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celebrity custody battles to have been
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number 10 Kelly Rutherford and Daniel
Gersh Kelly Rutherford and German
businessman Daniel Girish married in
August 2006 and welcomed their first
child just two months later
Rutherford filed for divorce two years
later leading to a nasty custody battle
you’re writing me right now in 2012
their children began living with Giersch
in monaco and france so the judge ruled
in order to maintain a 50:50 caretaking
split the children must stay in France
with him and Rutherford travelled back
and forth to see them after a summer of
visiting Rutherford she refused to
return the children to Europe which
Giersch argued was an instance of
kidnapping it was this debacle that led
to Giersch winning sole custody of the
children and Rutherford was prevented
from bringing her kids to the United
States in the future is the judge that
initially pooped on that who initially
did this is she still on the case she’s
in traffic court now I think New York
lawyer Susan Moss declared that
Rutherford quote only had herself to
blame number 9 Mel Gibson and Oksana
Grigorieva
Mel Gibson and oksana grigory Ava went
through a terribly messy breakup and
subsequent custody battle over their
daughter Lucia while Mel originally
agreed on 15 million in child support
and legal payments this was dropped to
just 750,000 dollars after Grigory Havel
released confidential recordings of
Gibson using racial slurs and violent
language recordings that sparked a
massive media backlash against the actor
then another 1/3 and now a fourth nearly
20 minutes of hate-filled rants grigory
Ava again broke the clause by speaking
out about the case on the Howard Stern
Show further reducing the payment to
just 250,000 grigory Ava is now claiming
that she has PTSD and a tumor resulting
from the alleged assaults and stress
associated with the protracted legal
battles after the first you know severe
beating that you know he struck me twice
with a fist and then he was choking me
and whilst I was holding Lucia and not
protecting myself
number 8 Britney Spears and Kevin
Federline Britney Spears went through a
very tough time in the mid 2000s while
Spears and Federline announced a divorce
settlement in March 2007 Federline
refused to sign divorce papers because
he was afraid of his children being in
the hands of an increasingly unstable
Spears whose behavioral problems were
well-documented you know events that
unfolded over time you know if you want
to Google and go back and look at him
then you’ll see you know why it turned
out the way that it did well he finally
agreed to joint custody and $15,000 a
month in child support Federline was
eventually gifted full custody in
September I’m not you know that’s
definitely not anything to brag about
not to me okay and it’s not something
that I asked for either Spears initially
refused to hand her children over to
Federline but she was forced to
relinquish custody after she was placed
on involuntary psychiatric hold
in January 2008 number 7 uh sure and
[Music]
I’ll sure and Tamika Foster his personal
wardrobe stylist started dating in
November 2005 they had two children
together
Asher Raymond v and Naveed and usher
became stepfather of fosters three boys
once
uh sure filed for divorce in June 2009
the two entered a heated custody battle
that spanned three long years
foster accused asure of being an
absentee father and abusing drugs in
front of his children and usher in turn
spitefully canceled Foster’s credit card
absentee I guess from the aspect of
having to go and work that probably
would be her her version of idea of what
actions he would be while usher was
granted full custody
Tamika later challenged the arrangement
in court after uh sure v nearly drowned
in his father’s pool however the case
was dismissed and usher retained full
custody it’s nasty fighting over
children isn’t it it is very nasty and
there is no winner in any fight number
six
Kate and Jon Gosselin when Jon and Kate
Plus 8 premiered it was an enjoyable
look into the daily lives of a massive
family however John and Kate’s
relationship became increasingly
strained until they finally announced
their separation in 2009 the preceding
year had been a mess of legal troubles
which included police being called to
the house to resolve a domestic dispute
while Kate was given primary custody the
couple continued to make headlines with
their feud particularly in August 2017
when they got into a massive fight in an
orthodontist office over their custody
arrangement anyone going through a
divorce when you have children involved
my opinion is both parents should be
involved in the hiring of any
babysitter’s these are still my children
whether I’m present or away a source has
also told hollywoodlife.com that the
children prefer to be with Jon which
tends to upset Kate I know I’m just
gonna learn how to take initiative for
myself and do the best I can as a father
you know and I’m always gonna be there
forever and kids no matter what number
five Mel B and Stephen Belafonte in
March 2017 Mel B filed for divorce from
her husband of nearly ten years
Stephen Belafonte the two then entered a
messy legal battle that saw Mel accusing
Stephen of emotional and physical abuse
Mel then ordered Stephen away from her
daughter angel as she had reportedly
gained a solid relationship with the
letter supposedly written by angel also
claimed that she never wanted to see
Stephen again Stephen later asked a
judge to send their daughter Madison
into therapy as he believes Mel has
brainwashed Madison against him number
four Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
despite their relatively friendly split
in 2010 Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
quickly entered a vicious custody battle
that escalated into physical assault and
threats of murder despite agreeing to
joint custody of their daughter Berry
wanted to move with her to France to be
with her new boyfriend Olivier Martinez
a judge denied Berry’s request leading
Martinez to allegedly tell Aubree that
he would murder him if he did not allow
them to go this in turn led to a brutal
physical altercation either he lost a
