Whitney Purvis, known from MTV's "16 and Pregnant," is in Georgia's Floyd County Jail facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, controlled substances manufacture, and aiding drug-related crime. Her arrest occurred on July 7, 2025, a month after her son Weston Owen Gosa Jr. died. Purvis, who became a teen mom at 16, shared her son's death on Facebook, expressing unimaginable grief. The future details of her case remain pending.
According to arrest records from Floyd County, obtained by TODAY.com, the 33-year-old was taken into custody on July 7, 2025. She faces charges of involuntary manslaughter as well as the manufacture and distribution of controlled substances.
Purvis was part of the inaugural cast of the groundbreaking MTV series, which debuted in 2009, and set out to offer a candid portrayal of becoming a teen mom.
On June 2, 2025, Purvis announced the death of Gosa Jr. at the age of 16 in a post on Facebook in which she described his death as her 'worst nightmare come true.'
'How do you go on in life after losing a child?' she wrote in the post. 'I don't want it to be real. I would do anything just to hold him.'
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