1000-lb Sisters star Amy Slaton’s sister Amanda asks fans to ‘pray’ following her sibling’s drug arrest

Amanda Halterman shared a poignant spiritual message after her sister, 1000-lb Sisters star Amy Slaton, was arrested on drug charges and child abuse.

Slaton, 36, was arrested after an incident at a Tennessee safari park on Labor Day. Later that day, her sister Amanda shared a post praying for a mother in need of reassurance.

The post was originally shared in 2019 by the Facebook group Midnight Mom Devotional, and Halterman may have been referring to her sister Amy, who is a mother of two, when she posted the message to her own account on Monday.

“Tonight we pray for the mother who needs to know that everything will be okay. Lord, she has so many situations where she needs You to intervene, but she has one thing that often surfaces in her heart and makes her doubt that everything will be okay.

“Tonight we ask You to remind her that You always work everything out for her good…just because You love her. Silence every lie that causes her to doubt Your goodness. Help her to believe that things will work out. Give her peace. We ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Halterman did not elaborate on the message, but did add a red heart when he reposted the post.

The TLC series 1,000-lb Sisters primarily focuses on Slaton and her brother Tammy, but Amanda has been on the show since season four.

The post came on the same day Amanda’s sister was arrested.

Slaton was arrested on Labor Day, along with Brian Scott Lovvorn, who faces the same charges.

A photo released by the Crockett County Sheriff’s Office shows her frowning.

Police were initially called to the Alamo Safari Park for a report that a guest had been bitten by a camel.

Upon arrival, they noticed “suspicious odors” coming from their vehicle, officers said.

A spokesperson for the Crockett County Sheriff’s Department said People Responding officers discovered “what they thought were mushrooms” and “what they thought was marijuana” in Slaton’s vehicle after smelling the odor of marijuana in the car and seeing the drugs “in plain view.”

Slaton and Lavvorn were arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of a Schedule I substance, illegal possession of a Schedule VI substance, and two counts of child abuse.

They are being held in the Crockett County Jail on $10,000 bail. It is not known whether Slaton or Lovvorn have entered a plea or retained an attorney.

The post was originally posted in 2019 by the Facebook group Midnight Mom Devotional and appeared to reference her sister Amy, who has two children

Slaton finalized her divorce from ex-husband Michael Halterman last year.

The couple have two children and are said to have had a falling out over their appearance on the TLC reality show.

The couple welcomed their first child, Gage Deon, in November 2020 and their second son, Glenn Allen, in July 2022.

“There was no support. There was no love. There was no kindness. There was just mental abuse,” she said. People of their marriage. ‘I was just tired of hiding it from other people.’

Halterman’s sister Amy was arrested on drug charges and child abuse after an incident at a Tennessee safari park

Slaton was arrested along with Brian Scott Lovvorn, who faces the same charges

In the fifth season of the series, a confrontation between her, her sisters and Michael was shown.

“That was the day I left,” she said. “But I wasn’t in love with him before that.”

After a lengthy custody battle, the former couple decided to share parenting duties.

Amy rose to fame when she starred opposite her sister Tammy Slaton on the series 1000-Lb. Sisters. The show’s fifth season premiered late last year.

The star has lost a whopping 176 pounds since undergoing gastric bypass surgery five years ago.

Slaton introduced fans to a new man before her divorce was final and she dated a Michigan man named Tony, the US Sun defeated.

Police were called to the park in Alamo on Labor Day and said they immediately noticed strange odors coming from Slaton’s vehicle

By the time the divorce was final, the couple had been together for about three months.

DailyMail.com has contacted Slaton for comment.