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‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ star Amy Slaton leaves zoo on stretcher after camel bite that led to drug arrest


‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ star Amy Slaton leaves zoo on stretcher after camel bite that led to drug arrest

And it wasn’t even Wednesday.

“1000-Lb. Sisters” star Amy Slaton was carried on a stretcher out of Tennessee Safari Park after being bitten by a camel moments before her arrest on Monday.

Photos obtained by TMZ on Tuesday showed local paramedics transporting the 36-year-old TLC personality into an ambulance while she held a piece of cloth attached to one of her arms.

The mother of two children appeared desperate throughout the entire situation.

Amy Slaton was carried away on a stretcher after being bitten by a camel at a zoo. She was arrested on Monday on drug and child endangerment charges. @amyslaton_halterman/Instagram
Slaton was arrested after police reportedly found psychedelic mushrooms and marijuana in her car on Monday. Crockett County Sheriff’s Department – ​​Tennessee

Witnesses told the outlet that paramedics found her in the zoo parking lot with a shirt wrapped around her arm.

Slaton was subsequently arrested after authorities reportedly found psychoactive mushrooms and marijuana in her vehicle while she had two children in the car.

“It was no ordinary Labor Day in Crockett County,” the Crockett County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement on Facebook Monday.

“Officers were asked to come to the Safari Park where a guest had allegedly been bitten by a camel,” the statement continued. “Upon arrival, officers were immediately surprised 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 had just responded to an emergency call about a camel bite when they noticed “suspicious smells” coming from her car. amyslaton_halterman/Instagram
Slaton was charged with illegal possession of Schedule I and VI drugs and two counts of child endangerment. amyslaton_halterman/Instagram

The reality TV star was charged with illegal possession of Schedule I and VI drugs and two counts of child endangerment.

A man, Brian Scott Lovvorn, who was in the vehicle with Slaton, was also arrested on the same charges and both were taken to the Crockett County Jail.

Authorities released a mug shot of the disheveled Slator in an orange jumpsuit.

The star of “1,000-Lb. Sisters” has two children with her ex-husband Michael Halterman. amyslaton_halterman/Instagram
Amy and her sister Tammy Slaton have starred in their show since 2020. TLC

Amy, who has starred in the popular television series alongside her sister Tammy Slaton since 2020, is the mother of two sons: Gage (3) and Glenn (2).

She has two children with her ex-husband Michael Halterman, who filed for a temporary restraining order when he filed for divorce from Amy in March 2023. The divorce was finalized in September of the same year.

The ex-partners eloped in 2017 and had a more formal wedding on camera two years later.

However, it is not known whether the two children in the car were her own.

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