EXCLUSIVE! Jenelle Evans Sends Son Jace to Mental Institution: Here’s What Really Happened

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.)

“Swampmates forever…and stuff.”

“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.

“Life is good!”

“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…

UPDATE! After The Ashley posted this story, Jenelle’s estranged sister Ashleigh entered the chat on X. As The Ashley has previously told you, Ashleigh and Jenelle have had no relationship for years; however, Ashleigh remains close to their mom Barbara. In posts to X, Ashleigh slammed her sister, whom she believes sold the story about Jace to TMZ.

“Here we go again!”

“I’m at the point right now where I don’t give 2F’s,” Ashleigh wrote. “I’m sick and tired of my sister selling stories with her lowlife friends for cash making lies about my family especially the children drama everyone’s so tired of her. She needs a real reality check… there’s no arguing w/an evil POS sister. I just thought I’d get my point across before the Internet talks badly about my nephew. It really affects him emotionally. It’s not fair to him, if he speaks out, my sister will retaliate like always.”

“This is what she does,” she wrote in another tweet. “She was mad when my mother had her stroke sat in my mother’s driveway for a couple hours cause my nephew Jace did not want to go with her so what did she do? Sell the story TMZ blast me on the Internet at a jealousy with [Ryan Dolph] it’s what she does when she’s mad.

“This is the same situation that happened when my mother had a stroke [last year]. Nobody knew about my mother’s stroke. When I was [taking] care of my mom, all of a sudden my sister comes to NC and it sold the tabloid all over the Internet. I know one particular person who did it who sells lies.”

Ashleigh also revealed more alleged details about Jenelle’s relationship with Jace.

“My nephew wants nothing to do with my sister Jenelle because of what his mother has done to him and betrayed him,” Ashleigh wrote, adding that Barbara is “furious right now.”

“Jenelle canceled his medical insurance last year abandoned him refused to do medical treatment for him while [he was] living with my mom,” Ashleigh stated. “Other family has medical insurance for him because Jenelle refuses to step up and be a mom. She abandoned him such a shame.
 
 
UPDATE 2: A new story sold to TMZ is claiming that Jace pulled a gun on his grandma Barbara and threatened to kill her and himself. However, The Ashley’s sources are denying the story is true, as is Jenelle’s sister Ashleigh. Click here for the latest update! 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Kristy

Actually this is the best thing she could have done for him. I work at a state psychiatric hospital that has patients as young as 12 and the kids have a TEAM of doctors, social workers, managed care providers through Medicaid and they don’t play about kids. Watch what happens in the next 30-45 days with Jenelle and at court with Eason for that strangulation case now. Jenelle is DUMB AF and I am sooo glad.

Aubreescellphone

My God. This is heartbreaking for Jace. There is no low that’s too low for Jenelle. Even if we play devil’s advocate and say it’s true (which NO ONE believes) how could you sell stories about it to the tabloids with a clear conscience? How could you do that to your son that you’ve already failed so many times?

I hope she remembers every single day on earth that UBT only came back because his free rent dried up at Kenleigh’s. We won’t forget how pathetic you both are, you monsters. You two losers deserve each other. I hope he rots in jail.

Bel

Once again that scummy pos is picking a man over her children and not just any man but that other scummy pos that placed his hands on the child that she’s choosing him over.
She put him in hospital to stop him testifying or if Jace does his to testimony might not be believed cause of his mental illness.
That scummy pos has put Jace through enough and she’s still doing it, you just know the gun story cames from both the scummy pos.
Cps needs to take the kids somewhere safe, she’s already said he’s a paedophile.
So cps has her word that she’s putting her children in danger by bring him in her home with children, they need to use all these testimonies against her.
Jace needs to go to court and file a emancipation, then he’s completely broke away from her and she has no way on his life anymore


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sirpoopsalot

Stories like this make me very angry with CPS- they continue to fail Jace and Jenelle continues to live her life. The fact that she’s now living with her ex that she has a restraining order against is ridiculous. There should be some sort of consequence for her… I feel really bad for Jace- his mother is just absolutely continuing to show him she doesn’t give a damn about him. She is legit choosing David over him… That’s sick. I don’t even date right now- I made the mistake once and the relationship resulted in a child- two weeks after we had split, I found out I was pregnant- and since I was pregnant with my youngest son I have refused to date. I just cannot risk anyone being around my boys let alone assaulting them. HELL no. I really hope something happens where Jenelle no longer has custody of Jace for the remainder of the time he’s a technical child. Barb should have say in what happens- Jenelle should have absolutely nothing to do with making decisions for him SMH

anita

It was Barb who called 911 and filled out paper work to have Jace committed after Jace pulled a gun on her and threatened to kill Barb and himself.

anita

To the 6 down voters, do your homework on this story. I too was wrong with the first story that came out.

Smartipants

What a terrible person and mother. And poor Jace. This is heartbreaking. I hope he finds stability and gets some job training for post-high school.

Jim Law

She is the lowest form of Life.

