What Happened To Ebony Jackson After 16 And Pregnant?

Unfortunately, it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine for MTV's 16 and Pregnant couple Joshua Rendon and Ebony Jackson. During their time on the show, viewers watched the pair welcome their daughter, Jocelyn. Shortly after, the couple married and Joshua enlisted in the Air Force in an effort to provide for his wife and daughter. All seemed well... until it wasn't.

As reported by ABC, the couple was arrested in 2011 and their daughter was immediately taken into child protective services. Officials obtained a search warrant for the couple's home and were taken aback at the state of the living conditions, with animal excrement, flies, maggots, dirty diapers, cigarette butts, and other trash littered throughout the home. The police report stated, "Every room inside the residence had human and dog feces on the floors, walls and clothing."

But that's not all — officials also allegedly found synthetic marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Both Joshua and Ebony were arrested and subsequently released on an $8000 bond. Upon the couple's arrest, however, Jocelyn was placed in custody of the Arkansas Department of Human Services. 

Later, Ebony spoke candidly about the arrest and her child being taken away with Hollywood Life. During the 2011 interview, Ebony cited depression following a devastating miscarriage for her household's disarray. "I lost a kid, so I've been going through my own personal problems and so I haven't been able to be the wife, mom that I'm supposed to be," she confessed.

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