Overview

• Jace Evans, 16, shared screenshots of texts with his mother on Instagram, calling her unstable and saying he wants to return to North Carolina.
• The posts showed Jenelle Evans using profanity, disputing his 2023 claim that David Eason strangled him, and warning she could restrict his access to belongings.
• Evans said the messages were taken out of context and posted after she disciplined Jace, asking for empathy as she defended her parenting.
• She noted Jace’s documented diagnoses and said he has recently had run-ins with law enforcement and struggled with rules.
• The screenshots were reported to have been later removed from Jace’s Instagram, and the dispute continues against the backdrop of Eason’s pending felony case set for trial in January 2026.