of shooting and inhabited dwelling. He later pled not guilty to murder.
According to Radar, “A jury found [Bar’s brother Troy Seales], 30, guilty of the murder of Deandre Adams on April 7.”
Bar soon spoke out on Instagram about the case. “I have an older brother named Troy Marshall Seales, who today was cheated out of the rest of his life,” Bar shared on Instagram. “He has been fighting a murder charge since September of 2017, he has been in trial for this murder charge for the last 2 weeks, he was completely snatched of all opportunity at having a second chance at life, a innocent man should be given the same equal opportunities as everyone else in this world. In this trial literally everything bad has happened from horrible lawyer representation to jurors (who decided whether he was guilty or not), falling asleep in mid trial.”
He went on:
“I know my older brother and I know he is an amazing, loving, kind-hearted person no matter what background he has. Yes he doesn’t have the best criminal background and he has done time and openly admitted to his faults, but one thing he has NEVER been is violent, and with MURDER to be something someone actually committed, they would’ve had to be a violent person. TROY SEALES wouldn’t hurt a fly, he would literally give the clothes off of his back if need be.”
However, one important person just wasn’t buying it: his mother, Shen! She took to Instagram to say that Bar doesn’t have room to complain! “Bar crying they took his brother,” she wrote. “[You] didn’t even sit [through] his trial or put up one dime for lawyer. [You] just got a storyline minutes after [the] verdict. I lost two sons but my 1st born, we will fix this. I [won’t] stop until justice is served. A sleeping juror cannot decide anyone’s fate.”
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