MTV Teem Mom: Amber Portwood Assualt Charges On Gary Shirley

by NowPublic Staff | November 18, 2010 at 10:22 am

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MTV Teen Mom, Amber Portwood Domestic Assault Charges For Beating Gary Shirley

Police in Anderson, Indiana have charged Amber Portwood, who appears in the MTV reality show Teen Mom, with two felonies and one misdemeanor charge of domestic violence against the father of her their child, Gary Shirley, Radar Online is reporting.

According to police documents, on August 14, 2009, Portwood shoved Shirley against a wall, slapped him on the face and choked him. The incident was witnessed by the couple’s one-year-old child who sat in a child seat on a nearby bed. On June 14, 2010, Portwood was videotaped slapping Shirley five times, punching him three times and kicking him at least once. Finally, on July 18, 2010, Portwood is again videotaped in the presence of their child slapping Shirley in the face, and punching him several more times in the face and upper-body.”

At the time of this post, Amber Portwood had not bee arrested as it is up the Anderson Prosecutors office to determine the precise nature of the charges.

In the state of Indiana, domestic violence in front of a child is a felony, punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.