Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of domestic violence and threats.
Last month, Teen Mom star Bar Smith was arrested for a series of felony-level crimes, including kidnapping, domestic violence (with threat or use of force) and more. While his estranged wife Ashley Jones has since come forward and admitted to being Bar’s alleged victim in the crime, few details have been released about the incident that caused Bar to be arrested and charges with so many serious offenses…until now.
The Ashley can exclusively reveal what Ashley claims happened on the night that Bar was arrested. (As of press time Bar remains incarcerated in Nevada on a $35,000 bail.)According to the police incident report exclusively obtained by The Ashley, the scary showdown between the exes (who share daughter Holly) began on July 7, one day after Ashley posted a photo to social media showing herself on a date with her new boyfriend. According to Ashley’s mother, Tea Chapple, Ashley called her upset because Bar had contacted Ashley and stated that he was coming to Nevada from his residence in California after seeing Ashley’s social media post about her boyfriend.
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One day after Bar threatened to come to Ashley’s place, Ashley told her mom that she was about to go inside her home but she was worried that Bar was inside her apartment. Ashley instructed her mom to call police if he was.
(The Ashley would like to note that the officer misspelled Ashley’s first name as “Ashlee” on the incident report. Although The Ashley initially used the misspelled version of the name in her story, it made the story confusing, so The Ashley has since gone in and changed it to the correct spelling.)
“[Ashley] arrived home, remained on the phone with her mom,” the incident report reads. “As [Ashley] opened the front
door, Tasheilia heard a male in the background say ‘hello baby momma.’ She then heard [Ashley] respond ‘hello baby daddy’
and the call disconnected. Tasheilia called back [Ashley] multiple times and [Ashley] never answered her calls. Tasheilia called
the police immediately.
“Upon my arrival, I was waved down by Tasheilia who was at the front door to [Ashley’s] apartment,” the report continued. “Tasheilia came down to my patrol car to speak with me and Tasheilia was frantic, scared, and crying in fear for her daughter’s life. Tasheilia advised the male inside was Bariki.”
Tea told police that, due to Bar’s violent past, and the fact that Ashley’s car was parked in front of her house but she wasn’t answering the door or her phone, she wanted the police to do a welfare check on Ashley. When police arrived, Bar allegedly tried to convince them that they had the wrong home.
“Upon knocking on the door, a male’s voice was heard from inside [Ashley’s] apartment stating ‘She doesn’t live here, wrong
apartment.’ Due to prior calls of service and the family knowing which is her apartment, officers knew this was incorrect,” the incident report stated. “Eventually [Ashley] came out the door and advised the following: Bariki is inside the apartment, he was not invited over, and that she would like officers to accompany her inside to ask him to leave. [Ashley] was very scared of Bariki. She was crying, shaking, and very emotional.”
Bar— who had an active warrant out for his arrest— was detained by cops. After that, Ashley was able to tell police what allegedly happened inside the apartment.
Ashley told police she hadn’t seen Bar since March, when she kicked him out of her Nevada apartment and he went back to California. Ashley claimed that, after Bar saw her post about her new man, he told her he was coming to her house. Ashley stated that she stayed the night at her boyfriend’s house that night, but when she arrived back home the next morning, Bar was inside her apartment, waiting for her.
The alleged details get even more chilling from there.
Ashley claimed that Bar “immediately physically took her phone, all her electronics (phone, watch, and two tablets) out of her hands, and keys away from her.”
He then allegedly demanded Ashley drive him to her new boyfriend’s house so that Bar could confront him.
“Bariki told her you are not getting your stuff back until you call your boyfriend or take me to him,” the incident report states. “They argued and Bariki again tried to make her leave with him, she refused. Bariki got mad that [Ashley] was arguing with him and told her ‘Say something again and I will break your fucking jaw.’
“[Ashley] believed Bariki due to his violent past with her and was afraid for her life and well-being.”
Ashley claimed that, once Bar realized she wasn’t going to willingly go with him, Bar barricaded himself and Ashley in her upstairs apartment by taking two barstools and wedging them between the front door and the first stair on the landing, which prevented the front door from opening. He then allegedly placed even more items in front of the door to keep anyone from getting in, and told her that if she wouldn’t leave with him, she won’t leave period.
According to Ashley, when the cops knocked on the front door, Bar told her that she “better not open the door.”
“[Ashley] looked out her balcony and saw an officer tucked behind a dumpster with his rifle towards the apartment,” the incident report stated. “[Ashley] knew she had to get outside. Bariki tells Ashlee that he will go outside and get the officers to go away. [Ashley] being
smart tells Bariki, ‘It’s scary out there and I will tell them you are peaceful, and maybe they will let you just leave’ which she
knew wasn’t going to happen.”
The police incident report also explains why Bar was charged with the crimes that he was at the time of his arrest. He received the “Kidnapping-2nd degree” charge because he allegedly broke into Ashley’s apartment and waited for her overnight, then took all her forms of communication and refused to allow her to leave.
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“Bariki willfully kidnapped [Ashley] by leaving California over night to arrive at her apartment,” the officer wrote. “Bariki with intent to keep [Ashley] from leaving her apartment by barricading the door and taking her personal communication electronics. I established probable cause that Bariki was in violation of Kidnapping 2nd Degree.”
Bar was charged with “Coercion Domestic Violence with Threat of or Use Of Physical Force” because he allegedly threatened to break Ashley’s jaw, and took all devices she could have used to call for help.
“[Ashley] was in fear of Bariki causing bodily harm to her,” the officer wrote. “I established probable cause that Bariki was in violation of Coercion.”
