Jenelle Evans‘ treatment of her son Jace— even from thousands of miles away— continues to shock.
On Monday, a story was sold to TMZ to reveal that her 16-year-old son Jace had been checked into a mental hospital following a call to police about a “troubled teen disturbance” at Jenelle’s mom’s house.
The Ashley can confirm that this is true… but the details behind what’s really been going down are jaw-dropping.
The Ashley’s sources tell her Jace was “infuriated to find out that Jenelle was back with David” and that’s what spurred the incident.
Although Jace has been living with his grandma Barbara Evans for the past eight months or so, Jenelle has retained legal custody of the teen.
“When Jace found out from reading it online that his mom was back with David, he flipped out,” the source said. “Jenelle didn’t even tell him herself, he had to read it on the Internet.”
(As The Ashley has previously reported, David and Jenelle reconciled in January— despite the fact that David is still facing felony criminal charges for felony assault by strangulation and child abuse for allegedly assaulting Jace in 2023.)
“Swampmates forever…and stuff.”
“Jace was very upset, and Barbara called Jenelle about it and told her,” the source said. “That’s when cops were called and Jace was taken to a local hospital.”
From there, Jace was transported to a mental hospital, where he’s been since late February.
From what The Ashley has heard, Jace is possibly going to testify against David at his upcoming trial.
“Now that Jenelle is back with David she doesn’t want him to end up convicted of the crimes,” the source said.
“Jenelle asked that Jace be committed to a facility long-term,” the source said. “She wants Jace to be institutionalized. She is also, as an alternative if long-term commitment can’t happen, trying to get the court to allow her male friend in North Carolina to get Jace,” the source said. “It makes absolutely no sense.”
The source stated that Jenelle recently told people that she’s “done with” Jace and doesn’t want anything to do with him,” the source added. “Jace doesn’t want anything to do with Jenelle now either.”
A second source tells The Ashley that Jenelle has been living a happy life in Vegas while all of this has been going on.
“Life is good!”
“All this time, Jenelle is portraying that she is just giving Jace ‘his privacy’ and acting involved in his life, but in reality she put him in the hospital and doesn’t want him speaking out. He had every right to get upset that his mom is back with the man she promised Jace and the other kids she’d never go back to.
“While Jace was in the hospital, she was out with David in Vegas, going out to eat, having him take her OnlyFans photos and enjoying life, while the child that gave her fame and everything is suffering,” the source stated. “He’s furious and rightfully so.”
There’s much more to this situation and The Ashley will update soon. Stay tuned…
UPDATE! After The Ashley posted this story, Jenelle’s estranged sister Ashleigh entered the chat on X. As The Ashley has previously told you, Ashleigh and Jenelle have had no relationship for years; however, Ashleigh remains close to their mom Barbara. In posts to X, Ashleigh slammed her sister, whom she believes sold the story about Jace to TMZ.
“Here we go again!”
“I’m at the point right now where I don’t give 2F’s,” Ashleigh wrote. “I’m sick and tired of my sister selling stories with her lowlife friends for cash making lies about my family especially the children drama everyone’s so tired of her. She needs a real reality check… there’s no arguing w/an evil POS sister. I just thought I’d get my point across before the Internet talks badly about my nephew. It really affects him emotionally. It’s not fair to him, if he speaks out, my sister will retaliate like always.”
“This is what she does,” she wrote in another tweet. “She was mad when my mother had her stroke sat in my mother’s driveway for a couple hours cause my nephew Jace did not want to go with her so what did she do? Sell the story TMZ blast me on the Internet at a jealousy with [Ryan Dolph] it’s what she does when she’s mad.
“This is the same situation that happened when my mother had a stroke [last year]. Nobody knew about my mother’s stroke. When I was [taking] care of my mom, all of a sudden my sister comes to NC and it sold the tabloid all over the Internet. I know one particular person who did it who sells lies.”
Ashleigh also revealed more alleged details about Jenelle’s relationship with Jace.
“My nephew wants nothing to do with my sister Jenelle because of what his mother has done to him and betrayed him,” Ashleigh wrote, adding that Barbara is “furious right now.”
“Jenelle canceled his medical insurance last year abandoned him refused to do medical treatment for him while [he was] living with my mom,” Ashleigh stated. “Other family has medical insurance for him because Jenelle refuses to step up and be a mom. She abandoned him such a shame.
(Photos: MTV)
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