Yet another ‘Unexpected’ grandparent has landed themselves behind bars.
Starcasm broke the news that Casey Johnson– father of 14-year-old Season 7 star Hunter, was arrested in Arkansas on Thursday. He was charged with third-degree domestic battery (a Class A misdemeanor), as well as third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, which is a Class B misdemeanor. (The battery charge is punishable with up to a year in jail in Arkansas.)
At press time, the identity of the minor Casey allegedly endangered has not been confirmed. However, as of a few months ago, Casey had regained full custody of Hunter after a nasty court battle with Hunter’s mom, Stacie Riddle. (As The Ashley previously reported, Casey was battling in court with Falen Vaughn, the mother of Hunter’s baby mama Bella.)
After being booked, Casey posted his bond of $3,500 and was released after a few hours.
Casey has not yet entered a plea, but his arraignment date has been set for October 5.
Hunter has not yet spoken publicly about his dad’s arrest.
However, back in April, he took to TikTok to make several claims about his father, including that Casey had a history of getting violent with him.
“He pinned me up the wall by my throat when I was little,” Hunter claimed at the time, adding that he didn’t like being at Casey’s house because there is “no food there” and “it’s disgusting.”
“I don’t like being around him,” Hunter said in the video, which has since been deleted.
(Hunter made those claims against his dad in a video in which he was defending Falen, whom Casey was accusing of engaging in “inappropriate” conduct with Hunter.)
Casey’s arrest comes just three months after she was arrested outside of Casey’s home for disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental operations. (Falen has pleaded not guilty to the charges and requested that they be dismissed. Her court date is scheduled for August.)
Falen and Casey’s arrests are only part of the long legal battles these two families have been facing over the past year. Casey– who refused to appear on “Unexpected” with his son and ex-wife Stacie– first caught media attention when he requested that a judge ban unsupervised visits with the Vaughns because the family is “encouraging conduct inconsistent with appropriate boundaries for a minor child.”
He then filed for sole custody of both Hunter and Wes, claiming that Bella and her parents could not provide appropriate care for baby Wes.
In June, Falen and Bella shared the results of the court-mandated paternity test for Wes, who was ultimately revealed to be Hunter’s son. The couple was broken up at the time, then got back together, and just announced their breakup again earlier this week.
Surprisingly, Bella and Falen— who are usually very outspoken— have not commented on Casey’s arrest. However, Bella did post on TikTok Stories on Friday that, “karma’s a bitch,” which is likely a jab at Casey.
Stay tuned…
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Ok I give up. Hunter will remain f*cked up and baby Wesley won’t have a chance at life unless he’s removed from that whole group of people and put up for adoption. May God help him
“In the ghettoooooo”
I love ❤️ me some Elvis.
Casey isn’t any better than anyone else. The fact hunter has had like 2 girlfriends even though he’s got a baby told me that much
I know people don’t like nuance but just because fallen sucks, doesn’t mean this guy can’t also suck