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Los Angeles Times
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Jaime King says ‘system is really unfair' after ex-husband Kyle Newman wins primary custody
Jaime King has spoken out about her custody battle with ex-husband Kyle Newman, nearly a month after a Los Angeles judge granted him sole primary custody of their two children. The 'Hart of Dixie' star and model got candid about her relationship with 'Barely Lethal' filmmaker Newman and her determination to 'protect my children' in Thursday's episode of actor Jana Kramer's podcast, 'Whine Down.' King, 45, told Kramer that the fallout of her legal battle with Newman 'is scary.' King also said she will continue to fight for her children. 'It's very upsetting, and I will do everything in my power to change this system, and it's not a will. I'm going to,' she said. 'There's no price to pay for freedom.' During the podcast, King and Kramer voiced support for each other as they bonded over their shared experiences with turbulent marriages and custody battles. 'One Tree Hill' alum Kramer has previously detailed the physical and emotional abuse she suffered in a past relationship. King told the podcast host that she had a different understanding of marriage when she tied the knot with Newman, whom she did not mention by name throughout the podcast. '[Getting married] was something I was very proud of and I just didn't know that the world works like this. I didn't know that legal systems work like this,' she said. 'Not to sound like some kind of neophyte, but I thought that when you choose to love someone, you love that person. You build a family with them and you trust them.' She added: 'Sometimes it's not always that way.' King married Newman in November 2007 and welcomed sons James and Leo in 2013 and 2015, respectively. She filed her petition to divorce Newman in May 2020, citing 'irreconcilable differences.' Though the ex-spouses settled their divorce in September 2023, they traded scathing allegations in the process. King had accused Newman of verbal and emotional abuse while Newman raised concerns about King's alleged drug and alcohol use and her struggles with addiction. The 'White Chicks' star said she has avoided speaking about the family matters because 'I never wanted my children to think that any part of them was wrong.' 'I'm extremely grateful and, at the same time, the system is really unfair. And I think that it's really important to support the structure of family,' she said. 'Kindness is the key to everything.' In the podcast, she negatively likened her custody battle to political campaigning, further voiced her issues with the legal system and accused her ex-husband of using her past struggles with addiction against her in their custody battle. 'I've never had to think about myself as sober or not sober. I stopped using drugs at 17 or something,' she said. As part of the custody decision in March, King is subject to supervised visitation — until the court rules otherwise — because she has not yet completed several requirements, including a six-month drug and alcohol program with weekly testing, aftercare and a 12-step program, according to the filing. King was also ordered to complete a 26-week parenting program, individual counseling to 'address case issues' and joint counseling with her children when the children's 'therapist deems it appropriate.' At the time, a legal representative for Newman told The Times that the filmmaker 'is happy to have his children in his safe and loving home on a full-time basis and hopes that with time Ms. King will make progress in her recovery to enable her to be a present, appropriate and responsible parent to the parties' minor children.' King in Thursday's episode also claimed that the details of the custody order were 'inaccurate.'
South China Morning Post
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Jaime King's filmmaker ex Kyle Newman, who just won sole custody of their children? He's directed Taylor Swift's music videos, written 2 books, and shares 2 kids with his current partner Cyn
Jaime King's ex-husband Kyle Newman has been awarded sole physical custody of their two sons James Knight, 11, and Leo Thames, 9. The former couple, who tied the knot in 2007, have been locked in a custody battle since 2020, when King filed for divorce from the Fanboys director. Happier times: Kyle Newman and Jaime King at the Los Angeles premiere of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2010. According to recent court documents obtained by People, Newman has tie-breaking authority over the legal custody of James and Leo. King has also been banned from unsupervised visits with her sons as the former model has yet to complete a court-mandated six-month drug and alcohol programme. The programme includes weekly testing, individual counselling, a 26-week parenting programme, and conjoint counselling with children. Advertisement Kyle Newman with his two eldest children, James Knight and Leo Thames. Photo: @kyle_newman/X In recent filings, Newman claimed that King was struggling with long-term substance abuse and attributed Leo's congenital heart defect at birth to prenatal drug exposure – King reportedly drank and took opiates during her pregnancies. Newman also accused King of driving under the influence with their children in the car. Documents from earlier in the custody battle also claimed that King lacked the finances for child support. Pop superstar Taylor Swift has been tangentially linked to the Barely Lethal actress's long-term custody battle with Newman. Swift, who's a long-time friend and confidante of King's, was named Leo's godmother in 2015, and in 2016, King revealed that Swift had made a donation to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai hospital when Leo had to undergo heart surgery as an infant. So who is Jaime King's ex-husband, Kyle Newman? Read on to find out. Kyle Newman is a director and producer Kyle Newman on the set of a music video he directed for his partner Cyn. Photo: @kyle_newman/X Newman graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he won the Martin Scorsese Award for excellence in directing, per his IMDB profile.
