{"id":281048,"date":"2023-07-13T10:20:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=281048"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:48:56","slug":"teen-mom-2-star-busted-for-battery-by-strangulation-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/teen-mom-2-star-busted-for-battery-by-strangulation-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Teen Mom 2&#8217; Star Busted for Battery by Strangulation in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Griffith was arrested on Wednesday and jailed for allegedly strangling a family member in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old former star of <em>Teen Mom 2 <\/em>is being held at the Clark County Detention Center for battery by strangulation. Bail was set at $5K, and he is due to appear at a court hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281052\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281052 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office1-858x680.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Griffith\" width=\"858\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office1-858x680.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office1-430x341.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office1.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-281052\"class=\"text-description\">Nathan Griffith appears in a mug shot taken following a February 2023 arrest for battery in Florida. (Image: Palm Beach County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <em>TMZ, <\/em>the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received a call around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday from a home in which Griffith was staying. After conducting an investigation, the responding officers placed Griffith in handcuffs for allegedly committing the crime against an unidentified family member.<\/p>\n<p>From 2013 to 2015, Griffith appeared with his girlfriend, Jenelle Evans, on the MTV reality series <em>Teen Mom 2, <\/em>their tumultuous relationship being a plot point. On the show, they called off their engagement amid cheating allegations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Griffith, who has a 9-year-old son with Evans, was also arrested in February on the same charge &#8212; for choking girlfriend Victoria Ruggiero in Delray Beach, Fla. According to <em>TMZ, <\/em>that 911 call reported the former TV star &#8220;lost it,&#8221; choking Ruggiero and dragging her up a flight of stairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Griffith was also arrested in North Carolina in 2019 for driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, Griffith revealed that he married May Oyola. The two reportedly reside in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Griffith was arrested on Wednesday and jailed for allegedly strangling a family member in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old former star of Teen Mom 2 is being held at the Clark County Detention Center for battery by strangulation. 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