David Eason was back in court on Tuesday– and back to being a pain in his estranged wife Jenelle Evans‘ wallet!
The Ashley can exclusively reveal that the fired Teen Mom 2 dad appeared in a North Carolina courtroom to answer for criminal charges filed against him last month stemming from his attempt to heist motorbikes and other items from Jenelle’s home on The Land in October.
As The Ashley previously reported, David was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors for his bungled burgle: trespassing and violating the protective order that Jenelle has had against him since May. (Just a few weeks ago, a judge extended the restraining order for another two years.)
Anyway, David had to appear in court (or he would have been arrested), as did Jenelle. In order to appear in court on Tuesday, Jenelle— who now lives in Las Vegas—- had to purchase airfare to North Carolina and fly in for the court hearing, only to quickly find out it was all for nothing.
“The case was continued at the request of the Defendant [David],” a Columbus County court clerk told The Ashley. “Both parties were present in court, but the Defendant asked for public defender so it was continued.”
David— who has a whole cornucopia of other court cases open right now, both criminal and civil— is basically broke, according to a financial affidavit he filled out back in August. In documents filed with court for his other pending criminal case (for child abuse and assault by strangulation for his alleged acts against Jenelle’s son Jace), David declared himself indigent (aka living in poverty and unable to afford basic life necessities).
At the time, he reported that he was nearly $49,000 in debt.
(David is able to get a public defender because his charges for trespassing and violating a protective order are criminal. He does not have an attorney for his divorce case with Jenelle because it is a civil case and no public defenders are assigned for civil cases. Last month, David had their divorce case continued and vowed to lawyer up, but it does not appear that he currently has an attorney retained for that case.)
“This is now the second time that Jenelle flew all the way out from Vegas and paid for a hotel to go to court for basically no reason,” a source told The Ashley. “David can continue the case several more times, with just cause, and basically just force Jenelle to waste money on travel expenses.”
As for why Jenelle had to stay in a hotel for this trip to the Tar Heel State, the source tells The Ashley that Jenelle’s home on The Land has “some sort of mold damage.”
“There was a problem with the roof and David never fixed it and it’s been leaking for a long time, so now there’s a mold issue in the house,” the source said.
Interestingly, Jenelle’s manager-turned-soulmate “August Keen” did not make the cross-country trip to North Carolina this time around. “August,” who has been Jenelle’s constant companion since becoming her booooooyfriend earlier this year, reportedly “stayed in Vegas with the kids.”
According to the Columbus County court clerk, David’s next court date for this case will be on January 28, 2025.
As of press time, no charges have been filed against David’s new live-in galpal Kenleigh Heatwole, even though she was present during the heist attempt on The Land that David was charged for.
