Jamar Goff, the 23-year-old adopted son of Food Network star Ree Drummond, was arrested September 15 in Birmingham, Alabama. He faces charges including second-degree assault of a police officer, drug possession, attempting to elude, and drug paraphernalia. He remains in Jefferson County Jail on a $37,000 bond with no court date currently listed.
Court filings that surfaced after the arrest reveal more troubling details. A woman obtained a protective order against Goff in May 2025, alleging he grabbed her by the neck, held her down until she couldn’t breathe, and threw her dog into a wall. Goff was ordered to stay 500 feet away from her, but that order expired in May 2026. A separate 2022 protective order in Oklahoma accused him of making violent threats toward another ex-girlfriend, and that order expired in August 2024.
Ree Drummond, whose family has been a fixture on television for over a decade, has not publicly commented on her son’s legal troubles. The story has sparked wider conversations about accountability, celebrity family privacy, and how the spotlight affects young people navigating adoption and fame. We’ll continue following this story as new details emerge.
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