Amber Portwood
Amber Portwood was born in Anderson, Indiana, U.S.A. Amber was on the
hit TV series,
16 and Pregnant (2009) and
Teen Mom OG (2009), which followed her
over the years, from her having her child to showing the struggles she
faces with depression and anger issues. She gave birth to her first
child, at the age of 18, on November 12, 2009 to "Leah Leann Shirley",
with her on-again off-again boyfriend, "Gary Shirley". Amber dropped
out of high school when she discovered she was pregnant but wants to
get her G.E.D. and accomplish her dream of opening her own beauty
salon. She has many troubles with her baby's father, Gary. The problems
have led to physical violence. Amber was, eventually, arrested for
domestic violence against Gary. On June 5, 2012, Amber was sentenced to
5 years in prison, after she chose to give up a drug rehabilitation
program (which was initially offered to her to avoid going to prison).
She is going to substance abuse classes and will get her GED, while
serving her time in prison.
