Whitney Purvis is facing legal trouble.
The 16 and Pregnant star was arrested in Floyd County, Georgia, on July 7 for involuntary manslaughter, according to police records obtained E! News.
According to a statement of criminal charges shared by police with E! News, Purvis also faces two charges relating to controlled substances—the first, a felony charge for the possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and the second a misdemeanor charge for the “use of communication facility in commission of a felony involving controlled substances.”
An affidavit for arrest obtained by E! News confirms the arrest is related to an incident from February 16.
“Whitney Blake Purvis did commit the offense of Aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter,” the affidavit reads, “when she, without intent to cause the death of another human being, intentionally distributed a substance presented as ‘Tranq,’ commonly known as Xylazine and Fentanyl, to the victim, which directly contributed in the victim's death due to a toxic overdose.”
No bond had been set for the former MTV star at the time of publishing. E! News has reached out to Rome Police but did not receive additional comment.
Purvis' arrest comes just over one month after Purvis shared her son Weston Gosa Jr. died at the age of 16 on June 2. In the weeks following the announcement, Purvis shared more insight into his passing—including an accusation that her ex and Weston’s father, Weston Gosa, could have helped prevent his death.
“My son had diabetes, Addison's disease, and alpha one anti-trypsin deficiency, and he had no medical insurance,” Purvis wrote in a June 18 Facebook post, “but he had a life insurance policy taken out on him. His dad bought five cars in the last six months but couldn't pay for medical insurance.”
She added, “He brags about how much money he has and has the nerve to make a GoFundMe to help bury him when he was just going to cremate him anyway because it was the cheapest, plus he had the life insurance policy.”
Purvis also alleged her son should have had medical coverage under her custody agreement with her ex, with whom she also shares 11-year-old son River.
“He should have had a Dexcom/glucose monitor that alerted when his sugar was going up or down to a dangerous level,” Purvis continued. “In our custody order, he was supposed to have medical insurance on our kids; that was part of our agreement. That just doesn't sit right with me.”
E! News reached out to Gosa for comment at the time but has not heard back.
Prior to her arrest, Purvis shared insight into how she was managing following Weston’s death.
"I can't distract myself," she told People in an interview published June 5. "It's going through my mind constantly. I hate to even pick up my phone."
"When I'm not crying,” she continued, “I'm just staring at the ceiling. I never wanted to go through something like this. I mean, I know no one does, but you never think it'll happen to you. And I just can't even imagine a future now. I can't imagine going on after this."
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Maci Bookout
Now Maci Bookout McKinney, the Chatanooga, Tenn., native started her 16 and Pregnant journey on the MTV series' first season, which premiered in 2009.
In real life, Maci gave birth to son Bentley on Oct. 8, 2008, and joined the cast of Teen Mom.
Fast-forward into her adulthood and she co-parents the teenager with his dad, her former fiancé Ryan Edwards, and shares daughter Jayde Carter (born May 29, 2015) and son Maverick Reed (May 31, 2016) with husband Taylor McKinney.
Farrah Abraham
While every cast member's MTV-chronicled story was fraught, Farrah Abraham from season one had the saddest: Her boyfriend Derek Underwood was killed in a car crash before the birth of their daughter, Sophia Laurent Abraham, on Feb. 23, 2009.
Farrah later dabbled in adult entertainment, as well as wrote a best-selling memoir and tried her hand at singing. In addition to Teen Mom, she's appeared on a number of other series, including Couples Therapy and Celebrity Big Brother.
Amber Portwood
Amber Portwood and then-fiancé Gary Shirley welcomed daughter Leah Leann Shirley on Nov. 12, 2008, with the birth being featured on season one. After they split up in 2011, Gary, now married to Kristina Shirley, was granted custody of Leah.
Amber was engaged to Matt Baier for several years before moving on and having another child with then-boyfriend Andrew Glennon in 2017.
Their son James Andrew Glennon was born May 8, 2018, and Andrew was awarded custody in 2022.
Amber got engaged to Gary Wayt, introduced as her boyfriend on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, days before he went missing on June 9, 2024. He turned up less than a week later, with North Carolina police saying the case was closed.
Catelynn Lowell Baltierra
After a fraught few months of pregnancy, documented on the first season of 16 and Pregnant, Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra placed daughter Carly for adoption after she was born May 18, 2009.
The Michigan-based Teen Mom stars went on to welcome daughters Novalee "Nova" Reign on Jan. 1, 2015, Vaeda Luma on Feb. 21, 2019, and Rya Rose on Aug. 28, 2021.
