Jenelle Evans’ ex Nathan Griffith has gone from being a wanted man to an exonerated man in less than 24 hours.
Griffith, 33, who shares six-year-old son Kaiser with the Teen Mom OG star Evans, 29, was issued a warrant for his arrest by a North Carolina judge on Monday.
Though on Tuesday, it was revealed that a mistake was made by the court, with his arrest order recalled, according to TMZ.
Exonerated: Jenelle Evans’ ex Nathan Griffith has gone from being a wanted man to an exonerated man in less than 24 hours
Father and son: Griffith, 33, who shares six-year-old son Kaiser with the Teen Mom OG star Evans, 29, was issued a warrant for his arrest by a North Carolina judge on Monday
Griffith’s attorney, James Jackson, revealed on Tuesday morning that there was a mistake with the court, since his client wasn’t required to show up for those hearings.
The attorney said that Griffith, who was arrested on DWI charges in October 2019, wasn’t supposed to appear at a February court date, and he didn’t need to appear at an upcoming May hearing either.
Jackson added that he was heading down to the courthouse to try and get everything ironed out, adding he believed the arrest order would be recalled.
Attorney: Griffith’s attorney, James Jackson, revealed on Tuesday morning that there was a mistake with the court, since his client wasn’t required to show up for those hearings
The court clerk confirmed just a few hours later that the arrest order was in fact recalled and Griffith is no longer a wanted man.
Griffith was arrested outside of a grocery store in Cary, North Carolina last October, and taken into custody.
He posted a $10,000 bond and was released, though he revealed a few days later in an interview with TMZ that the arrest shouldn’t have happened because he wasn’t even in the car.
Recalled: The court clerk confirmed just a few hours later that the arrest order was in fact recalled and Griffith is no longer a wanted man
He revealed there was a call of a man sleeping behind, or inside, his car, but by the time the cops go there, Griffith claims he was already walking away from the car for five minutes when the police brought him back.
‘I pretty much practically told them I didn’t want to deal with them and I said everything was fine,’ Griffith said.
He added he was ‘going ahead and meeting some friends’ so he locked his doors and was walking down the street, and five minutes later he got ‘pulled over by a police officer.’
Sleeping: He revealed there was a call of a man sleeping behind, or inside, his car, but by the time the cops go there, Griffith claims he was already walking away from the car for five minutes when the police brought him back
Griffith added that the cops told him to ‘walk back to your vehicle’ and he denied that he was sleeping or operating the vehicle.
The cops gave him a field sobriety test and arrested him because witnesses said they saw him sleeping behind the wheel, which Griffith disputed because he couldn’t even get into his car.
Griffith was locked in a nasty custody battle with Griffith over their son Kaiser, which was ultimately settled in October.
Test: The cops gave him a field sobriety test and arrested him because witnesses said they saw him sleeping behind the wheel, which Griffith disputed because he couldn’t even get into his car
Custody: Griffith was locked in a nasty custody battle with Griffith over their son Kaiser, which was ultimately settled in October