In light of her recent drug conviction and five-year-prison term, Amber Portwood has decided to give full custody rights of her 3-year-old daughter Leah to her sometimes-boyfriend Gary Shirley.
College News reports that Portwood’s troubles began in November of 2010 when she was arrested on felony charges of domestic violence against Gary. The star of MTV’s Teen Mom was arrested again in 2011, while she was under probation, for having a “sufficient amount of several different prescription pills” that did not belong to her. Portwood went to jail but eventually reached a plea deal that put her in a drug rehab program.
But Portwood didn’t finish the program. She dropped out in May after failing a drug test. Now, Portwood has decided to give full custody to Gary as she heads back to prison to serve her five year term.
Portwood promised her viewers that she isn’t giving up. Instead, Portwood said that she’s going to use her time in jail to take substance abuse classes and work toward her GED.
Portwood said:
“I’m not just going to sit…. I’m going to substance abuse classes. I’m going to get my GED.”
Portwood has admitted during this season that she needs to get a handle on her depression and anger management issues, but it doesn’t look like she’s headed in the right direction. During last night’s episode Portwood flipped out on Gary after he told her that she needs to “get her sh*t together.”
You can watch the full episode of last night’s Teen Mom below. The final episode airs next Tuesday on MTV.
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I hope she gets the help she needs in prison.
Um, you're spending five years in the pokey so why set the bar so low at a ged? Get your diploma and then earn a degree. It's been done before. All ya got is time right?
Typical white trash…I'm glad she gave up her daughter to Gary. She is unstable as they come!
what a waste of air.
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What a sad pathetic waste of life this girl is…. yuk!
garys white trash too
Anna Brown there is nothing wrong with getting a GED. Either way it's a piece of paper allowing her to say she's completed high school and can continue on with her life. God Bless Amber. You can do it.
Her problem is a problem with drugs which should be dealt as the public health issue that it is, not criminally. At some point the society will have to deal with the problems of drugs rationally rather than sending people to prison where they usually get worse, and become second class citizens because of their prison records.
Court system really messed this girl up. She did not have much of a chance at the start but The media spotlight just finished her.
She is in the wrong place for what she did , a hospital would be better.Plus 5 years is insane.No wonder the USA is going to hell in a hand basket.
What about her issues with violence and domestic abuse? Shouldn't that be dealt with like a criminal? I mean its not JUST drugs that she's having problems with. Punching her boyfriend in the head repeatedly…yeah thats a crime.
Leah is a beautiful child. Her parents are ruining her. I wish they would have given her up at birth. She does not stand a chance if things continue on this path.
I didn't say there was anything wrong with that, but there is better. So my point stands and is still valid. She needs to make good use of this time and why not go for diploma and then further. It's going to be hard enough for her in society, why limit yourself to a ged? You sound like you're taking it personal – no reason that you should.
She has seen that kind of behavior all her life, now she will come out of prison with a felony. She need a lot of help, and I hope she gets it for her little girl and herself.
That poor baby. I feel sorry for her.
I agree. Now tax payers can pay for her the next five years and she'll still likely have drug and anger issues. I agree that she should be at a hospital and get real treatment so she can become a productive part of society. Now she may/may not get help and she'll have a prison record hanging over her as she tries and fails to find a job.
They should also throw everyone at MTV that put this piece of trash and all like her on television into prison for five years. One of the "teen 'mom's" gets a boob job at 16, paid for by her parents, this one is obviously a selfish, trashy, drug addicted abuser. They glorify people like this, never pointing out the people that do actual good with their lives, the people that work hard to help others. These people, the people that "made" them, and the people that watch this garbage are all diseased…
That girl is messed up on so many levels. Although Gary is crazy stupid too, he seems a lot more stable than Amber. Amber is just plain nuts.
He might be, but he cares for his child and isn't a fuck up abuser like Amber!
What a shame.From the few epiodes I've watched, she seemed to have her head on straight.Is that how she lost all the weight? Not worth it…
I agree Shawna…Am I the only one who remembers Gary spending the baby's food and diaper money on an Xbox on 16 and Pregnant?
i cant stand gary, i actually like amber better. i feel bad for leah
Gary stop using your daughter as a tool to get Amber. Amber needs help but Gary knows what he's doing. Amber really get help and get your daughter back. Gary you know Amber is sick but your daughter needs to see her mom in the right setting. I liked you Gary but what your doing to your daughter and Amber is not right Amber can't be in a relationship with you she s sick.
You should never have given up your daughter. The courts don't see how Gary played Amber its just sick how they used that baby.