Why Was ‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ Star Amy Slaton Arrested At A Tennessee Zoo?

Amy Slaton Halterman, known for appearing on TLC’s “1000-Lb. Sisters,” was arrested in Tennessee on Labor Day. 

On Sept. 2, authorities responded to an incident at the Tennessee Safari Park zoo in Alamo, Tennessee, “where a guest allegedly was bitten by a camel,” the Crockett County Sheriff’s Department said in a release.

Authorities said that “upon arrival, deputies were immediately overtaken by suspicious odors coming from the guest’s vehicle.”

Slaton Halterman was arrested for illegal possession of Schedule I, illegal possession of Schedule VI and two counts of child endangerment, police said.

The DEA defines Schedule I drugs as “drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” They include heroine, LSD and marijuana. Schedule IV drugs are “drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence,” like Xanax and Valium.

A person named Brian Scott Lovvorn was in the vehicle and is facing the same charges, police also said.

TODAY.com has reached out to Slaton Halterman for comment.

Slaton Halterman, 36, is known for starring in the reality series “1000-Lb. Sisters,” which follows her and her sister Tammy Slaton‘s weight loss journeys.

The show began in 2020 and wrapped up its fifth season in February.

In November 2020, Slaton Halterman and her then-husband, Michael Halterman, announced they had welcomed their first child, Gage. 

Slaton Halterman said she discovered she was pregnant a second time four months after undergoing gastric bypass surgery.

“At first I thought the doctor made a mistake by telling me I was pregnant,” she told TODAY Parents via her rep in December 2020. “Then I was just overjoyed by the news.”

She and Halterman welcomed their second child, Glenn Allen Halterman, in July 2022. Halterman and Slaton Halterman have since divorced.