Becky

I am curious why CPS hasn’t been called on Janelle. Being back with her POS husband who has been accused of abuse on her son that the courts would allow that POS being around the other kids.
Janelle doesn’t care about anything but herself and that POS shit Ex-husband. That’s why she is selling herself on Only Fans cuz that POS has no money, no job. They both are Useless Human Beings. I pray for those kids 🙏🙏🙏

A

This boy had no chance. With Jenelle as his mom and an absent father his mental health was already doomed. And now this. You don’t love your son Jenelle, you never did. If you had at least a bit of sympathy for him, you wouldn’t go back to the man who tried to kill him. I totally understand his outbursts, they are justified yet she doesn’t want him to testify so that’s why she did this. I have no words. I hope Jace is helped before it’s too late.

KailsFifthBaby

Jenelle is a disgusting, vile piece of garbage. She’s NEVER been a good person. NEVER tried to turn her life around. All she does is control and manipulate whoever and whatever is in her way. I’m totally over anybody defending this troglodyte whore.

Milly

If only she’d given him up for adoption or had him taken away. His life could have been so much better. That poor child.

MitsueLee

Google Diane Downs. Ms. Swamp Monster not only looks exactly like her….she shares the same “maternal instincts” as well. I feel so bad for her kids.

His and hers restraining orders

Holy balls, I googled her and they really look alike!

Sarkev

Janelle makes Amber look like a good mother.

Magan

Amber is a “damn good mom” in comparison because at least she leaves them to live normal lives with their fathers for the most part instead of getting off the couch to make their lives hell.

Roast Beef

In the words of Jenelle Evans she is the best mom SHE can be.

Ellen

Mother of the year strikes again. And again. And again….

Poor Jace!


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Laken

I don’t believe everything her sister Ashleigh says, it’s been known that she has mental problems herself and you can just look at her and tell something isn’t quite right.

Spicy Meatball

Regardless of what her sister says, we have seen for ourselves both on and off television exactly what type of mother Jenelle is. She has been abusing and/or neglecting Jace since the day he was born.

She is currently banging a man who has an OPEN CASE of felony assault for strangling this child. Enough said.

Samantha

Ok Janelle. The Ashley does research before posting things. Regardless of what Ashleigh says, Janelle is still a pos and has never taken care of Jace and that was all filmed on MTV. So she can’t lie her way out.

Streets Full of Uppercut

She is vile. She has inflicted such enormous damage on her children and she will never stop.

BeaSquared

Jenelle is an immediate, real danger to her children.

Pinkette

Oh my heart aches for that poor boy. He was doing so well, back where he belonged, and of course David and Janelle back together is very triggering. It sounds like Jenelle wants to make him look crazy and unstable. So that David has that going for him in court. People who pin this all on David are sick. David is not a good guy but Jenelle has been a crap mother to have since long before David came around. Poor Jace, he’s had life so rough.

Pinkette

Jenelle has been a crap mother to *Jace since long before David came around.

Kristine E Apodaca

And she’s horrible to Kaiser as well. She’s kid poison

Pinkette

No for sure. I was just correcting a typo where Jace had changed to have. You can see so much pain in Kaiser’s eyes.

Pinkette

Also, I’m a mother and I would NEVER treat my child this way. I’d lose a man long before he could ever come before my child. Jenelle makes a decision to be the woman and mother that she is. People always putting everything Jenelle does onto David’s back are truly delusional and they’re sick. Jenelle is a whole grown up. An entire one!

Lyin’ Hustlah

David’s plan to manipulate Janelle and try to get the assault case against him weakened is sadly working. Twatzilla and UBT are vile and evil. Every day they sink to new lows. Jace’s reaction would have been much worse if he were still living with Twatzilla when UBT slimed his way back into their lives. Can’t begin to imagine how poor Kaiser feels with David back in the picture.

Hopefully Jace and Kaiser write one hell of a book and it gets made into a movie so they can live comfortably. That’s about all they can get from the garbage adults in their lives (with the exception of Doris and Babs, who though not perfect does care). Janelle had no problem selling her kids out for MTV money. Hopefully the boys will turn the table one day and profit from the trauma Twatzilla and her parade of loser men put them through.

Um leah where is the money?

Janelle can’t save David if it can be proven he did that… they won’t care what she says at all

DontBeGullible26

It’s the fact that people really don’t know how an involuntary commitment order works. Also, people don’t know how to tell the truth. I don’t know who sold you this story and if you thought you were getting your big one up that’s definitely not how it went. Also, in order to get IVC you have to physically go to a magistrate or you have to physically take the child to the hospital… In the state of North Carolina Law-enforcement cannot transport a child under the age of 18 unless a magistrate order has been signed. It would be highly impossible for Jenelle to do that had she have been in Vegas. Also in order to get sent to a psychiatric facility once an IVC has been completed, cause a minor can’t get there without it, would have to get approved for the IVC through the ED meaning the minor would have to exhibit signs that they are harm to themselves or others. You can’t just put a kid in a psychiatric facility because you want to… so maybe your sources should have told you the entire truth… cause you sound ignorant repeating what you were told.. makes for clicks though? I can promise you, that your “sources” are leaving out major pieces of this story.. that by the way shouldn’t be posted due to you exposing this child’s mental health struggles.

