Amber’s Victory: Plea Deal Granted In Portwood’s Domestic Violence Case, No Prison Time
Oct. 31 2019, Updated 5:47 p.m. ET
Amber Portwood won't be reporting to prison in the domestic violence case against her. RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal the court has accepted a plea deal at the Teen Mom OG star's Thursday, October 31 court hearing.
According to Marion County District Court, a plea agreement was granted in the case.
Count 2, which is criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon and Count 3, which is domestic battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old, were dismissed.
For the fourth count of Intimidation, she was sentenced to 910 days in county jail with 906 days suspended. Because of credit days earned, she will get no jail time.
She is on probation for 906 days. She is ordered to complete parenting classes and 26 weeks of Batterers' Intervention Program.
Portwood must also submit to random urine and/or breath testing. The testing will be done at the request of the probation officer at a minimum of one time per month.
She is ordered to pay $1,285 in court costs and fees.
According to the court docket, the no-contact order to protect Andrew Glennon remains in place. She can only communicate with him regarding visitation through the Our Family Wizard app.
A source close to Portwood told RadarOnline.com that she is able to have three unsupervised visits per week with her son James, 1, who she shares with Glennon.
She is on probation and is expected back in court on October 29, 2020 at 8:30am.
Us Weekly was the first to report on the plea deal before it became official.
As RadarOnline.com reported, Portwood, 29, was arrested on July 5, 2019 for domestic violence against her then-boyfriend.
The State of Indiana charged the TMOG star with one count of domestic battery, a felony count of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and a felony count of domestic battery.
But the drama for Portwood didn’t end there, as Glennon, 35, filed for sole legal and primary physical custody of their 1-year-old son James.
The court papers read, “Father believes Mother is currently unable to provide a safe, stable and secure environment for James on an ongoing basis due to her frequent refusal and/or failure to take medicines prescribed to treat her mental-health conditions, among other concerns.”
He asked to relocate the toddler to California, where Glennon used to reside. Portwood fired back and asked a judge to dismiss his relocation request.
The court was presented with a Mediated Agreement with regard to Custody. The court accepted the agreement on October 23, 2019.
Scroll through RadarOnline.com’s gallery to go inside the domestic violence case.
Life-Changing Night
As RadarOnline.com has extensively reported, Portwood was arrested on July 5 after she got into a fight with Glennon over traffic. She allegedly accused him of dropping the ball on their 4th of July plans.
Abuse Claims
When they returned home, she allegedly struck him with a shoe. He left so Portwood would cool off, but when Glennon returned home with their child, she charged at him like she was “going to hit him.”
Pill Abuse?
According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause obtained by RadarOnline.com, Portwood “went to her drawer and took a handful of Klonopin and tossed it back like it was nothing. When he threatened to call the police, she “regurgitated the pills.”
So Chilling
Glennon locked himself and their son in a room when she allegedly picked up a machete. “She hit the door with the machete and kicked the door and broke the handle,” the report claimed. He then texted 911 for help.
Amber’s Side
Portwood denied the pills and machete incident, but admitted to hitting Glennon with a shoe while he held their 1-year-old. She claimed she became upset when Glennon recorded her “yelling.”
Evidence Against Amber
Portwood accepting the plea deal was a good call, as the State of Indiana listed evidence against her if the case went to trial.
Evidence Revealed
The evidence listed includes audio recording from the incident at her Indiana home, audio recording of July 4, 2019 incident, including email explaining car ride audio, three Ring videos, which is doorbell footage, and 22 photos provided by the Indiana Metropolitan Police Department.
More Proof
Other evidence includes audio recording of Glennon's statement, charging information, 2-page criminal history of Portwood, incident report and prior conviction court documents.
Andrew’s Help For Police
But the evidence didn’t end there. In the State’s Notice of Discovery Compliance obtained from Marion Superior Court, Glennon provided detective Linda White with three emails of evidence.
Amber Betrayed?
The first three-page email from Glennon is entitled “Amber Audio Clips.” The second is entitled “Missed One” that contains a doorbell video. The final email entitled is “August 7th 2018-5:39- First Blood Drawn” and contains three pages.
Shocking Audio
“Nine audio clips and one ring video (Video Audio 91919), associated with aforementioned emails, will be provided to defense counsel,” the court papers read. The materials listed may be used as exhibits at trial.
Chilling Audio
As RadarOnline.com readers know, audio obtained from a family member was released on YouTube. In the first released clip, Portwood seemingly flipped on Glennon with James in the room because he woke her up at 2pm for an appointment. “If you don’t pick him up you f**king fat piece of s**t I’m going to f**king stab you,” she said. “Get your fat a** up and get him.” When he responded, “I thought you were watching him?” she seemingly fired back. “I’m not watching him today you’re f**king stupid.” Glennon replied, “So you’re just going to throw him at me?”
Recordings Exposed
She then seemed to yell over cameras in their home. “You’re a scummy little b**h,” she yelled. “I wasn’t attacking you. I’m five-foot f**king two. For you to sit there and say I attack you. I will not do this s**t again. I will have lawyers up the a**.” He then said, “To say I will kill you is really scary, okay?” She fired back, “You are really dumb, okay? For you to even say that is stupid. You should not have woken me up this morning. I told you a million times.”
Wow
In another audio clip, Portwood was heard allegedly saying, "I will kill you. Get out. I'm going to stab you in the neck." Portwood's rep did not respond to RadarOnline.com's request for comment. It is unclear is the audio is the evidence provided to the detective.
Custody Agreement
As for Portwood’s custody battle over James, The Ashley’s Reality Roundup revealed details from their custody order. Glennon was allegedly granted primary physical custody of James. The parents will share joint legal custody.