As for the charge of Harassment, Bar received that because Ashley claimed that, the night before the alleged attack, Bar had emailed her and told her that her new man “better be tough” and that he would be seeing both of them the next morning. She also stated that Bar claimed he would send someone over to her house if she didn’t answer his calls.
“Bariki did show up as emailed,” the officer wrote. “Bariki [has a] violent history with [Ashley]. [Ashley] believing he would physically harm her or her new boyfriend. I established probable cause Bariki was in violation of Harassment.”
Ashley and her family have since upgraded the security on her apartment, and a temporary restraining order has been filed against Bar. Ashley told police that she plans to file for a permanent one.
Bar has been in jail since the incident. Days after his arrest, a felony charge of residential burglary was added to his list of charges.
It is unknown if Ashley has filmed about the alleged incident (and Bar’s ongoing court case) for ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.’ She did, however, file for divorce from Bar last week.
The Ashley will have more details on this incident soon. Stay tuned…
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Reminds me of the case of Lana Kasian. She was tortured, scalped, drained of all her blood and murdered by the father of her baby daughter, Blake, in Hollywood, California barricaded apartment while her mother begged the police to break down the door… I am glad that Ashley is ok and alive.
Terrifying! Worst nightmare kinda stuff. I hope Ashley is able to stay safe and the justice system takes her seriously.
I know I am going to get lots of hate for this but here goes, just because you can do something, that doesn’t mean you should. She knew he had a propensity for violence but she still posted on social a pic of her new boyfriend. Nobody should live in fear like she has but a little common sense needs to be exercised. She had to know that he would react like this given his past behavior. We women need to be smart and to show discretion. No, I am not saying that this is her fault. The blame is entirely his and I hope he gets heavy time even though my hunch tells me he will get off light.
Amen!!!
F*** you and Daisy
You’re not saying anyhow at all just hope it doesn’t happen to you because hey no one would or should care😒
Someone can wear a mask as long as things are going their way but once the tides change due to something THEY did and you just want to get away from them; they show this side you never knew existed. It happened to my children and me. We had to go into hiding because the wonderful, caring, loving and docile man I married became a crazy, abusive drugged drunk .
I’m not blaming Ashley because no one should ever be placed into any situation in which they are, or they feel, powerless. For that, she has all my sympathy. But she picked him. They have known each other long enough and well enough that she knew who he was and she stayed with him and had a child with him. Did they get married before or after he displayed any violent tendencies? I don’t question whether she’s a victim, but I do question her judgment. How many times did she defend him? How many times did she take him back? I even question her judgement of posting a picture of her new bf, if she knew (and she did know) Bar would be upset by it. A little discretion, instead of flaunting, may have been a smarter move. Again, I’m not blaming her for what happened, but she picked him and even married him after he showed who he was.
this is so scary and i’m extremely disappointed with bar since i always saw the potential in him being a great person smdh, i hope he actually gets the sentence he deserves so he and his stereotype mom can get through their heads that he did something wrong
The moral to the story is: Choose your partener/baby daddy wisely.
Even that is not a guarantee. I work for a women’s abuse shelter, and the number of “classy,” well-to-do men, from seemingly good families who slap on and mentally abuse their wives is insane. I’ve only seen a handful actually get the help they need though. I don’t know if it is for financial reasons, but many of this population of women will call in but never follow through. It’s heartbreaking.
*know
Ignore this, please. The Ashley needs an edit button because every time I come to read new comments, I see a typo on my own and then something like this happens. 😑
I’m sorry but this story could have stopped by her calling the copse before going in and checking out it was safe for her to even go in there.
He would have gotten arrested anyway!
Nice victim blaming. It’s not like women aren’t constantly told they’re “overreacting” or “emotional”
Wow! Are you actually blaming the victim…?
This story could have been avoided if BAR, didn’t do any of this. Don’t blame the victim
Yeah, and then if he wouldn’t have been there, everybody would have talked shit about her overreacting and wasting police resources. 🙄
You’re right about one thing…. you are sorry
I agree she shouldn’t have gone inside at all actually. Not smart
Not smart at all. I don’t get why people say I’m victim blaming. In those situations you just make sure you are safe. If someone with bad intentions sits inside my house I don’t enter! 🤷♀️
All these people are immature tbh she knew it was dangerous that’s why she wanted her mom on the phone, she shouldn’t have gone inside instead called the cops or something else, just not gone inside. Dumb
So scary! Where was their daughter? Sounds like she was somewhere else (thank god!) How horrible for Ashley to have to face his this again with Bar! It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks of the cast, no one should be exposed to this type of treatment! Hang in there Ashley.
This is insane and so scary. He could have easily killed her if he wanted to. I hope he gets a lengthy sentence and rots in jail.
I hate to say this but as serious as this situation was I don’t trust that the judicial system will hold him accountable in the way that they should. I have a feeling he will end up taking a plea and some of his charges will be dropped altogether. I’m not a fan of Ashley but no one deserves to be in an abusive relationship. Bar is a POS. How can you say how much you love your daughter yet you are more than willing to threaten and hurt her mother?
The scariest part of this is that their saying that Bar lurked in her apartment since the night before. Bar needs to be locked up for as long as possible. I wonder what his mom is going to say now.
I don’t particularly like Ashley, but I feel for her. My ex-husband was very violent and has done similar to me I the past (not involving a new boyfriend, just general anger and trying to get his way). It’s terrifying to be a situation like that and no there’s a decent chance it will be the time he actually goes from abuse to murder. I’m so glad she told her mama to call the cops if he was in there and that she did and Ashley made it out safely. I hope they throw the book at that four-eyebrowed scum.
It seems like Holly wasn’t there at the time and that’s such a blessing. Maybe this can lead to contact being 100% cut and Ashley can focus on school, a career, and raising Holly without all drama and craziness from Bar and his mama.