Teen Mom Nikkole Paulun ‘calls cops’ after her ex & their daughter Ellie, 6, ‘go missing’ during his custody time
TEEN Mom star Nikkole Paulun contacted local police after her ex and their daughter Ellie, six, went "missing" during their Christmas visitation.
She shared the scary news with fans on Instagram.
Nikkole posted a screengrab of a text message exchange that appeared to be between her and baby daddy Ryan Rice.
The exchange spanned two days and showed only messages from the former MTV star.
She grew increasingly frantic as he ignored her attempts to reach him and their daughter.
Nikkole texted: "You've ignored my test from an hour and a half ago and now you've ignored my FaceTime. Per the court order, you have 30 minutes to have [redacted] call me back. Thank you."
She texted again 30 minutes later, and again the following morning writing: "Please have [redacted] FaceTime me."
Hours later Nikkole pleaded: "Hi. It's been 2 days since I've heard anything from you now. I'd like to talk to our daughter. When will she be available to do so? Thanks!"
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In one final attempt to make contact via text, Nikkole wrote: "[Redacted] Now I'm getting worried. Where is [redacted]?"
CALLING IN BACKUP
She asked fans in a caption on the Instagram Story post: "What would you do? My child left on Christmas Day to spend their holiday time with their other family. I haven't heard anything since. No response to texts or calls. I don't pick up until the 2. (court-ordered I get daily contact)"
In the next slide, Nikkole revealed she contacted the police.
"I called a welfare check," she wrote on her Instagram Story.
She continued: "The police said the apartment looks abandoned and nobody was there. My mom drove to his mom's house and no one was there either."
Nikkole later updated fans, revealing in a post on her Instagram Story: "So I can't really sleep right now and I just wanted to give a quick update.
"I have not made contact with my child but I have made contact with my child's father. I had to use somebody else's phone to be able to get ahold of him and he said that he's not with my child and that my child is with his mother."
She went on: "And I said, 'you know I've tried contacting her and I've even sent someone over there to check there and nobody's home.' And he asked why I would do that and I said 'because I haven't made contact with anybody' and he said that he doesn't want to talk to me and hung up.
"So that is as far as it went. He ended up sending a text to my phone saying that I need to quit being goofy and he'll have her call me tomorrow. So I'm going to contact my lawyer when they open and that's pretty much all we can do right now, unfortunately."
Nikkole and Ryan have had a tumultuous relationship for some time.
She opened up about repeatedly being "taken to court" by her ex in November.
LEGAL WOES
Nikkole claimed it was "legal abuse," as she ripped her child's father online.
The former 16 & Pregnant star vented: "As if I don't have enough going on right now... I'm being taken back to court for Ellie.
"Me... the one who provides for her, the one who stretches herself thing to make it to swim lessons & gymnastics, the one who provides her a safe and loving home, the one who does the work and is always on time.
"These people have 0 respect and don't appreciate all the work I've put in to change my life and provide the best life for her. I AM THE REASON she's the smart, funny, loving girl she is today. I PUT IN THE WORK."
Nikkole went on: "They do this every time they know I'm not in the best position to be going to fight a court battle. I'm so tired of it. They tell Ellie I'm a terrible person yet I make sure Ellie thinks they're the best people ever even when they do things like this.
"I'm so disgusted and so tired of being the nice guy."
She didn't name names, but it appeared the post was referencing Ryan and his family.
Nikkole went on to share what she called "an extremely vulnerable post," asking fans to donate to her GoFundMe to cover her legal costs.
She claimed she could not "afford a lawyer retainer," adding that she plans to save up for court in January.
Nikkole has been struggling recently.
Previously, she shared an emotional post revealing that she was having a hard time leaving her baby.
She also seemed to be struggling to co-parent with Ryan, slamming him and his parenting.
Nikkole shared a video of herself crying while holding then 4-month-old Bodhi.
She wrote over the video: "Tomorrow I go back to work after 18 weeks off with my baby."
The former reality star captioned the clip: "I knew it was coming but it still hurts so much."
Several fans sent messages of support while others questioned her intentions.
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One commented: "Why did you record yourself crying?"
Another chimed in with: "Who filmed this?" while a third user called Nikkole "dramatic."
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