fight or he just got brewed up more than
losing a fight he got mashed right there
only a few days later a mutual custody
agreement was finally made and Berry was
ordered to pay her ex
sixteen thousand dollars a month in
child support yep Halle is trying to cut
her payments to Gabriel for their
daughter Nala by more than 75 percent
cuz basically because you’re no grown
ass man you better get it job number
three
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie even the
most popular couple in Hollywood can
have problems
Julie shocked the world in September
2016 when she announced that she was
divorcing Brad Pitt and seeking physical
custody of the children throughout the
subsequent years Pitt has battled child
abuse allegations and the children have
split their time between each parent
often moving with the actors to various
filming locations like Los Angeles and
London she only then revealed that Pitt
had not paid child support
a clean that pit called untrue pits team
says Jolie’s claim is a thinly veiled
effort to manipulate media coverage and
pit adamantly disputes the contention
that he has not paid significant child
support the court granted Pitt more
visitation time in August 2018 while the
actors continued to sort out a long term
solution number two Woody Allen and Mia
Farrow Woody Allen’s personal life has
long been the subject of intense media
scrutiny in January 1992 Allen’s partner
Mia Farrow found nude photographs of her
adopted daughter SUNY Previn in Allen’s
possession and what was Mia’s reaction
when she found out about SUNY what
happened was crazy behavior that became
in cool you know terrible rage death
threats this quickly led to their
separation and Allen in turn married
Previn Allen’s adopted daughter Dylan
Farrow then accused Allen of molesting
her when she was seven years old
in 1993 Allen was denied custody of his
three children the ruling stated that
Allen was self-absorbed that he lacked
judgment and that his quote behavior
towards Dylan was grossly inappropriate
leading to the rejected bid for custody
and a quote careful monitoring of his
future contact with the children
number one Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
in 2001 Kim Basinger filed for divorce
from Alec Baldwin leading to an
incredibly nasty custody dispute over
their only child Ireland while the two
agreed to joint custody
Baldwin alleged the facing are totally
controlled Ireland and her relationship
with him by denying visitation and
preventing Ireland’s access to a foam
Baldwin’s frustrations eventually led to
an infamous voicemail that tarnished his
reputation and led him to consider
suicide ever he reconsidered knowing
that basing her scheme would consider it
a win he also called the Family Court
system quote corrupt inefficient lazy
and stupid and said that it was full of
quote the most god-awful people so yeah
not a very good time so much of what I
went through the last eight years it was
unnecessary do you agree with our pics
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watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 celebrity
custody battles before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the nastiest and most notorious
celebrity custody battles to have been
covered in the mainstream media
number 10 Kelly Rutherford and Daniel
Gersh Kelly Rutherford and German
businessman Daniel Girish married in
August 2006 and welcomed their first
child just two months later
Rutherford filed for divorce two years
later leading to a nasty custody battle
you’re writing me right now in 2012
their children began living with Giersch
in monaco and france so the judge ruled
in order to maintain a 50:50 caretaking
split the children must stay in France
with him and Rutherford travelled back
and forth to see them after a summer of
visiting Rutherford she refused to
return the children to Europe which
Giersch argued was an instance of
kidnapping it was this debacle that led
to Giersch winning sole custody of the
children and Rutherford was prevented
from bringing her kids to the United
States in the future is the judge that
initially pooped on that who initially
did this is she still on the case she’s
in traffic court now I think New York
lawyer Susan Moss declared that
Rutherford quote only had herself to
blame number 9 Mel Gibson and Oksana
Grigorieva
Mel Gibson and oksana grigory Ava went
through a terribly messy breakup and
subsequent custody battle over their
daughter Lucia while Mel originally
agreed on 15 million in child support
and legal payments this was dropped to
just 750,000 dollars after Grigory Havel
released confidential recordings of
Gibson using racial slurs and violent
language recordings that sparked a
massive media backlash against the actor
then another 1/3 and now a fourth nearly
20 minutes of hate-filled rants grigory
Ava again broke the clause by speaking
out about the case on the Howard Stern
Show further reducing the payment to
just 250,000 grigory Ava is now claiming
that she has PTSD and a tumor resulting
from the alleged assaults and stress
associated with the protracted legal
battles after the first you know severe
beating that you know he struck me twice
with a fist and then he was choking me
and whilst I was holding Lucia and not
protecting myself
number 8 Britney Spears and Kevin
Federline Britney Spears went through a
very tough time in the mid 2000s while
Spears and Federline announced a divorce
settlement in March 2007 Federline
refused to sign divorce papers because
he was afraid of his children being in
the hands of an increasingly unstable
Spears whose behavioral problems were
well-documented you know events that
unfolded over time you know if you want
to Google and go back and look at him
then you’ll see you know why it turned
out the way that it did well he finally
agreed to joint custody and $15,000 a
month in child support Federline was
eventually gifted full custody in
September I’m not you know that’s
definitely not anything to brag about
not to me okay and it’s not something
that I asked for either Spears initially
refused to hand her children over to
Federline but she was forced to
relinquish custody after she was placed
on involuntary psychiatric hold
