Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of domestic violence against children.
Nathan Griffith is telling all about what allegedly happened to his son Kaiser during the years the now-10-year-old was living with his mother Jenelle Evans and her soon-to-be ex-husband David Eason. In a bombshell interview with The Sun– published on Tuesday— the former Teen Mom 2 dad accused David of repeatedly physically abusing Kaiser– even claiming that David beat “the living crap out of” the boy if he did anything to hurt Ensley, the daughter Jenelle and David share.
Nathan also took aim at Jenelle, stating that he has told his ex that she is a “monster” for allowing David to allegedly abuse Kaiser for years and not intervening. He also stated that Kaiser was “neglected” while he was living with the couple in North Carolina.
“Besides letting that monster put his hands on my son, which makes you a monster because you are allowing all this to happen… You’re going to screw this kid over for the rest of his life, and you don’t care,” Nathan said in a text message sent to Jenelle recently, which he shared with The Sun.
David— who is currently facing criminal charges for child abuse and strangulation for a 2023 incident involving Jenelle’s oldest son Jace— has been publicly accused of abusing Kaiser by both Nathan and his mother Doris Davidson several times over the years. However, in his new interview with The Sun, Nathan provided specific incidents in which he said David physically abused Kaiser– enough to allegedly cause permanent damage– and Jenelle allowed it.
“When they were younger, Kaiser told me Jace threw a rock and hit Ensley in the head and [Jace] blamed Kaiser, and Kaiser got the living crap beat out of him for it,” Nathan said, adding that David would allegedly get violent with Kaiser if he did anything to hurt Ensley.
“If Kaiser did anything [to Ensley]….and this is how sick and demonic this stuff is,” Nathan said. “Ensley kept on messing with him and hitting him and pinching him, so Kaiser pinched her back. Ensley didn’t get in trouble, but David supposedly reached around, pinched [Kaiser] as hard as he could and made him bleed on the arm, and he has a scar on his shoulder from him.
“Kaiser told me David punched him in the face several times,” Nathan added. “…This is why I was telling Jenelle that she’s a monster. She was allowing that to happen to my son.”
Nathan also made a disturbing claim about an incident he says happened when Kaiser was two years old.
“David reached around and punched him in the jaw,” Nathan said, adding that he believes this is why Kaiser has an underbite. “During that time, I didn’t see Kaiser for three months. We kept on going over to her house trying to pick him up but she kept on denying us, so we think his jaw got broken somehow, and that’s why he had an underbite for the longest time.”
The Sun reached out to Jenelle (and her trusty manager/boyfriend/soulmate-in-training “August Keen”) and the couple had a lot to say about Nathan’s allegations.
“Kaiser has an underbite because everyone in my family, my sister had an underbite, and it just needed to be fixed. So that is not true, and also other allegations about abuse, I’ve been checked out for abuse 70 times,” Jenelle told The Sun. “Nathan was involved with those cases, and he knows exactly what was brought up, and he knows exactly what happened, and so nothing happened.”
“August” then reportedly hopped into the phone conversation with The Sun to let everyone know that, despite the fact that Jenelle had literally just denied that any abuse took place, she was not actually denying the abuse took plae.
“Denial is not the right word,” ‘August’ said before laying down a very “Farrah Speak”-esque explanation. “Jenelle is in the middle of things that she is unaware of. Ultimately, she doesn’t know 100% if David pinched Kaiser, she doesn’t know that 1,000%, so I don’t think she’s denying it. I think she’s put in the middle of these things, and that’s why David is facing child abuse charges as we speak…
“And I’m sure if she knew that 100% she probably would have reacted the same way as she reacted towards the situation [of David allegedly abusing] Jace,” he added.
(Just a reminder, after David was accused of getting physically violent with Jace in 2023 and strangling him, Jenelle vehemently defended David for months. Jenelle insinuated that David was charged due to something related to Jace’s “mental health” instead of David’s actions, and claimed Jace/cops/her mom Barbara were leading a— to quote Jenelle directly— “smearing campaign” against David. Jenelle was, indeed, present during David’s alleged assault on Jace, but did not intervene.)
“August”— who obviously isn’t well-versed on his Jenelle antics— then wrongly claimed that Jenelle was the one who filed the charges of child abuse against David.
“You could see she filed charges against David for child abuse because that was a little more apparent to her,” he told The Sun.
(It was the State of North Carolina that filed the charges, not Jenelle. In fact, Jenelle was working hard for months to get the charges dismissed against David, and slamming authorities for charging David instead of Jace.)
