Teenage mother alum Jenelle Evans applauded a fan who criticized her for celebrating Thanksgiving without her son jace evans after he was taken into the custody of Child Protective Services.
Jenelle, 31, took instagram on Thursday, November 23, to share several photos with her children Kaiser, 8, and Ensley, 6, and her husband, David Eson. “Happy Thanksgiving,” she captioned the photos, in which family members were smiling and looking happy.
Shortly after the former reality star shared the post, a fan took to the comments section to criticize the family for celebrating without 14-year-old Jace. “It’s a little strange that you’re perfectly fine celebrating Thanksgiving without your oldest son, but hey, live your life, queen.” [sic]”wrote the social media user.
“Oh yeah, because do you know how people feel mentally through a picture?” Jenelle responded. “Move on.”
Jenelle and her family celebrated the holiday amid months of drama surrounding Jace. After his third escape attempt in September, the teenager moved in with his grandmother. Barbara Evans after he accused David, 35, of assault. The father of three became the subject of a CPS investigation and was charged with misdemeanor child abuse in October after an incident that It occurred on the same day as Jace’s third disappearance..
“The defendant illegally and intentionally caused the father of [Jace Evans]that was a child under 16 years of age, inflict physical harm on that child,” legal document obtained by In contact on October 26 read. “The physical injury inflicted caused marks on the right arm and the left and right sides of the neck and was not inflicted by accidental means.”
David is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 29 in connection with the charges, according to court documents.
After Jace’s claims that David abused him began to make headlines, Jenelle took to social media to shut down the accusations.. “This is not about David, whether you want to blame him or not,” the MTV alum wrote on October 2. “My mom says a lot of false things lately to everyone about me, but she wanted her to have custody? Imagine what you don’t hear from me.”
While fans hoped Jace’s living situation would be better under Barbara’s roof, the drama continued when disappeared for the fourth time November 20th. “Jace was dealing with a lot of things. “He was aware that if he got in trouble, he wouldn’t be able to stay at Barb’s house,” a source said. The Ashley, adding that he was “unable to take appropriate medications while at Barbara’s house, due to Jenelle still having the power to deny him access to certain medications.”
However, Jenelle said in a statement to In contact that the reports were “not true” and that Jace’s medical information is “nobody’s business.”
On November 21 TMZ reported that Jace was admitted to the hospital and CPS intended to place him in foster care. Sources told the outlet that Jace had recently gotten into trouble when he was caught vaping at school. Barbara, 70, punished her grandson by taking her phone away. Jenelle and CPS reportedly told the grandmother not to give him a phone in the first place, even though Barbara believed he could take on the responsibility of having one.
