’16 & Pregnant’ Star Whitney Purvis
Avoids Arrest for Back Child Support
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Whitney Purvis has averted arrest in her ongoing youngster assist case after coughing up a hefty fee ordered by a choose … TMZ has discovered.
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the “16 and Pregnant” alum was on the point of being arrested after the court discovered she’d fallen greater than $23K behind on youngster assist for her youngsters — Weston Jr. and River — with ex Weston Gosa.
The choose ordered Purvis be taken into custody and jailed except she paid a $4K lump sum purge fee to keep away from jail time. Court docs now present she paid the total quantity … so the choose rescinded the order earlier than she was ever arrested.
Purvis remains to be on the hook shifting ahead as a result of she’s been ordered to proceed paying $353 per 30 days in present youngster assist, plus $20 per 30 days towards the arrears, together with extra processing charges.
We broke the story … Purvis was beforehand in police custody after being arrested on a felony involuntary manslaughter cost tied to an alleged deadly overdose. Police claimed she deliberately distributed Tranq, a fentanyl-xylazine combination, which they are saying prompted John Mark Harris to die from a poisonous overdose.
She additionally faces two extra drug expenses, together with possession with intent to distribute. The arrest got here simply weeks after the loss of life of her teenage son, Weston Jr.
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