’16 and Pregnant’ Star Whitney Purvis Avoids Arrest in Youngster Assist Case

Whitney Purvis has prevented arrest in her ongoing youngster assist case after coughing up a hefty cost ordered by a decide … TMZ has discovered.

Based on court docket docs, obtained by TMZ, the “16 and Pregnant” alum was getting ready to being arrested after the court docket discovered she’d fallen greater than $23K behind on youngster assist for her children — Weston Jr. and River — with ex Weston Gosa.

The decide ordered Purvis be taken into custody and jailed until she paid a $4K lump sum purge cost to keep away from jail time. Court docket docs now present she paid the complete quantity … so the decide rescinded the order earlier than she was ever arrested.

Purvis remains to be on the hook transferring ahead as a result of she’s been ordered to proceed paying $353 monthly in present youngster assist, plus $20 monthly towards the arrears, together with extra processing charges.

We broke the story … Purvis was beforehand in police custody after being arrested on a felony involuntary manslaughter cost tied to an alleged deadly overdose. Police claimed she deliberately distributed Tranq, a fentanyl-xylazine combination, which they are saying triggered John Mark Harris to die from a poisonous overdose.

She additionally faces two extra drug costs, together with possession with intent to distribute. The arrest got here simply weeks after the dying of her teenage son, Weston Jr.