DUIs, Drugs, Debt & Secret Children: Amber Portwood's Fiance Matt Baier's 11 Most Shocking Secrets & Scandals
Sept. 22 2016, Updated 3:36 p.m. ET
Man of her dreams— or her nightmares? Amber Portwood may be counting the days until she marries fiancé Matt Baier, but his shady past could tear the couple apart.
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Portwood says she met Baier when he approached her on Twitter. But she may not have known that the 44-year-old was a Teen Mom super fan for years before they met. He slammed Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans and her baby daddy, Nathan Griffith, hundreds of times. "If you were on a sinking boat with @PBandJenelley_1 and a cockroach, who would you save?" he tweeted in April 2014.
RadarOnline.com exclusively revealed Portwood's relationship with Baier in 2014— and also exposed his criminal past. He was arrested for driving under the influence, simple assault, and issuing checks without funds in the '90s, when 25-year-old Portwood was just a toddler.
The Boston native had his fair share of money problems, too. In 2007, Baier was slapped with a federal tax lien for a shocking $28,543. (The lien was ultimately discharged in 2008.)
Baier confessed that like Portwood— who served prison time for drug-related crimes— he has suffered from addiction issues in the past. "I was always, always high," he said of his time on prescription painkillers. "This went on for years and years and years."
Though he now claims to be clean and sober, he confessed on MTV cameras to punching a wall while drunk in a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas with Portwood in 2014.
Trouble in paradise? In April 2015, Portwood tweeted and deleted that Baier had cheated on her. A source close to Baier claimed he texted an ex-girlfriend, setting Portwood off.
Using her for money? Portwood's family questioned Baier's intentions last season when she admitted he didn't have a job following his move to Indiana. This season, however, the couple has been flipping houses for cash.
In the shock of the season, Portwood's ex Gary Shirley confronted her on camera with claims Baier secretly had seven children. (He had only confessed to two with an ex-wife.) Baier flipped out at producers on camera.
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Baier eventually copped to five children in a video interview with Portwood. But it seems he's still lying to fans— and his fiancée. RadarOnline.com discovered Indiana court documents proving he owes thousands in child support to five baby mamas and seven children!
An 8th child! Another ex, Boston native Kelli Maguire Nunn, told all to RadarOnline.com, claiming Baier owes her $10,000 in child support for their 8-year-old daughter. (Baier has denied being the father of Nunn's child.)
More accusations! Judy Cornett, a former friend of Baier, told RadarOnline.com that he stole $1,500 from her. "I feel that he is still continuing his behavior of conning, manipulating, and lying his way through life," she said.
