Fourth Update 7/10 4:00pm An emergency custody hearing was held today. Gary Shirley and his wife were there to support Amber. She had an attorney with her. Another woman was there that news outlets said was a Teen Mom producer, But it looked like Amber’s mom to me. It is believed that the baby will be with Andrew with no visitation for Amber based on CPS testimony regarding her felony background and current charges.
THIRD UPDATE: 2:10 am Amber Portwood came after Andrew and the baby with a MACHETE! As usual, The Ashley has all the exclusive details here. Apparently, Amber was mad that the road was closed due to traffic and they were unable to get to the fireworks show. Should you even take a baby to a fireworks show?
SECOND UPDATE! 1:50 am ET TMZ is reporting that Amber Portwood has been charged with three felonies: domestic battery, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and domestic battery in the presence of a child. I’m not sure what the deadly weapon could be. But it sounds likely that Amber will go back to “gel” and Andrew will take the kid and move back to Malibu.
UPDATED! The Paternity Test requests seems to indicate that James is living with Andrew Glennon and not with Amber Portwood.
It seems that Amber Portwood’s arrest for domestic battery is going to have some serious repercussions for her. Andrew Glennon has moved out of the home he shared with Amber and into his own place, according to documents filed with the court. It is not clear at this time who is in possession of the child, James.
Today, Andrew filed multiple motions concerning his son. He is asking for full custody. The police report related to Amber’s arrest indicated that she hit him on the side of his head and his neck with a shoe. James was not injured in the attack. Andrew stated to police that Amber has struck him multiple times in the past. She has also threatened him with bodily harm on numerous occasions.
Is Andrew Glennon The Father?
He is also requesting a paternity test. To me that is the most interesting part of this story. Amber was still involved with Matt when she and Andrew began dating. At the time James was born there was some talk on the street that Matt could be the father. At the time Andrew never seemed to doubt the child’s paternity. This move seems to come at an interesting time.
It makes me wonder what the fight was that led to Amber clobbering Andrew with a shoe. Could one or the other of them have made a comment about the paternity of the baby? Based on my observations that baby is definitely Andrew’s. The kid isn’t even two years old yet and looks like a three year old. He’s big like Andrew.
So perhaps the request for a paternity test is necessary for the courts and was not a request by Andrew Glennon. Perhaps it is standard practice in child custody cases. It would be a real mess if the baby didn’t turn out to be Andrew’s. He is very bonded with little James and is the primary caregiver.
This is yet another sad custody case to add to the long list of reality show custody cases.
Sad situation, but it looked like she didn’t have her anger issues under control. Maybe her meds are not working or she isn’t taking them.
She stops her meds all the time. Last dhow she told Cate she stopped her meds so she could drink on the girls trip ! Cate talked her into taki g them again the next day. No wonder she is so up and down. You can’t just stop these meds whenever you feel like it.
I don’t watch this show but from what I read here, these ‘moms’ are a bunch of poor-decision making, dysfunctional train wrecks. With way too much money to burn. Has any one of them gotten their chit together?
I haven’t watched it in years but I think that Chelsea chick was doing pretty well.
I think this was the icing on the cake for him… I have no doubt, she has in her uncontrollable anger, lashed out/hit him.. With the baby in his arms, I believe he was done and realized it would not stop; only escalate. Agree, baby looks 100% his, but he may need that documented for sole custody.
Amber is going to get clobbered by social media… And rightly so because everybody has an opinion… but I don’t think her anxiety, bipolar, BPD can handle a lot more.. She definitely doesn’t need to be raising this baby..at least not right now.. I will say this for her ..she chose well with her baby daddies.. They both appear to be stand up guys that love their children.
In Indiana, you must file for paternity test to gain any type of visitation, let alone custody. Standard procedure, nothing weird about it.
I feel for people struggling with mental illness however in Amber’s case on every episode she comments on how it effects her behavior, feelings and actions. She seems incredibly aware of how it effects her life and what the consequences of her actions could be. I could be wrong but it seems as though Amber may have a long list of resources to cope with her illness that most people don’t have. I don’t won’t to be insensitive but she seems to have fallen into the mind set that she has bipolar and borderline personality disorder so don’t piss me off, tip toe around me or I’ll explode. The last episode of Teen Mom when she went on vacation with the other moms was so uncomfortable to watch. The other girls seemed to hold their breath around Amber. She only seemed happy when she was talking about her illness and when the attention shifted to something or someone else she fell into an anxiety attack or melt down. In no way am I doubting her struggle. I just don’t understand if she knows she is drowning why she doesn’t get out of the deep end of the pool. Yes I know it’s easier said then done.
