David Eason has been ordered to stay away from Jenelle Evans…again.
The Sun broke the news on Friday (and The Ashley can confirm) that the fired ‘Teen Mom’ star appeared in court in North Carolina on Thursday, seeking to get her existing protective order against David renewed. The Ashley can reveal that the judge did approve the renewal— likely because, according to The Ashley’s court source, David failed to show up at the court hearing!
“David was notified but he is not legally required to attend the hearing,” the court source told The Ashley. “Jenelle had to still provide examples to the judge as to why she needed the order renewed, but since David wasn’t there to defend himself against her claims, the judge approved it.”
The restraining order has been renewed for two additional years, meaning it will not expire until November 2028. It was first granted for six months in May 2024 (following the couple’s breakup) and renewed in November of 2024 for a period of two years, meaning it expired on Thursday, the day Jenelle went to court.
Since this is not a new restraining order but rather a renewal of the existing one from 2024, it is almost certain that David is still legally barred from having weapons. He is also not permitted to contact Jenelle or be around her, her home, and her sons Jace and Kaiser. The existing restraining order did not, however, bar David from seeing Ensley, the daughter he shares with Jenelle.
In fact, The Ashley can reveal that Jenelle and David have a court date scheduled for December 7 to hash out custody of Ensley, as well as child support and other unresolved issues they put off several times while they were trying to make their relationship work earlier this year.
Jenelle’s decision to renew the restraining order against David comes after she blatantly ignored its existence for months while she and David gave their trainwreck-of-a-relationship yet another try. Despite being legally divorced, Jenelle allowed David to move back in with her around February 2026 (despite the 2024 restraining order still being active).
As per usual, the relationship ended badly. In August, Jenelle kicked David out of her home and Florida and sent him back to North Carolina. (As The Ashley told you, Jenelle called 911 in September to remove her legally challenged ex-husband/boyfriend from her home. He is once again living on the broken-down boat that he was awarded in the couple’s 2025 divorce.)
It is unknown if Jenelle had to explain to the judge on Thursday as to why she wanted the restraining order renewed despite her disregarding it for over eight months.
In the original request in 2024 for the two-year restraining order, Jenelle told the judge she needed the protective order because she didn’t feel safe with David around her.
“There’s a protective order right now and I don’t feel safe, my kids don’t feel safe, and [David] just keeps violating it,” Jenelle told the judge during the November 2024 hearing, in audio obtained by The Ashley.
(You can listen to audio of Jenelle’s testimony from that hearing below).
In documents presented to the court at the time, Jenelle stated that David refused to stay off The Land, even though he wasn’t legally allowed on the property.
“[Jenelle] is in continued fear of [David] because [David] has entered [Jenelle’s] property when ordered to stay away from the same, specifically her home [on The Land],” Jenelle’s court documents read. “While on the property, [David] removed [Jenelle’s] surveillance cameras, causing [Jenelle] even further concern.”
On Thursday, Jenelle made sure everyone knew that she was on her way to do something important.
“Taking care of business,” she wrote as the caption of a cringy video of herself pulling down her sunglasses. She followed it up with a shot of Britney Spears‘ song “Oops I Did It Again” playing on her radio.
David’s no contact order was set to expire tomorrow, and I’m guessing that Jenelle just extended it
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David has yet to speak publicly about the restraining order being renewed.
Stay tuned…
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So he keeps appearing on the land..the place she does not live. He should have showed and told the judge how she invited him to live with her.
So she will protect herself, just not her children. Thats the ole jiggly sewerberg of fat for you.
trash woman, trash mother. I bet she just wants some control over something, and to punish him for leaving her.
I dont understand how she’s been weaponizing and breaking her own PFAs with no consequences for years now! She doesn’t even live in NC anymore but they gladly accept the court costs and let her refile? A complete mockery of the system.
I can’t believe a judge renewed it when they were back together living together! Can she keep renewing it forever?!
Yeah, there are people who request no contact orders for very legitimate reasons and can’t get them.
Such a waste of the courts time. She wants to enforce the order when it’s convenient and that’s not what it’s for
Right!? Next time she needs some male attention you know she will ignore the order for “coparenting purposes” of course.
I dont think David has any reason now that her moneys gone and the court case dropped. They are both trash.
She isn’t afraid of him. It’s just a vindictive action that she can use to “show” the world she’s just a little victim. It’s honestly ridiculous that a judge would approve it.
David obviously just doesn’t give a damn but if he were smart he’d have gone to court and proved how full of shit she is regarding being “scared” of him. It would have at least shown the court how manipulative and narcissistic she is. He obviously doesn’t want custody of Ensley (neither does jenelle, she just wants to win) so I’m not sure why they even have a court date, but if he were to get the 50/50 he requested, he’d at least not have to pay child support. Him not having a job will result in him having to just pay the state minimum anyway, and truthfully he probably won’t even pay that, but still. Guess I just can’t fathom not wanting to protect or even see your own child.
It is an absolute joke the restraining order got renewed considering Jenelle was all too willing to violate it despite being so “afraid” of David…
Let’s see how long before this one gets violated.