EXCLUSIVE! Former ‘Teen Mom’ Dad Nathan Griffith Being “Uncooperative” In Jail After Begging Girlfriend Not to Attend Hearing After His Arrest for Strangulation

Nathan Griffith had his first hearing in Las Vegas Justice Court on Thursday afternoon and things did not go well for the former Teen Mom 2 dad.

The Ashley can exclusively reveal that it was decided in court today that Nathan— who is the (absentee) father of Jenelle Evans‘ middle child Kaiser— has remained in jail following his arrest for “domestic battery by strangulation” and violating his probation on Wednesday night. (As The Ashley reported, Nate was arrested after getting into an argument with his 21-year-old girlfriend Anastasia Biddle.)

Nathan was being disciplined and reported to be “uncooperative” with the cops, which made them unable to interview him. 

The Ashley can confirm that, as of press time, the District Attorney has decided to move forward with prosecuting the former soulmate of Jenelle with domestic battery by strangulation– a felony level offense.

Probable cause to charge Nathan with the crime has been found, and Nathan was given a public defender to help him through the initial hearing on Thursday. Nathan was also issued a no-contact order, forbidding him to get in touch with Anastasia until at least August 21. 

This comes after Anastasia posted— and then quickly deleted— audio of a phone call between her and Nathan, which was seemingly recorded earlier on Thursday when Nathan called her from jail. The call was made before Nathan went to the hearing and was issued the no-contact order, so the call didn’t technically violate anything.

(You can listen to the audio of the phone call below!) 

“Calls me from jail to tell me not to show up, just so this entire thing can get dropped,” Anastasia captioned the audio recording when she posted it to her Instagram.

Anastasia can be heard telling Nathan that she has a hearing next month in relation to the case, which Nate begs her not to attend.

“Don’t, please, just don’t show up!” he tells her. “Because it will be dissolved, everything will be dissolved. You don’t have to show up.”

Anastasia argues that she’s protecting herself, but Nathan again begs her to help him. 

As The Ashley previously reported, Jenelle jumped into her former soulmate’s strangulation shenanigans on Thursday after news of his arrest hit The Interwebs. Jenelle explained that Nathan had called her after the fight with Anastasia and she had invited him to come to her Las Vegas home and hang out for a few days, despite Nate being drunk and seemingly being wanted by the cops for questioning. She admitted that it had been two years since Nathan has since Kaiser, despite them both living in Las Vegas for the last year.

“I said, ‘Listen, you can come over here, you can spend the night and stay in Kaiser’s room because he has a queen size bed,’” Jenelle stated. “But in a few days, you’ve got to figure out what you’re doing. But I will give you the option of trying to help you and I’m only doing that, of course, because it’s Kaiser’s father.'”

Nathan didn’t make it to Jenelle’s place, though, as the cops were waiting for him outside his home. After an hours-long standoff in which Nate refused to come outside (all while on FaceTime with Jenelle), the police broke into his apartment and arrested him, according to Jenelle. 

Nathan is currently on probation for strangling his sister in 2023. In July 2024, Nathan agreed to the terms of his probation, stating he was aware that if he did not follow the terms, he would be sentenced to a minimum of 12 months in prison, with a max of 48 months. 

According to court records, Nathan will be held in jail until at least April 29, when a status check hearing has been scheduled regarding the filing of the criminal complaint against Nathan.