The middle school sweethearts tied the knot on Aug. 22, 2015.
Jenelle Evans
16 and Pregnant's second season began with the travails of Jenelle Evans, who broke up with her baby's father, Andrew Lewis, before the child was born.
Son Jace Vahn Evans arrived Aug. 2, 2009, and Jenelle's mom, Barbara Evans, stepped in to help, with the series documenting their rocky mother-daughter relationship.
Jennelle—who was fired from Teen Mom 2 in 2019 but returned for Teen Mom: The Next Chapter five years later—also shares son Kaiser Orion "Kai" Griffith (born June 30, 2014) with former fiancé Nathan Griffith and daughter Ensley Jolie Eason (Jan. 24, 2017) with now-estranged husband David Eason.
Since separating from David, she's rolling the dice on a fresh start in Las Vegas.
Valerie Fairman
Valerie Fairman gave birth to daughter Nevaeh Lynn Fairman on Sept. 14, 2009. Her parents were eventually granted custody, with visitation rights for the child's father, Matt Pryce.
After various struggles, Valerie died in December 2016.
Chelsea Houska DeBoer
Chelsea Houska from season two gave birth to daughter Aubree Skye Lind five weeks early, on Sept. 7, 2009.
She and Aubree's father Adam Lind stayed together initially, but their on-and-off relationship finally ended in 2012.
A couple years later, a chance meeting at a gas station proved to be the start of the Teen Mom star's forever journey with Cole DeBoer. The couple, who wed on Oct. 1, 2016, share son Watson Cole (born Jan. 25, 2017), daughters Layne Ettie (Aug. 29, 2018) and Walker June (Jan. 25, 2021) and their HGTV series Down Home Fab.
Leah Messer
Season two's Leah Messer and then-boyfriend Cory Simms had only been dating a month when she got pregnant with twins.
Their daughters Aliannah Hope and Aleeah Grace Simms were delivered prematurely Dec. 16, 2009, via emergency C-section. Aliannah was later diagnosed with Titin muscular dystrophy.
The Teen Mom duo tried to make a go of it, marrying in 2010, but they divorced the following year.
In addition to the twins, realtor Leah shares daughter Adalynn Faith (born Feb. 4, 2013) with ex-husband Jeremy Calvert.
Lizzie Mortensen
Lizzie Mortensen from season two gave birth to her and then-boyfriend (now ex-husband) Skylar Sickles' daughter Summer Jayde Sickles on Jan. 30, 2010.
Lizzie is now stepmom to husband Dave Mortensen's three kids and they share a son who was born June 6, 2018.
Kailyn Lowry
Kailyn Lowry and then-boyfriend Jo Rivera welcomed son Isaac Elliott Rivera on Jan. 18, 2010, with the birth featured on season two. Jo's family served as surrogate parents for Kailyn who has long been estranged from her own mom, but the young couple broke up not long after Isaac's birth.
The Teen Mom star welcomed son Lincoln Marshall on Nov. 16, 2013, not long after she married his father, Javi Marroquin, who was in the Air Force. They divorced in 2016.
She also shares sons Lux Russell Lowry, born Aug. 5, 2017, and Creed Romello Lopez, born July 30, 2020, with ex Chris Lopez, as well as three children—son Rio, born in November 2022, and twins Valley and Verse, delivered in November 2023—with fiancé Elijah Scott.
Following the birth of her twins, Kailyn said she "got a tubal," sharing on her Barely Famous podcast that she was done having kids.
Markai Durham
Markai Durham from season two gave birth to daughter Za'Karia Sanari Worsham with boyfriend James Worsham on Oct. 12, 2009. When she became pregnant again, she decided to have an abortion—as seen on the MTV special No Easy Decision.
She married Christopher Anderson in September 2015, but they separated and she has since reportedly had two more daughters.
Aubrey Wolters
Season two alum Aubrey Wolters shares son Austin Carter Akerill, born Feb. 6, 2010, with now-ex-husband Brandon Akerill.
After their divorce, she went on to have two more sons with a boyfriend.
Autumn Crittendon
Autumn Crittendon gave birth to son Drake LeSeuer Franklin with then-boyfriend Dusty Franklin on Dec. 17, 2013, as chronicled on the fifth season of 16 and Pregnant.
In 2015, Autumn married Bradley Oxley after a whirlwind courtship, but she shared on social media that they were separating later that summer.
She had son Luke in August 2019 and daughter Abigail Ivy Rose, born Nov. 20, 2022.
Sadly, Autumn died on July 20, 2024, at the age of 27, police in Henrico County, Va., confirmed to E! News.