Amber Portwood Makes Plea Bargain, Headed to Rehab [Video]

Amber Portwood, of MTV Teen Mom fame, is not heading to prison. She was facing up to five years for felony drug possession. Portwood had plead guilty to possession and for violating her probation. She agreed to enter a rehab facility as part of the plea deal. The judge has given her initial approval for the deal.

The deal does not mean Portwood will be released immediately. The Drug Court team of experts will take up to two weeks to analyze the deal and make sure it is appropriate for her. If they give their approval she will be released to the rehab facility.

Her attorney Evan Broderick told HollywoodLife.com,

“We [tendered] an agreement to the court where she’ll go to drug court in lieu of taking a conviction of the new case. If she completes drug court, she’ll get to have that case reduced or at least petition to have the case reduced down to a misdemeanor. If she violates though, she will have a five year exposure to prison.”

Amber is facing 25 months on her prior domestic battery conviction and 36 months for her new possession case. The Rehab program will last approximately 1-3 years

“I’m happy with the outcome so long as she does what she’s supposed to do,” says Evan. “I won’t be happy with it if she screws it up and goes away for five years. She really needs some structure. She was kind of young and obviously came into a large amount of money and didn’t have a whole lot of structure, picked up a drug problem and some other problems. The people who graduate from that program generally come out better people.”

Amber recently revealed that she makes more than $280,000 per year to star on MTV’s ht show Teen Mom.

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