When The Sun pointed out that “August” had his facts wrong, he attempted to correct his blunder.
“What I meant is that she’s not protecting David. Let me correct myself. She’s not protecting David against anything,” he said.
The Sun then directly asked Jenelle if she had ever witnessed David hurt Kaiser or any of her children.
Jenelle replied, “No, never.”
In his own interview with The Sun, Nathan stated that he fears Kaiser (and the rest of Jenelle’s kids) will end up being “a menace to society,” something Nathan says he knows a lot about.
“I mean, hell, I’m right there being a menace to society because of choices, whether I was trying to help somebody, whether I was trying to be the life of the party, or just doing dumb s**t,” Nathan– who is currently in a court-ordered treatment program in Las Vegas— stated. “It was a journey I had to take to correct myself, and hopefully I’m going in the right direction.”
He told The Sun that he fears for Kaiser’s future.
“I’m gonna tell you, 99% of kids who get in trouble and kids who are a certain way are because of the parents,” he said, adding that, “When he’s not getting love and intention, he gets in trouble…So now my kid is gonna look like he’s this bad kid, or this bad adult now and it’s not his fault. He’s just trying to figure out life the best he knows, because of the tools that were given to him and it’s unfortunate.”
Nathan’s statements come just two days after Jenelle’s sister Ashleigh Evans Wilson called the fired ‘Teen Mom’ star out for her poor parenting, while also stating that the “system has failed” all of Jenelle’s children by not helping them.
Jenelle has not yet responded to Ashleigh’s statements.
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Imagine your defense being CPS has investigated you 70 times? If CPS visits you more than once for the same allegation, on the same child then you should have to go in front of a judge and be mandated for parenting classes, therapy for both the child/parent(s), weekly drug/alcohol testing as well as weekly visits from CPS. The system routinely fails the kids who need it the most and should be re-evaluated and overhauled. This poor child.
To all the Jenelle apologists: READ THIS ARTICLE and know it isn’t all UBT or Nathan or Keiffa who are abusive in Jenelle’s life IT IS JENELLE!
She is a danger to her children. Jenelle is a danger to her children. She co-signed UBT strangling her eldest child, she co-signed UBT pinching her middle child till he drew blood and beat him black and blue. She left her vulnerable youngest with her d*ck if the month while she flies cross country.
Jenelle’s children are destined to repeat her poor choices and YOU all stick up for her and hand wave her criminal child ab*se.
Reading this news is disgusting and makes me physically sick. Jenelle makes me physically sick.
When it comes to men, Janelle has the instincts of a dung beetle and certainly has a type. She is drawn to men who, don’t just indulge her crazy, but escalates it.
Nathan is, in so many ways, no better than David. While Nathan assaults women, David assaults the most vulnerable people in society- those who cannot speak out for help. Didn’t Kaiser’s abuse begin when Kaiser was a toddler? Kaiser is guilty because he had the misfortune of looking like his father, a source of resentment and proof of David’s insecurities as a man.
Nathan, however, is equally as guilty because he could have stopped the abuse, but Nathan’s priorities were selfish. Possible/probable PTSD from the military is no excuse. Question: did Nathan serve overseas? Did he ever experience combat? That’s not me judging (yet) just asking.
Nathan could have fought for custody, but chose to focus on alcohol, weight lifting and abusing women. Nathan saw proof of David’s abuse, but did nothing, and then chose to keep silent so he could have access. To that, I call BS because he had options – CPS failed all of Janelle’s kids repeatedly, but Nathan could have reported the abuse repeatedly. He could have spoken privately with Kaiser’s teachers and school to ask why they, mandated reporters, have not reported the physical marks and Kaiser’s reasons for those marks. Having a larger social media presence, Nathan could have used his platform – taking a page from Tyler and Caitlin- to constantly rant about the injustice of having limited access to his child. Doris, Nathan’s mother, also seemed receptive to caring for the child, but couldn’t because the state and Janelle don’t recognize grandparent rights. Again, each of these points should have sufficed to, minimally, increase Nathan’s custody, but collectively, should have given Nathan full custody of Kaiser, but again, drinking and working out were more important.
Nathan lost any credibility he had years ago and him speaking out now is far too little too late. With each accusation Nathan hurls at Janelle, he really needs to understand that each is a reflection of Nathan’s own inadequacies as a father and a man. Nathan’s body shows just how committed he can be to something he cares about, but it’s a shame Nathan didn’t spend even 10% of his gym time on his son, preferably with the child, but he couldn’t do that, he should have found a way to protect him. That’s what a real man does, but, again, Janelle has a type and that type is males who look like men, but act like insufferable bullies who take their insecurities and inadequacies out on children and woman.
