The divorce between Jaime King and estranged husband Kyle Newman is heating up.
On Friday, the director filed for main bodily custody of their two sons, James, 6, and Leo, 4. Within the court docket paperwork obtained by E! Information, Newman is accusing the Hart of Dixie star of “power” drug and alcohol abuse and claims she “spent the final decade excessive.” He alleges that her medicine of selection are Adderall and Clonazepam, which he states in the submitting are sometimes combined with alcohol.
Per the paperwork, Newman claims that he is tried to assist his spouse overcome her dependancy on a number of events, however she refuses any help. He additionally claims that Jamie’s alleged dependancy acquired so out of hand, that he and 14 of her buddies initiated an intervention in January with the hopes of convincing her to go to rehab.
Newman says he supplied an “ultimatum”—both Jaime was to hunt therapy “or the youngsters and I want to depart for their very own security.”
Nevertheless, their actions have been for naught because the 41-year-old allegedly left the therapy facility as a result of they would not enable her to check-in whereas in possession of tablets.
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Not lengthy after, Newman describes one event when Jaime was working in Canada and requested if their two youngsters, James and Leo, may keep along with her for 3 weeks. He says in the submitting that he acquiesced to her request and allowed the go to, however King allegedly despatched the boys again after simply three days.
He claims that her excuse for shortening their keep was that she was below the affect of booze and alcohol, in addition to having an affair.
Jaime’s rep denied Kyle’s allegations in a press release to E! Information, which learn, “That is one other vicious, failed try of Kyle to proceed his abuse of Jaime and manipulate the court docket system. Right this moment Kyle was denied all requests for emergency orders and the choose granted Jaime shared authorized custody of their two youngsters. The non permanent home violence restraining order stays in place to guard Jaime.”
On Monday, Might 18, Jaime filed for divorce, accused Kyle of taking their sons to Pennsylvania with out her consent and requested a restraining order towards him. Per her request for a restraining order, she alleges that all through their marriage he is demonstrated “abusive habits,” staged a “pretend intervention” and tried to “wreak havoc” on her profession. Furthermore, she alleges that he is actively stopping her from speaking with their sons over FaceTime.
In keeping with the paperwork filed by Newman’s authorized consultant, his allegations are supported by the testimony of two nannies and Jaime’s former assistant. The long-term bodily custody standing will probably be decided at a later date, however for now, E! Information has realized that the choose is permitting Kyle to maintain their boys in Pennsylvania.
In a earlier assertion from the director’s spokesperson, he shared, “As Kyle continues to solo guardian, as he has executed all through this pandemic, he stays fully targeted on placing the kids’s stability and welfare first. Kyle desires nothing however the most effective for his complete household and hopes that Jaime can discover the peace and assist she wants.”
This contentious divorce comes greater than 13-years after the couple wed. In whole, they have been collectively for 15-years.