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‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ star Amy Slaton seen leaving zoo on stretcher after camel bite that led to drug arrest
By Leah Bitsky,
6 hours ago
And it wasn’t even hump day.
“1000-Lb. Sisters” star Amy Slaton was carried out of Tennessee Safari Park on a stretcher after being bit by a camel just moments before her arrest on Monday.
Local EMT workers could be seen transporting the TLC personality, 36, into an ambulance while she held a piece of fabric to one of her arms, per photos obtained by TMZ Tuesday.
The mom of two appeared distressed throughout the whole situation.
Amy Slaton was carried out on a stretcher after being bit by a camel at a zoo on Monday. TMZ Slaton was then arrested after cops reportedly found psychedelic mushrooms and marijuana in her car on Monday. Crockett County Sheriff's Dept – Tennessee
Witnesses told the outlet that EMTs found her in the zoo’s parking lot with a shirt wrapped around her arm.
Slaton was subsequently arrested after authorities reportedly found psychedelic mushrooms and marijuana in her vehicle while having two kids in her car.
“It was no ordinary Labor Day in Crockett County,” the Crockett County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement on Facebook Monday.
“Deputies were requested to respond to Safari Park where a guest allegedly was bitten by a camel,” the statement continued. “Upon arrival, deputies were immediately overtaken by suspicious odors coming from the guest’s vehicle.”
The TLC star, who has two sons, reportedly had two children in her car at the time. amyslaton_halterman/instagram Authorities were responding to a call about a camel bite when they smelled “suspicious odors” coming from her car. amyslaton_halterman/Instagram Slaton was charged with illegal possession of schedule I and schedule VI drugs and two counts of child endangerment. @amyslaton_halterman/Instagram
The reality TV star was charged with illegal possession of schedule I and schedule VI drugs and two counts of child endangerment.
A man who was with Slaton inside the vehicle, Brian Scott Lovvorn, was also arrested on the same charges and they were both booked into the Crockett County Jail.
Authorities released a mugshot of Slator looking in disarray while wearing an orange jumpsuit.
The “1,000-Lb. Sisters” star shares her two kids with ex-husband Michael Halterman. amyslaton_halterman/Instagram Amy and her sister, Tammy Slaton, have starred in their show since 2020. TLC
Amy, known for starring in the popular TV series with her sister Tammy Slaton since 2020, is a mother of two sons: Gage, 3, and Glenn, 2.
She shares her kids with her ex-husband, Michael Halterman, who requested a restraining order when he filed to divorce Amy in March 2023. They finalized their divorce that September.
The exes had eloped in 2017 and had a more formal wedding in front of cameras two years later.
However, it’s unknown if the two kids in the car were her own.
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