Amber Portwood Gets 5-Year Sentence, Goes to Rehab Instead
For Amber Portwood, a rehab sentence is likely preferable to spending years in jail. The Teen Mom was originally sentenced to lengthy five-year prison term.
She received three years for a drug violation and two years for a probation violation, according to the Long Island Press.
Portwood is currently in custody. The reality TV star has been in jail in Indiana since last month. She entered a plea deal with prosecutors to spending time in a rehab facility instead of a jail cell.
Portwood will remain in jail until she is approved for a rehab program. At that point she will be released from custody and transferred to the appropriate facility.
This process might take several weeks. So it's otherwise unclear when Portwood will begin her treatment.
Portwood has faced numerous legal issues in the past. She was once shown beating her then fiancé Gary Shirley on television. She also failed to comply with some of her probation requirements. She hit a woman after drinking at a restaurant, didn't get a GED certificate, failed to complete anger management courses, and failed to pay probation fees. Portwood also neglected to set up a college trust fund for her daughter.
And last year she landed herself in rehab after an attempted suicide.
Portwood will need to endeavor to complete the rehab program without a hitch. If she complies with all of its terms her case will be dropped. If she doesn't, she could end up back in jail.
For Teen Mom Amber Portwood, rehab seems like the best path. Let's just hope that she gets her life back on track after she is released.
Related Resources:
- Amber Portwood sentenced to five years in prison but sentence stayed (Reality TV World)
- 'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood Arrested for MTV Domestic Violence (FindLaw's Celebrity Justice)
- 'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood Suicide Attempt Sent Her to Hospital? (FindLaw's Celebrity Justice)