1000-lb Sisters star Amy Slaton appeared in court Thursday to face drug and child endangerment charges, days after her arrest at a Tennessee zoo.
Slaton, 36, was reportedly bitten by a camel at Tennessee Safari Park in Alamo on Labor Day, but when police were called to the park about the bite, they noticed “suspicious odors” coming from his vehicle, according to deputies.
Responding officers discovered “what they believed to be mushrooms” and “what they believed to be marijuana” inside Slaton’s vehicle after smelling marijuana in the car and seeing the drugs “in plain view.”
Slaton and his friend Brian Scott Lovvorn were arrested and faces charges of unlawful possession of Schedule I, unlawful possession of Schedule VI, and two counts of endangering a minor.
At the time of the arrest, two children under the age of eight were in the car: Slaton’s sons, Gage Deon, 4, and Glenn Allen, 2. Tammy Slaton reportedly picked up the children after the arrest.
1000-lb Sisters star Amy Slaton appeared in court Thursday to face drug and child endangerment charges, days after her arrest at a Tennessee zoo.
Slaton, who was seen frowning in a mugshot, was arrested after officers treating her camel bite found ‘magic mushrooms and marijuana’ in her car.
Slaton appeared unfazed as she arrived for her arraignment, as her attorney persisted in her claim that she had been bitten by a camel.
She received medical treatment at the zoo and was photographed being wheeled out of a Tennessee safari park on a stretcher with a bandage around her forearm.
Co-owner of Tennessee Safari Park Claude Conley, 44, denied that Slaton had been bitten and said that The US Sun “There are no bruises. She cut her arm on something, it’s not consistent with an animal bite.”
‘Her boyfriend or the guy she was with was acting crazy, yelling and screaming and all kinds of things.
“He got angry because the police came there because he just wanted the ambulance to come.”
Attorney Taylor Hughes said TMZ She was definitely attacked by the animal and said Slaton had thanked his fans for sending him love and support amid his legal troubles.
Slaton and Lovvorn were booked into the Crockett County Jail on $10,000 bail; a representative confirmed they were both released Tuesday.
The rep told the publication: “Amy’s brother Chris Combs and the Hughes bail bonds company bailed them both out of Crockett County Jail together and left with Chris.”
Slaton and his friend Brian Scott Lovvorn (pictured together in court) were arrested and face charges of unlawful possession of schedule I, unlawful possession of schedule VI and two counts of child endangerment.
Slaton appeared unfazed as she arrived for her arraignment, as her attorney persisted in her claim that she had been bitten by a camel.
Police were called to the park in Alamo on Labor Day and said they immediately noticed strange odors coming from Slaton’s vehicle.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Slaton’s representatives for comment.
Slaton finalized her divorce from ex-husband Michael Halterman last year.
The couple share two children and reportedly clashed over her appearance on the TLC reality show.
The couple welcomed their first child, Gage Deon, in November 2020 and their second child, Glenn Allen, in July 2022.
“There was no support. There was no love. There was no kindness. There was just psychological abuse,” she said. People about her marriage. ‘I just got tired of hiding it from people.’
In the fifth season of the series, a confrontation between her, her sisters and Michael was shown.
Lovvorn appears in his mugshot
“That was the day I left,” she said. “But I was already falling out of love with him before that.”
After a long custody battle, the former couple decided to share parenting duties.
Amy rose to fame when she starred alongside her sister Tammy Slaton in the series 1000-Lb. Sisters. The fifth season of the show premiered late last year.
The star has lost an impressive 176 pounds since undergoing weight-loss surgery five years ago.
Slaton introduced fans to a new man before her divorce was finalized and was dating a Michigan man named Tony, the US Sun information.
When the divorce was finalized, the couple had already been together for about three months.
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