Jenelle Evans‘ treatment of her son Jace— even from thousands of miles away— continues to shock.
On Monday, a story was sold to TMZ to reveal that her 16-year-old son Jace had been checked into a mental hospital following a call to police about a “troubled teen disturbance” at Jenelle’s mom’s house.
The Ashley can confirm that this is true… but the details behind what’s really been going down are jaw-dropping.
The Ashley’s sources tell her Jace was “infuriated to find out that Jenelle was back with David” and that’s what spurred the incident.
Although Jace has been living with his grandma Barbara Evans for the past eight months or so, Jenelle has retained legal custody of the teen.
“When Jace found out from reading it online that his mom was back with David, he flipped out,” the source said. “Jenelle didn’t even tell him herself, he had to read it on the Internet.”
(As The Ashley has previously reported, David and Jenelle reconciled in January— despite the fact that David is still facing felony criminal charges for felony assault by strangulation and child abuse for allegedly assaulting Jace in 2023.)
“Jace was very upset, and Barbara called Jenelle about it and told her,” the source said. “That’s when cops were called and Jace was taken to a local hospital.”
From there, Jace was transported to a mental hospital, where he’s been since late February.
From what The Ashley has heard, Jace is possibly going to testify against David at his upcoming trial.
“Now that Jenelle is back with David she doesn’t want him to end up convicted of the crimes,” the source said.
“Jenelle asked that Jace be committed to a facility long-term,” the source said. “She wants Jace to be institutionalized. She is also, as an alternative if long-term commitment can’t happen, trying to get the court to allow her male friend in North Carolina to get Jace,” the source said. “It makes absolutely no sense.”
The source stated that Jenelle recently told people that she’s “done with” Jace and doesn’t want anything to do with him,” the source added. “Jace doesn’t want anything to do with Jenelle now either.”
A second source tells The Ashley that Jenelle has been living a happy life in Vegas while all of this has been going on.
“All this time, Jenelle is portraying that she is just giving Jace ‘his privacy’ and acting involved in his life, but in reality she put him in the hospital and doesn’t want him speaking out. He had every right to get upset that his mom is back with the man she promised Jace and the other kids she’d never go back to.
“While Jace was in the hospital, she was out with David in Vegas, going out to eat, having him take her OnlyFans photos and enjoying life, while the child that gave her fame and everything is suffering,” the source stated. “He’s furious and rightfully so.”
There’s much more to this situation and The Ashley will update soon. Stay tuned…
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What? Who? Who is this male friend in North Carolina who’s cool taking on a deeply troubled teenager for an indefinite time?
and of course the devil protects those who are on his side, this is so evil on jenelle’s part and and immediately eliminates any good she still had left in her and i hate wishing bad on anyone but i can’t wait until karma catches up to her
Not shocking at all, this goes right along with the way that she has chosen men over her kids since the day they were born. Also, this is great for David because they can use it to fit the narritive that Jace was out of control.
I wonder if she’s been getting her “Parenting Tips” from Kate Gosselin. Sure seems like it since this is right out of her playbook.
This absolute wench! She needs all rights to children removed and custody permanently pulled!! I’m so flipping sick of this smug hippo getting her way. And only cares about custody to prove she’s a good mom for social media. I guarantee if it wasn’t for that influencer (ha!) crap, that she wouldn’t fight for any of them. She’s an absolute vile pos. It’s all about a facade she needs to keep up for appearances because of monetization.
Cancel this witch. Jace has all rights to be upset after ON camera asking how he feels and saying she won’t go back. She’s a low rent witch
This is so incredibly sad. Words fail on what a terrible loathsome person that Jenelle is. She’s so stupid, David is only being tolerable to her because he doesn’t want to live on a broken down boat, he low-key hates her. She’s a failure as a mother for choosing some busted up dude over her children, she’s never had any personal growth. She’ll always be that hateful maturity stunted person that she has shown us time and time again. I thought the lowest she could get was telling Nathan that she hoped his brother had died during deployment and being glad that his friend did. But nope.
Wow! She has gone too far! I think Nathan said it best! She always plays the victim! But when it suits her! She cried at EVERY SINGLE REUION SHOW! For teen mom 2. Not to get Jace back (not just to get back I should say) but because she was mad at a bf or her friends for not standing her! The REAL VICTIM is JACE! Always has been always will be! I comment barb for taking care of him. She did an amazing job especially under the circumstances. But I think it would have been better in the long run if Jace would have been given up for adoption. Think about how Jace would have turned out without all the drama from Janelle? Janelle’s men? Janelle’s unstable home life when he lived with her? The fact that he saw her keep his two other siblings but not take him! Look at all the damage she caused before she threw him in the hospital for a fucking man (excuse my language). Mark my words David will hurt her and she will play the victim AGAIN and no one will care because we all know she had a shot to put him in jail but she locked up her son in the hospital!
I wish barb would have gotten a restraining order against Janelle and raised Jace alone! Especially when she was using & with men like Nathan and David.
This is absolutely insane! I dont know what Jace’s reaction was, maybe him getting some additional help wouldnt be a bad thing. The article said long term. So Jenelle is planning on having Jace institutionalized until hes 18?
I dont know, legally, what prosecutors are allowed to do in regards to Jace possibly testifying against DKD. Theres ring camera footage of the incident and, no doubt, detailed documentation from medical providers, police…etc.
I also think the reconciliation insane, but I’m not surprised Jenelle went back to DKD. She couldnt get a boyfriend in Vegas after “August” left her.
I feel like it would be more concerning if Jace wasnt made his mom went back to the man that assaulted him.wonder how Jenelle will try to spin this one
absolutely despicable. poor, poor jace.
meanwhile swamp queen 🧟♀️👑 is out in the desert 🏜️ doing a ‘cowgirl theme’ OF ‘butthole 🍑🕳️ pitcher’ shoot, without a care in the world. 🤮🤢
(to be clear, i don’t follow this vile ‘human’ on any socials ~ saw a post abt the photo shoot on r*ddit)
Isn’t there some way, someone can get a court appointed attorney for Jace and fill him or her in on what is really going on and that Jenelle only put him in there so his case against David would either be postponed or dropped. Jenelle is so fing stupid for not knowing the only reason David went back to her was so she wouldn’t testify against him in Jace’s court case.
Excuse my language but fuck her. What a waste of skin to choose a man who abused her kids and killed her animals. It’s acceptable for Jenelle because she is also a child and animal abuser. And she will continue to get away with it and so will David.
If I were Barb I wouldn’t have called Jenelle for shit. I’m not sure why she bothered. Did she think Jenelle was going to actually care? Poor Jace. He has a right to be pissed and betrayed. I truly hate her and wish Jace had someone in his life that could protect him.
I swear to God, when I heard of his mental breakdown the first thing I thought was he must have found out Jenelle and David are back together. For her to institutionalize Jace to prevent him from testifying against David is the most evil thing Jenelle (or any other of the Teen Moms) have done. She deserves jail time and Hell
Rot In hell Janelle you POS.
You are as bad as Casey Anthony.
I can not think of any other mother more hated then the two of you.
Jenelle is the worst mother in the history of that show. How DARE her pick that hillbilly David who ABUSED her son!!! Karma will get her.