Los Angeles Times
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Jaime King's ex Kyle Newman wins physical custody of sons as she's ordered to rehab
Jaime King and ex-husband Kyle Newman's custody battle over their children has ended. A Los Angeles judge earlier this month awarded 'Barely Lethal' and 'Fanboys' director Newman sole primary custody over the two sons he shares with actor-model King, according to legal documents reviewed by The Times. The custody order says the ex-spouses will have joint legal custody over 11-year-old James and 9-year-old Leo, but that Newman, 49, has 'tie-breaking authority.' The custody order, filed March 11 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, lays out the schedule and terms of King's visitation. The 'White Chicks' and 'Hart of Dixie' star, 45, is subject to supervised visitation — until the court rules otherwise — because she has not yet completed several requirements including a six-month drug and alcohol program that includes weekly testing, aftercare and a 12-step program, according to the filing. King also has yet to complete a 26-week parenting program, individual counseling to 'address case issues' and joint counseling with her children when the children's 'therapist deems it appropriate.' Neither representatives for King nor Newman immediately responded to The Times' request for comment on Tuesday. The court order came down nearly five years after King filed her petition to divorce Newman in May 2020. At the time, King cited 'irreconcilable differences' for ending their marriage after 12 years and sought joint legal and physical custody over her children with Newman. They married in Los Angeles in November 2007 and welcomed James and Leo (whose godmother is pop star Taylor Swift) in 2013 and 2015, respectively. King and Newman settled their divorce in September 2023, but not without contention. Amid their divorce and custody battle, King and Newman traded blows via legal documents. As part of her divorce petition, King had accused her husband of verbal and emotional abuse. In his filings, Newman denied those claims and raised damning concerns about King's alleged drug and alcohol use and her struggles with addiction. He reportedly dubbed King a 'chronic drug addict and alcoholic who refuses to acknowledge that she has a problem.' He also said friends informed him that King allegedly used drugs while pregnant with their second child and detailed an alleged incident of King driving under the influence, according to People. The terms of their settlement were not disclosed, but a legal representative for Newman told PageSix in September 2023, 'I am hopeful that this will be a clean beginning for them.' The attorney added: 'They both understand they will be in each other's lives forever, and that their children deserve nothing but the best from both of them.' Neither King nor Newman, who married 31-year-old singer Cyn in 2023, addressed the order on social media. The latter on Monday shared pictures from a belated birthday dinner and celebrated St. Patrick's Day with photos of his children. 'On this St. Patrick's Day, I'm the luckiest!,' Newman captioned an Instagram story shared Monday. Times researcher Cary Schneider contributed to this report.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jaime King to Complete 6 Month Rehab Program in Custody Battle With Ex
Originally appeared on E! Online Jaime King is being asked to focus on her sobriety. The Pearl Harbor actress has been ordered to complete a six-month rehab program in a new custody agreement with her ex-husband Kyle Newman, according to documents obtained by E! News March 17. In the filing, a judge deemed it necessary for King—who filed for divorce from the Barely Lethal director in May 2020 following 13 years of marriage—to complete the drug and alcohol program, as well as partake in weekly testing, aftercare, a 2-step program and a 26-week parenting program. Newman has also been awarded sole primary custody of their sons James Newman, 12, and Leo Newman, 10. Meanwhile, as King finishes the requirements, the Hart of Dixie alum will only be allowed supervised visitation with the kids three times a week. King's grandmother Nancy King, her sister Sandy Larson and her brother-in-law Andy Larson, in addition to Newman's brother Kevin Newman, were among those named as mutually agreed upon supervisors for King's scheduled meetings, which will continue "until ordered unsupervised by a Court," per the docs. More from E! Online Missing 19-Year-Old Twin Brothers Found Dead in Georgia Mountains From Apparent Murder-Suicide RHOC Star Gina Kirschenheiter's Ex-Husband Matt Suffers Heart Attack at 40 Bachelor's Sean Lowe Hospitalized Over Violent Attack by His Rescue Dog E! News reached out to reps for King and Newman for comment but has not heard back. This isn't the first time King has been accused of drug and alcohol use amid her ongoing custody battle with her ex. Back in May 2020, the 45-year-old filed a domestic violence prevention petition against Newman, obtained by E! News at the time, alleging that the director had staged an intervention in January of that year despite her not having addiction issues. King said in the docs that she agreed to go a treatment facility anyway, but was dismissed a few days later due to having no drugs or alcohol in her system. In response to her May 2020 petition, Newman submitted his own filing (obtained by E! News) seeking full primary custody of their kids. In the docs, he denied King's allegations of abuse and described his ex-wife as a "chronic drug addict and alcoholic who refuses to acknowledge that she has a problem, let alone seek meaningful treatment for such problem." And while King slammed his accusations as a "false narrative," Newman insisted that his requests were made with the wellbeing of their kids in mind. "As Kyle continues to solo parent, as he has done throughout this pandemic," a spokesperson for the 49-year-old told E! News in November 2020. "He remains entirely focused on putting the children's stability and welfare first. Kyle wants nothing but the best for his whole family and hopes that Jaime can find the peace and help she needs." To catch up on more messy breakups, read on for the most expensive celeb divorces... Paul McCartney & Heather MillsRon Perelman & Ellen Barkin Harrison Ford & Melissa MathisonAlex Rodriguez & Cynthia Scurtis Hulk & Linda Hogan For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