in January 2008 number 7 uh sure and
[Music]
I’ll sure and Tamika Foster his personal
wardrobe stylist started dating in
November 2005 they had two children
together
Asher Raymond v and Naveed and usher
became stepfather of fosters three boys
once
uh sure filed for divorce in June 2009
the two entered a heated custody battle
that spanned three long years
foster accused asure of being an
absentee father and abusing drugs in
front of his children and usher in turn
spitefully canceled Foster’s credit card
absentee I guess from the aspect of
having to go and work that probably
would be her her version of idea of what
actions he would be while usher was
granted full custody
Tamika later challenged the arrangement
in court after uh sure v nearly drowned
in his father’s pool however the case
was dismissed and usher retained full
custody it’s nasty fighting over
children isn’t it it is very nasty and
there is no winner in any fight number
six
Kate and Jon Gosselin when Jon and Kate
Plus 8 premiered it was an enjoyable
look into the daily lives of a massive
family however John and Kate’s
relationship became increasingly
strained until they finally announced
their separation in 2009 the preceding
year had been a mess of legal troubles
which included police being called to
the house to resolve a domestic dispute
while Kate was given primary custody the
couple continued to make headlines with
their feud particularly in August 2017
when they got into a massive fight in an
orthodontist office over their custody
arrangement anyone going through a
divorce when you have children involved
my opinion is both parents should be
involved in the hiring of any
babysitter’s these are still my children
whether I’m present or away a source has
also told hollywoodlife.com that the
children prefer to be with Jon which
tends to upset Kate I know I’m just
gonna learn how to take initiative for
myself and do the best I can as a father
you know and I’m always gonna be there
forever and kids no matter what number
five Mel B and Stephen Belafonte in
March 2017 Mel B filed for divorce from
her husband of nearly ten years
Stephen Belafonte the two then entered a
messy legal battle that saw Mel accusing
Stephen of emotional and physical abuse
Mel then ordered Stephen away from her
daughter angel as she had reportedly
gained a solid relationship with the
letter supposedly written by angel also
claimed that she never wanted to see
Stephen again Stephen later asked a
judge to send their daughter Madison
into therapy as he believes Mel has
brainwashed Madison against him number
four Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
despite their relatively friendly split
in 2010 Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
quickly entered a vicious custody battle
that escalated into physical assault and
threats of murder despite agreeing to
joint custody of their daughter Berry
wanted to move with her to France to be
with her new boyfriend Olivier Martinez
a judge denied Berry’s request leading
Martinez to allegedly tell Aubree that
he would murder him if he did not allow
them to go this in turn led to a brutal
physical altercation either he lost a
fight or he just got brewed up more than
losing a fight he got mashed right there
only a few days later a mutual custody
agreement was finally made and Berry was
ordered to pay her ex
sixteen thousand dollars a month in
child support yep Halle is trying to cut
her payments to Gabriel for their
daughter Nala by more than 75 percent
cuz basically because you’re no grown
ass man you better get it job number
three
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie even the
most popular couple in Hollywood can
have problems
Julie shocked the world in September
2016 when she announced that she was
divorcing Brad Pitt and seeking physical
custody of the children throughout the
subsequent years Pitt has battled child
abuse allegations and the children have
split their time between each parent
often moving with the actors to various
filming locations like Los Angeles and
London she only then revealed that Pitt
had not paid child support
a clean that pit called untrue pits team
says Jolie’s claim is a thinly veiled
effort to manipulate media coverage and
pit adamantly disputes the contention
that he has not paid significant child
support the court granted Pitt more
visitation time in August 2018 while the
actors continued to sort out a long term
solution number two Woody Allen and Mia
Farrow Woody Allen’s personal life has
long been the subject of intense media
scrutiny in January 1992 Allen’s partner
Mia Farrow found nude photographs of her
adopted daughter SUNY Previn in Allen’s
possession and what was Mia’s reaction
when she found out about SUNY what
happened was crazy behavior that became
in cool you know terrible rage death
threats this quickly led to their
separation and Allen in turn married
Previn Allen’s adopted daughter Dylan
Farrow then accused Allen of molesting
her when she was seven years old
in 1993 Allen was denied custody of his
three children the ruling stated that
Allen was self-absorbed that he lacked
judgment and that his quote behavior
towards Dylan was grossly inappropriate
leading to the rejected bid for custody
and a quote careful monitoring of his
future contact with the children
number one Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
in 2001 Kim Basinger filed for divorce
from Alec Baldwin leading to an
incredibly nasty custody dispute over
their only child Ireland while the two
agreed to joint custody
Baldwin alleged the facing are totally
controlled Ireland and her relationship
with him by denying visitation and
preventing Ireland’s access to a foam
Baldwin’s frustrations eventually led to
an infamous voicemail that tarnished his
reputation and led him to consider
suicide ever he reconsidered knowing
that basing her scheme would consider it
a win he also called the Family Court
system quote corrupt inefficient lazy
and stupid and said that it was full of
quote the most god-awful people so yeah
not a very good time so much of what I
went through the last eight years it was
unnecessary do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
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