Boohoo

This is absolutely true, but what you are leaving out is that Jace did have a reaction to finding out his mother was back with David and with his history and diagnosis this is absolutely probable as there could easily be made a concern for his own welfare . BUT is this correct response who knows the biggest concern is just for Jace he has been though so much

Pinkette

It’s the fact that Jenelle has had Jace committed or requested to have him committed continuously for years, and you acting like her doing it again would be totally out of pocket. 🙄 🙄🙄

TheMoreYouKnow

Apparently you also don’t have more than a limited or cursory knowledge of NC statutory law regarding the involuntary committal of minors. Your lack of a deeper knowledge and understanding of the full statutes, as well as the various policy and procedures, has caused you to be inaccurate to consummately wrong. Particularly in your statements of absolutes. The Ashley article listed the general sequence of events, and intentions of the parties. When dealing with a minor in crisis, the progression of events could have occurred this routine way and been within the law. The statutes, policies and procedures, are available online. There are also many articles explaining the many flaws and loopholes in a problematic NC system.

SpiteChickens

Ok Jenelle

Roast Beef

Didn’t Jenelle fly into NC in February for like a day?

Booboo

That poor child, my heart goes out to him and his siblings, why can’t anything be done to help them.

Boohoo

Are there any lawyers that read this article and able to help with his being emaciated from Jenelles custody and setting up a program for him to get help

Leah’s Meth Pipe

Can we start a Go Fund Me to raise money for Barb to get a family lawyer to get rights back off Jenelle for Jace?

lalalalalalala

It’s not worth as he only has a few months till he turns 18

Pinkette

Poor Jace. 😭😭 I’ll always see his sweet little face, with so much pain, that we watched filmed for monetary gain. His story is so heartbreaking. He should’ve had it all, like the other teen mom kids have gotten. Lord, help this boy. God is truly his only hope.

Cyndy

I would donate to that

Trish

Poor kaiser will be swamp monstering kicking bag again. All her children have the eyes of an abused and neglected child. She is sooo disgusting

Fetal_Mistake

I’m guessing that “male friend” is Dolph?

Jack err jace

Also poor Ansley (and Kaiser) can u imagine the uproot to Vegas leaving David behind then your mom suddenly brings him back?? Just so many horrible decisions

Fetal_Mistake

Ensley

Jack err jace

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.”

WTF????? I’ve never heard of something more absurd

DeeAnne Putnam

She’s probably hoping ifJace is institutionalized, he won’t be able to testify against Sasquatch. My mom had a LOT of issues and because of trauma I remember nothing prior to 12/13 years old. But she was a peach compared to DeluJanelle. SHE’S the one who needs to be institutionalized !!

Magan

There are no words for me to adequately describe how disgusting Jenelle is. Her and Mama June run neck-and-neck.

Anna

Why would Barbara call Jenelle? She knows her own daughter; she knew she wouldn’t help Jace calm down. Say what you will about Barbara, but she never declared, “I’m done with Jenelle.”

Nathans Cutoff shirt

Reading between the lines…Jace had some type of response to the news that Janelle was dating idiot again. And I don’t just mean he said things. Clearly he likely said and did things that were obviously a threat to either himself or Barb.

PJE

Jenelle should be charged with severe child abuse and should be sentenced go to jail for every year Jace has been alive because she has done nothing for him but she physical and emotional abuse. She should not be allowed to care for any children. Jace is going to need intense therapy for many years if not the rest of his life.

Tillie

I had really hoped she had changed for the better when she got rid of that swamp monster. But I can no longer support for if she is really back with him. An abuser never changes so we all know he will beat the crap out of her but this time it’s her own doing for going back to him knowing full well of everything he did last time. Monsters like that will never stop.

Rachel

People that are that selfish, narcissistic and drama-addicted rarely change.

FlowerG

I actually feel like she’s regressing at this point

Roast Beef

Jenelle isn’t a angel. Abuse is their foreplay!

Rachel

There really isn’t much to say except that I feel horrible for Jace and his mother is pure evil. Very sad.

DaveL

trying to get the court to allow her male friend in North Carolina to get Jace

What? Who? Who is this male friend in North Carolina who’s cool taking on a deeply troubled teenager for an indefinite time?

Bec

Dolph? I don’t think she has any other friends.

LvckyBtch

Probably Dolph, I don’t recall his real name. That’s about the only male friend she’s had consistently all through the years and she would absolutely abandon Jace to him if he/the court allows it.

Kar

The only male friend I’m aware of, that legit still sticks up for her is Dolph, haha.

stslilron16

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

coryandtrevor

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.

Thomi

And if Jace is “away,” he won’t be on court to testify against David.

DeeAnne Putnam

BINGO

Juelz

Honestly I think this is why chewbacca even attempted again with forehead. He needs this to go away and be dropped. What better timing than seeing his sick girl. Pull in heart strings and get back wit this idiot who cannot be man-less to put himself in a better position. Jace is of no use to forehead. She wanted him back as property nothing more. She couldn’t undo the bond he has to barb and the behaviour she causes over the years so she will negatively make money off his name.

Becks

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.

Booger_sugar

I literally just choked on my coffee. 😂🤣

Juelz

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

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