Many people now a days are very aware of their mental illness and what it does because of all the information readily available now a days but it does nothing to cure it. It’s like having a broken arm. You know it’s broken but knowing it’s broken does nothing to cure it. Does nothing to take away the pain. Same with mental illness or any other ailments. And people have to understand that just because resources and medication is available, it just doesn’t work all the time, far from it. People with mental illness are famous for not taking their meds because it’s part of the illness. It’s a catch 22. Plus taking meds every single day for the rest of your life is a very daunting thing. I know people with all ailments including cancer and hiv who can’t keep up with the medication regimen day in and out so they stop or go off and on. Have some more understanding you know.
Amber makes a lot of money. If she wanted to get right she could go to the most expensive inpatient center in the country, and get her meds adjusted. She has no excuse for not taking them. This isn’t her first rodeo, & knows shes violent, & rages when shes off her meds. Come on, she stopped taking them so she could drink. Great parenting there. She should have supervised visitation until these kids are adults. She dangerous to herself & others.
Money means nothing. And newsflash, people with bipolar do NOT have to take meds. She has had professional helps in the past in spades, obviously the “help” doesn’t help. And let’s keep in mind that Andrew is not probably not so innocent in this whole mess. He was drinking too when he is a former addict himself. As you said, she has lots of money and fame, he could have provoked her on purpose to get at all of her money and get his own fame by being with her. He knew how she was before they got together , I mean her history is well documented. IF she is in fact at fault for this whole thing, he has no one but himself to blame. He is an adult and should be cautious of the women he brings into his life. One google search of Amber Portwood is all that it would have to took. He’s in his 30’s for God’s sake. He needs to take responsibility for HIS OWN decisions.
He’s requesting a paternity test because he has to in order to get custody. When a baby is born to unwed parents, a paternity test is typically needed in court, especially if Amber didn’t list him on the birth certificate.
I had my twins out of wedlock, and I listed their father on the birth certificate. Nonetheless my state would still require their father to get a paternity test to challenge custody. I could easily claim my twins are not his, and my state says it’s on him to prove it because the hospital confirmed those babies came out of me, but they cannot confirm their father is the biological father.
It seems to be less required in custody battles of parents who were married at the time of the birth, but even then the mother can deny paternity, leaving the father to get a paternity test to fight for his child. So that’s likely why. He needs solid documentation that the kid is his to begin his battle.
He is obviously very serious about this. She is in for a hell of a fight because she’s a known abuser who’s done time in prison for abusing people. She really needs to get control of herself because she stands to lose kid number two now for the same behavior that cost her Leah.
Team Andrew, full custody.
If unmarried a man has to do a paternity test to prove to the court their the father.
Did anyone watch the latest Teen Mom OG last night? Very interesting considering the latest events. Amber talked about the meds that she is on and how she isn’t supposed to drink while on them so on the girls trip she apparently took herself off the meds so she could drink, and drink she did! She then started feeling the withdrawal effects of the meds and couldn’t quite cope. Also she talked about how angry she feels at times and her need to lash out at people. It was a really telling episode considering her latest arrest.
Agree. I watched. It was also very telling when she would talk about marriage Andrew got quiet.
I don’t think any of us are very surprised she wasn’t able to cope with the demands of a baby. She had to have her mother come help her when Andrew had his surgery.
I hope he gets custody. It’s her responsibility to take care of her mental health. The whole rest of the world shouldn’t have to walk on eggshells to accommodate her. It’s funny how she only feels the need to lash out at boyfriends. She has the means and therapists available to her.
I am speechless, TT. I read Andrew’s reported account of how Amber attacked him with a heavy-heeled shoe, and then a MACHETE. All this while he was holding baby James! And apparently her whole rage episode went on for hours and hours, with Andrew taking the baby in the car, hoping Amber would “cool off.”
I am Team Andrew and Baby James. I would tell him to take the baby and leave, and never ever come back. She’s had ten years to get all the help money can buy, and she’s very self-aware. She ain’t never gonna change. Gary should make sure Leah is never unsupervised with her, either. So very sad, for all of them.
My sleep cycle is all messed up and I can’t sleep at the right times. I am just now going to bed after watching this week’s Teen Mom. It’s all very sad. I really worried about Amber. She has repeatedly talked about her suicidal tendencies. She’s facing jail time again. Her man and her baby are gone. This will be a very dark place for her. As someone with anxiety and depression, I totally understood her anxiety in the grocery store. It’s a real thing. I try to go in non-peak hours when there are not so many people.
I am not sure Amber will survive this. I hope she does.
My hope in all this is that Andrew and Gary can work together so that Leah and James grow up knowing each other and have a relationship of some sort. I know there is like 10 years between them but they are brother and sister. Praying for Andrew and baby James!
This relationship has lasted longer than I expected it to. That being said, Amber has always been a ticking time bomb. I am sure what she did with Gary she started doing with Andrew. He comes from money right? Not that it matters but I hope he gets custody.
