’16 & Pregnant’ Star Whitney Purvis
Avoids Arrest for Again Little one Assist
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Whitney Purvis has averted arrest in her ongoing little one help case after coughing up a hefty cost ordered by a choose … TMZ has discovered.
In line with courtroom docs, obtained by TMZ, the “16 and Pregnant” alum was on the point of being arrested after the courtroom discovered she’d fallen greater than $23K behind on little one help for her youngsters — Weston Jr. and River — with ex Weston Gosa.
The choose ordered Purvis be taken into custody and jailed except she paid a $4K lump sum purge cost to keep away from jail time. Court docket docs now present she paid the total quantity … so the choose rescinded the order earlier than she was ever arrested.
Purvis continues to be on the hook transferring ahead as a result of she’s been ordered to proceed paying $353 monthly in present little one help, plus $20 monthly towards the arrears, together with extra processing charges.
We broke the story … Purvis was beforehand in police custody after being arrested on a felony involuntary manslaughter cost tied to an alleged deadly overdose. Police claimed she deliberately distributed Tranq, a fentanyl-xylazine combination, which they are saying triggered John Mark Harris to die from a poisonous overdose.
She additionally faces two extra drug fees, together with possession with intent to distribute. The arrest got here simply weeks after the demise of her teenage son, Weston Jr.