Myrtle Beach ‘Teen Mom 2’ start Jenelle Evans found not guilty of assault

Jenelle Evans, star on MTV’s “Teen Mom 2” and Myrtle Beach resident, was found not guilty of assault for an August 2015 incident.

Evans, 24, was charged with third-degree assault in August 2015 – it was her third arrest of the year. An Horry County jury ruled Evans was not guilty of assault in the incident, according to the public index.

The victim, a 29-year-old woman, told police she was accompanying her boyfriend to his old residence to retrieve personal belongings, Denis said.

At the residence, Evans – who used to date the victim’s boyfriend – threw a drinking glass at the victim’s head and injured her, according to police.

Evans celebrated the verdict on Twitter Friday afternoon.

Evans was previously arrested in May and charged with criminal domestic violence after she turned herself into Myrtle Beach police. She was released on a $2,130 personal recognizance bond later that day.

Nathan Griffith, Evan’s ex-boyfriend, went to the Myrtle Beach Police Department at 12:30 a.m. May 27 to report that just before 11 p.m. the day before Evans came to his home and assaulted him in the 1200 block of Brewster Drive, police said. He asked for a restraining order.

Griffith told officers that Evans called him from a blocked number and asked him to come outside of his apartment because she threatened to damage his vehicle, according to the report. Once outside, he said Evans, who smelled of alcohol, told him she knew where he lived and they argued.

Griffith said that Evans slapped, punched and tried to kick him down some stairs, according to the report. She also scratched and clawed his back and neck.

Officers noticed Griffith had a ripped shirt and scratches consistent with an assault, according to the report.

Griffith managed to close his apartment door and Evans yelled that he had her cellphone and would not return their son to her, according to the report.

Judge J. Scott Long granted Evans a $2,130 personal recognizance bond and said she was not a flight risk, due to her two-year residence in Horry County.

Evans was also arrested on February 2015 on a charge of driving without a license, according to records at J. Reuben Long Detention Center. But a search in the Horry County Public Index does not show that charge.

Evans also was arrested on Dec. 15, 2013, and charged with breach of peace, but that charge does not show up in the index, which only lists traffic offenses such as speeding, improper start and seat belt violations.

Evans has been featured on MTV’s reality show about young women who got pregnant and had a child. The show is currently airing its seventh season.

This story was originally published April 23, 2016 at 4:41 PM with the headline "Myrtle Beach ‘Teen Mom 2’ start Jenelle Evans found not guilty of assault."