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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrea Cavallier

16 & Pregnant star arrested for involuntary manslaughter in Georgia after ‘providing victim a lethal cocktail of drugs’

Whitney Blake Purvis, who previously appeared on MTV’s 16 & Pregnant, is in police custody and faces felony involuntary manslaughter charges in connection to a fatal drug overdose earlier this year.

The charges stem from an incident on February 16, 2025, in Rome, Georgia, in which officers responded to a home to find 28-year-old John Mark Harris deceased, according to police records obtained by FOX5 Atlanta.

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