Eric Adjepong’s attorney says a 2025 charge alleging that the Top Chef alum violated a temporary protective order was dismissed because it conflicted with an existing court requirement governing communication with his former wife.
The earlier case resurfaced after a Maryland judge issued a separate yearlong protective order involving the former couple’s young daughter. Adjepong denies the abuse allegations underlying the current dispute and says he is complying with every part of the new order.
According to court records reviewed by The Washington Post, Adjepong was charged in January 2025 with contacting his former wife, Janell Davis-Mack, after she obtained a temporary protective order barring communication.
His attorney told TMZ that Adjepong used OurFamilyWizard, the parenting app the former spouses had been ordered to use during their divorce and custody proceedings. The attorney said the resulting conflict between the two court directives led to the charge being dismissed.
The Alleged Contact Was a Request to Speak With His Daughter
Davis-Mack obtained the temporary protective order in January 2025, and it prohibited Adjepong from contacting her “by any means,” according to TMZ. One day after the order was entered, he allegedly used OurFamilyWizard to ask whether he could speak with their daughter through FaceTime.
A court summons followed, and Adjepong was reminded not to contact Davis-Mack while the temporary order remained in effect through February 4, 2025.
“The alleged violation entailed Mr. Adjepong contacting his ex-wife regarding their daughter through the OurFamilyWizard app, a court-mandated communications app used during the parties’ divorce and custody proceedings,” his attorney said.
The attorney added that the case was dismissed after the court recognized that the app was also the required channel for communication between the former spouses. Documents explaining the allegations behind Davis-Mack’s original protective-order petition remain sealed and are not available for public review.
A Separate Order Now Requires Supervised Visits
Howard County Circuit Court Judge Maurice C. Frazier issued a final protective order on July 10, 2026, after finding “a preponderance of the evidence to believe” that Adjepong physically abused his daughter, The Washington Post reported.
The civil order remains in effect through July 10, 2027. Adjepong may see his daughter only during visits supervised by a person accepted by the parties, and he must complete parenting classes and reunification therapy before unsupervised contact can resume.
The order also directs Adjepong not to contact, harass, abuse or threaten his daughter or Davis-Mack and bars him from entering the child’s residence or school outside the conditions approved by the court.
Police and Child-Services Reviews Addressed a Different Allegation
The court proceeding followed investigations by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., and the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency.
A police spokesperson told The Washington Post that detectives reviewed an allegation of sexual abuse but found no probable cause that a crime had occurred. The case was referred back to the child-services agency, and no criminal charges were filed.
Adjepong’s attorney said the agency classified that allegation as “unfounded.” The agency declined to discuss the case publicly because of confidentiality laws.
Adjepong Says He Is Complying With the Current Order
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Adjepong said through his attorney that he would not publicly discuss the underlying allegations because the case involves his young daughter. “I have the utmost respect for the Circuit Court that issued the protective order and am strictly complying with every facet of the order,” he said in a statement provided to People.
He said his primary concern was his daughter’s well-being and expressed hope that future disagreements with Davis-Mack could be handled privately through the courts rather than through media coverage. Davis-Mack’s attorney, Todd K. Mohink, told The Washington Post that the court had acted in the child’s best interests.