I can’t find a way to edit or delete my last post. I should have done a much better job of fact checking (TBI instead of PTSD) and editing- I should have cut the length by 50+%. I will, however, stand by all of my conclusions.
Nathan and David both need to grow a pair and start acting like “a man” instead of taking their insecurities out on children and women.
Once again, I recommend “This Be The Verse” by Philip Larkin. “
“They f*ck you up your mum and dad/They may not mean to but they do/They fill you with the faults they had/And add some extra just for you”
There are 2 more stanzas – Isn’t Google great?
Nathan, I think you are failing to mention that YOU were backing up David and YOU were ok with how David was treating Kaiser
https://www.theashleysrealityroundup.com/2021/09/01/nathan-griffith-says-hes-on-good-terms-with-jenelle-evans-david-eason-as-theyve-been-very-very-respectful-lately-its-awesome-i-love-it/
YOU are as much to blame as them for Kaiser’s abuse and neglect so stop cashing in with his misfortune. You are disgusting.
Nathan was complicit in the neglect and abuse. This went on for 8 years! I get his mental health, tbi, addiction issues. At what point can one parent file emergency court proceedings? I guess it’s pretty difficult when you run away to Florida and Nevada.. If Nathan wasn’t fit for full custody, he could have legally petitioned for a family member (Doris had health issues up until recently).
I just don’t think Nathan really fought for anything with Kaiser through the court system.
SEVENTY TIMES?? She’s been looked at SEVENTY TIMES and no one seems to have found an issue?? Good lord these kids are being completely failed at every possible turn 🤦🏻♀️ I really wouldn’t be surprised if one of them ends up being the first 16&P / TM kid in jail
Why is he just NOW talking about this?? He didn’t try hard enough to get Kaiser away from all that! A**hole!
Nathan actually posted pictures on-line of the abuse that left welts and bruises on Kaiser’s behind after one of David’s many acts of violent abuse on him. He was maybe three years old when that one happened. Jenelle told everyone Kaiser got those “small little marks from a water slide.” Protecting David of course, as she always does. Nathan also posted pictures of bruises on Kaiser’s face and shoulder about a year later. Jenelle claimed there was “Nothing to see there.” I wish to God Nathan had followed through at that time and rescued that poor little boy from that monster. I can’t understand why everyone just ignores the abuse of Kaiser. Look what it’s done to him.
They /Doris & Nathan refused to give Kaiser back to the Easons after the butt marks. They were eventually made to by CPS in NC. I remember JE calling her case worker friend sitting in front of Doris house while David was threatening her.
It’s just unbelievable what that bitch and the abusive psychotic monster have gotten away with all of these years.
I remember this. I just wish Nathan had gotten help sooner then maybe he would have been a fit parent for Kaiser. As it is, he still isn’t up for caring for any of his kids.
We know this Nathan. Where the hell were you!!!!???
This!
I actually think that Janelle was doing fairly well when she got into working out with Nathan at the start of their relationship. Too bad Nathan hasn’t been more involved in poor Kaiser’s life. God Bless America!
You ALSO allowed the abuse to happen! You left him there with them!
And you did nothing. You couldn’t control yourself to do what is best for your son. You couldn’t get yourself together, stay sober, stay out of jail.
You are just as bad as her. You’re both disgusting and all of those children deserve better. Neither of you had any right to reproduce
Nate is 100% VA disabled with a Traumatic Brain Injury. That shouldn’t taken as I’m making excuses for him but maybe help you understand why he acted the way he did. Long term TBIs cause cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems and I think they are at the very least the root cause of some of his issues. But I also believe he is just genuinely a shit head and caused some of his issues himself and might be using the TBI as an excuse.
I will say that when I saw pics of Kaiser with Nathan, he looked happy. When he was with Jenelle, he always had a somber look. I really wish Dorothy could have custody of him. I’m certain he’s treated like a second class citizen by David and jenelle.
Kaiser has never had a fighting chance. It’s so sad for him.
The most likely way for him to thrive is to be removed from the situation, again.
He was also clean and had clean clothes that fit him.
This story line has gone on for too long now it’s sickening how little regard these people have for their children and selfish they are we’ve been witnessing this whole trashy Jerry Springer story for far too long .
These poor kids will just repeat this narrative as adults and continue the cycle of abuse.