Of all of the team mom cast, Amber has the worst anger issues. She’s dead even with David Eason. She cannot control herself. Her lack of control and awareness was on full display when she did Marriage Boot Camp, so I’m a little unsure of why Andrew would think it was a good idea to date her.
Amber is dangerous, both to others and to herself. She needs to be on medication and actively participating in therapy. I’m sure she will have to do both to get her son back.
In the past, she has dated losers who either accept her behavior or act the same way. She’s made a huge error in thinking Andrew would react the same when he appears to be far more level headed and decent. If what he alleges is true, he has made the right decision to leave and protect his child, and I do not feel sorry for Amber. She is not in a place to care for a baby if she threatened her boyfriend’s and baby’s lives. The child needs to be far away from her.
Listen, who didn’t see this coming.. although I don’t condone whAt Amber did… this seedy guy prayed on her vulnerable emotions at a time when her life was turbulent, got a baby out of her to secure bag.. now he ready to collect his child support, take the baby and leave
I think that’s a bit unfair. I haven’t seen anything to indicate that Andrew is, “seedy”. He seems quiet but well spoken, educated, has a profession as a gaffer or camera man (although I’m not sure how much work he gets in Indiana). I’ve never got the feeling he was a grifter, like Matt. I think he’s a nice easy going bloke who fell in love with Amber when she was doing well, knocked her up and he had no idea what the hell he was getting into. He’s in a really bad situation right now, he will need a significant amount of help and support if he receives full custody and stays in Indiana or else he’s off to California and 5 hours away from Amber by plane. The fact you think he has an easy ride is pretty laughable, not with Amber.
@Kimdee I think you’re mistaken Andrew with the seedy guy named Matt. Maybe you’ve missed some seasons. Andrew is a very nice, gentleman. If Amber prospered in her recovery and her mental issues. She would of had a very nice family life with him. Still makes me very sad for everyone involved either way.
Andrew has his own issues. Click on the middle suggested link under the post about Amber being pregnant with her second child for the details.
Tamara, I just read the article you pointed out. Interesting to learn this about Andrew. I think you need to write another article about this and make more people aware of his past. Having two different women place restraining orders against him is very serious. Nothing to take lightly that’s for sure. Makes you question his intentions with Amber because him being interested in her from the start never made sense, to me at least.
TT- you have it right. Courts usually require a father (not married to the mother) suing for custody to establish paternity. That’s the law in the state of Ohio anyway. It probably just standard practice across the board.
Wow. This is sad and very reminiscent of the past. I used to think Gary riled Amber up (he did) but Andrew is quite the opposite and sounds like he does everything in his power to appease Amber. I realize she has mental illness, but she has access to the best resources in the world and isn’t taking advantage of them. Not only does she suffer in the end, but her children suffer as a direct result. I wish these Teen Moms would stop having children when they are not in a good place themselves. I’m looking at you too, Mackenzie.
For years I was very hard on Gary. I still think he was a dip shit (with the XXXXX LG t-shirt and baseball cap to prove it!) in the beginning. He was very passive aggressive with her for years. Thank God for his mother who really raised Leah the first few years of her life until Gary remarried. Surprisingly he’s been a good Dad and Christina a good step mom (who really seems to love Leah). She appears to be a loving, sweet, intelligent and sensitive little girl.
Christina is my favorite Mom of all of them. I’m so happy Leah has her and Gary really hit the lottery with Christina.
My guess is Amber will be headed to rehab by the end of the week. I can’t see her having any chance of even getting supervised visits with her son if she doesn’t get herself into some inpatient therapy ASAP. I can’t wrap my mind around the thought of her with a MACHETE going after Andrew while he was holding their son. Jesus Christ.
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She has bipolar, so she needs to take her meds. There are different types of bipolar disorder. Some people have it and their personality is easygoing, another person with it is always angry or violent. I feel sorry for all involved. Andrew seems like a very nice guy. Watching the episode when she snapped at him for no reason was a warning right there. Then, she’s fighting with Jenelle.
For people who say she should just take her meds. It’s not that easy. I think she’s tries to work on herself, but then she lapses. All in all it’s all very sad. I remember Gary taking Leah to her first day of school and Amber was all alone. She’s missing out on her kid’s lives. I can’t help but to feel sorry for her. She ruined her life and her new family. I’m not taking what she did lightly. I just think she needs serious help. Leah and James would be much better off if their mother was stable and not in prison. But in no way should she be near her children until she gets the help that she needs.
they were evidently arguing in the car and when they got home she hit him with a shoe. so scuttlebut seems to be amber initially swallowed a handful of klonopin and andrew was going to call the authorities. she then regurgitated them and grabbed the machete. he stated she was refusing to take her meds for her mental issues. she needs to go into the hospital until she gets leveled out on her meds and done with these suicidal urges.