Teenage Mother AND alum Ryan Edwards pleaded guilty to harassment and has been dismissed from three additional charges against him following his recent arrest, Us Weekly can confirm.
The former MTV 35 personality signed a plea deal on Tuesday, March 14, according to documents obtained by us. A Hamilton County, Tennessee judge dismissed charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and stalking, filed against him during his divorce from his estranged wife. Mackenzie Edwards.
Ryan entered a guilty plea to harassment, which required him to wear a GPS monitor and complete “rehab treatment,” the document states. The Tennessee native was ordered to have no contact with Mackenzie, 26, except “as permitted by the circuit court.” He received an 11-month suspension, Sentenced to 29 days and placed on probation, according to court filings.
us it was previously confirmed that Ryan was taken into custody on February 9 after Mackenzie reported to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office that he had been accused of cheating and sent revealing photos of himself through his Instagram page. Mackenzie sought an order of protection following the social media incident. However, Ryan allegedly violated the court order after he contacted Mackenzie’s father, Bob Standifer.
us later confirmed that Ryan’s arrest affidavit also revealed that he was allegedly threatened, Mackenzie by phone on February 8. “What is going to happen to you will be terrible,” he said to his estranged wife at the time, according to the document.
Later that month, Mackenzie filed for divorce from 16 and Pregnant alum after six years of marriage. She was also granted a restraining order and temporary custody of her two children, son Jagger, 3-year-old daughter, 4-year-old Stella., each document submitted on February 27. (In addition to Jagger and Stella, Ryan is also the father of 14-year-old son Bentley, who he shares with his ex. Maci Bookout. Mackenzie, for her part, is the mother of Son Hudson, 9, who he shares with his ex Zachary Stephens.)
Two days later after Mackenzie filed for divorce, Ryan was once again arrested for stalking and violating an order of protection, according to a press release from the Hamilton County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Department.
Ryan and Mackenzie married in 2017 in a controversial ceremony that was later broadcast on MTV.
As viewers witnessed, Ryan drove himself and Mackenzie to the nuptials as he slurred his words and nodded off. After the incident aired in June 2017, Ryan entered a treatment facility for substance abuse problems, she said us in time.
“I decided to check myself into a rehabilitation facility,” he said. “I’m back home now in good health, and life couldn’t be better. Without the support of my wife and parents, I wouldn’t be able to do this. Thank you for everything you want.”
In April 2018, an exclusive source told us that of Mackenzie – who later became pregnant with their son, Jagger – was in “complete abject denial” about her husband’s addiction.
“Mackenzie just wants to focus on giving birth and seems to be hoping that this will help inspire her to live a clean, pure life,” the insider said. “Ryan denied the seriousness of his drug addiction, as any addict would, and Mackenzie chose to believe him.”
Although Ryan’s parents, Mackenzie and Ryan, Jane and Larry Edwardsthey were released from the Teenage Mother franchise in March 2021, Ryan appeared in the reunion episode of Teenage Moms: Family Reunion in February. At the time, the mechanic wept over his strained relationship with Bently and expressed his desire to see his eldest son.