Stop giving them a platform to profit from their ignorance and stupidity and they will have to get real jobs .
Cancel Janelle Evans permanently
Really curious. Do these idiots get paid to do interviews with The Sun? I get that Nathan probably needs money but does he really think he’s helping the situation for Kaiser?!
I worry about Nathan going public with things Kaiser has told Nathan and Doris privately. Jenelle would take it out on Kaiser even though it isn’t his fault.
You are right. Jenelle will make him pay for “ruining her reputation and her chance to be a tv star.”
Nathan heslot to say for an absentee parent.
Maybe he should have stopped drinking and get his Shit together so he could have his kid And to be clear, I have no doubt that nation also probably physically abused kaiser I mean hs Currently doing time for choking his sister🙄🙄🙄… Go away Nathanyou’re not much better than david
we all know these allegations are true and that jenelle really is a monster but also why didn’t nathan do anything to stop all of this? 🤨 if he was that concerned about his son he’d stop getting into all that trouble or at least take david and jenelle to court, he’s no better than jenelle either
What did he do to stop it? I don’t recall hearing of any 911 calls he made for accusations of abuse. I do recall him praising David a few months before all this started. Bc at that time they were all getting along. The part that really got me was when he said he himself is menace to society & that 99% of the time that is bc of the parents. So wouldn’t that mean his mom is the reason he is the way he is? However also in his last interview he said his mom was a great mom & Kaiser should have been left with her. Yet she raised him to be the menace to society that he is. I can’t stand Janelle but who tf truly cares what a pos, that has only tried to squeeze in time with “his son” in between drug & alcohol binges, really has to say? He’s not a credible source or someone who is trustworthy to be truthful. Actually the exact opposite.
No, Nathan’s mother DID NOT raise him to be a menace to society. He is the only one of his siblings that is
fucked up. All of the others did well. His issues have nothing to do with his mother. Put the blame where it belongs.
Nathan is a vet and has a TBI. He was actually the one who got the whole CPS investigation started when David killed Nugget in front of the kids. If Judge Pauline Hankins hadn’t have been switched to their judge at the end of the case. Kaiser would have stayed with Nathan or Doris.
Yep. Jenelle arranged a sweet deal for herself and David to get out of that mess and to get her kids back. I always forget that child abuse is not any kind of a big deal to the hillbilly people of North Carolina. It wouldn’t surprise me if child abuse of all kinds is encouraged in that trashy, ass-backwards state.
Nathan actually was the one making several calls to the PD over abuse of Kaiser. I can remember at least 2 times.
Me too. I remember that he called CPS to get Kaiser out of there after David went psycho and killed the dog in front of the kids.
I believe everything he said (although the under bite thing is probably inherited from Jenelle), but it also makes me mad at Nathan for not getting himself together to help Kaiser. I know that, by all accounts, he was an okay guy before his TBI and that has a lot to do with his issues, but he should have been in every therapy/program he could find to help with that for Kaiser’s sake. I’ll commend him for at least acknowledging that he’s done a lot of messed up things and hopefully he’s actually trying to get on a good path now, that’s more than we can say for Jenelle who will blame anybody and everybody else. I pray Doris gets Kaiser soon.
And yet Nathan did NOTHING. Did he pull his head out of his ass and stop drinking, stop getting arrested, stop strangling and beating women? No he didn’t. Let someone put their hands on my child ONCE and they will never do it again. So he can complain. He can do interviews but he can’t be a good father to either of his children.
I know he has a traumatic brain injury. Years ago I read several articles that Nathan was like this before he ever was in the military. I think it’s his character and not directly related to TBI but that’s just me assuming. It almost sounds like when Amber makes excuses for her not ever being a good mother and then says it’s because of her BPD. Or when she chases guys with machetes, pushes Gary down the stairs, punching him in the ear until it bled. She has physically abused every guy that we know she has been with. Once again she says it’s her BPD and takes zero accountability. She also sees an adolescent therapist because he tells her what she wants to hear.
Nathan has had 10 years to fight for Kaiser. He has had 10 years to explore every possibility. He also said that “99% of kids who get in trouble and kids who are a certain way are because of the parents”. I highly doubt Doris raised Nathan to be a selfish asshole. Every one of those kids got two shitty parents. Every single one.
Hey, Nathan…
Where TF were YOU when this all went down?
You couldn’t stand up to David but expected the baby to??
This story isn’t giving what you think it is.
We KNOW David is abusive.
And you just let it happen.
And still ain’t doing shit for that child. Smh.
Time to shut up Nathan.