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1000-lb Sisters star makes bold claim after being arrested at zoo when police noticed ‘suspicious odour’ from her car

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Published 18:18 4 Sep 2024 GMT+1

1000-lb Sisters star makes bold claim after being arrested at zoo when police noticed ‘suspicious odour’ from her car

TLC star Amy Slaton Halterman was hit with multiple charges after a visit to a zoo in Tennessee

Rhianna Benson

Rhianna Benson

A bizarre claim made by 1,000-lb Sisters star Amy Slaton Halterman following her arrest at a Tennessee safari park yesterday has gone viral around the world.

The TLC regular was apprehended by officers at the animal park earlier this week, after she alerted police to an injury she'd claimed to have sustained.

According to the sheriff's department, upon their arrival at the safari park, officials immediately were drawn to 'suspicious odours' coming from the vehicle that Slaton had driven to the facility.

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Moments after inspecting the car, the on-screen star - who famously appeared on the controversial weight-loss series alongside her sister Tammy Slaton - was apprehended and charged with several crimes.

Among her alleged misdemeanours were alleged illegal possession of schedule I and schedule VI drugs - though these substances have not been named.

The suspicious scent also remains unknown.

A man named Brian Scott Lovvorn was in the vehicle and given the same charges, before the duo were taken to Crockett County Jail.

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Slaton was arrested at a Tennessee zoo (Crockett County Sheriff's Dept – Tennessee)
Slaton was arrested at a Tennessee zoo (Crockett County Sheriff's Dept – Tennessee)

Two children were also found within the vehicle - whose ages have not yet been specified - seeing Slaton also charged with two counts of child endangerment.

Though Slaton and Lovvorn were later seen leaving jail after paying their $10,000 bond, social media spectators still remain baffled about what exactly it was that possessed the woman to contact police in the first place.

According to local news, she called the authorities to alert then that she'd been bitten by a camel.

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Speaking to Nexstar’s WREG, the TV star alleged she'd been attacked on her right arm by one of the park's camels and been taken by police to a nearby hospital to be treated for her wounds.

The park's owner, Claude Conley, has since told press, however, that Slaton's injury is inconsistent with a camel bite.

He claimed: "It was just on top of the arm, and if a camel bit, it would kind of bite down on there."

The news comes just months after Slaton split from her estranged husband, Michael Halterman, amid a tempestuous divorce.

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Slaton starred on 1000-lb Sisters (TLC)
Slaton starred on 1000-lb Sisters (TLC)

He'd asked the court for 'a civil restraining order' that would ensure the two of them had to remain '500 feet from one another at all times' and guarantee they stay '500 feet from the residence of the other party.'

The pair had eloped in 2017 before going on to exchange vows in a formal wedding setting in 2019, a year before welcoming their son, Gage, in 2020.

Shortly after the birth of their son Glenn Allen in July 2022, the pair split and the divorce was finalised in 2023.

Featured Image Credit: TLC/Crockett County Sheriff's Dept – Tennessee

Topics: TV And Film, Crime, US News

Rhianna Benson
Rhianna Benson

Rhianna is an Entertainment Journalist at LADbible Group, working across LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She has a Masters in News Journalism from the University of Salford and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh. She previously worked as a Celebrity Reporter for OK! and New Magazines, and as a TV Writer for Reach PLC.

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