Episode of 23 and Tragic
VALERIE FAIRMAN, 23, who starred on the second season of MTV's 16 & Pregnant, has died, officials confirmed Thursday. The Oxford, Chester County native was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon at Brandywine Hospital, the Coatesville Police Department said, after it had received a call about a possible overdose.
VALERIE FAIRMAN, 23, who starred on the second season of MTV's
16 & Pregnant
, has died, officials confirmed Thursday.
The Oxford, Chester County native was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon at Brandywine Hospital, the Coatesville Police Department said, after it had received a call about a possible overdose.
The Chester County Coroner's Office said the investigation into the cause of death is ongoing, but TMZ said reports from sources indicated that Fairman died of an overdose. Fairman's substance-abuse issues were documented on her episode of 16 & Pregnant.
Fairman's daughter, 7-year-old Nevaeh, is with Fairman's mother, TMZ reports.
In 2015, Fairman was arrested for prostitution in Delaware, along with seven other women.
In 2010, Fairman and her then-boyfriend, Matt, were featured on the second season of 16 & Pregnant, the forerunner to MTV's Teen Mom series that came to define the network in its reality-TV heyday.
Episodes, running from 2009 to 2014, focused on young women who became pregnant; the subsequent Teen Mom followed them through early motherhood. The series has been praised for showing the hardships of teen parenting and criticized for glamorizing it and making celebrities out of the mothers featured.
"We are saddened by the news of Valerie Fairman's passing," an MTV spokesperson told Variety. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time."
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