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 conflict implicit their children has ended.

A Los Angeles justice earlier this period awarded “Barely Lethal” and “Fanboys” manager Newman sole superior custody implicit the 2 sons helium shares with actor-model King, according to ineligible documents reviewed by The Times. The custody bid says the ex-spouses volition person associated ineligible custody implicit 11-year-old James and 9-year-old Leo, but that Newman, 49, has “tie-breaking authority.”

The custody order, filed March 11 successful Los Angeles County Superior Court, lays retired the docket and presumption of King’s visitation. The “White Chicks” and “Hart of Dixie” star, 45, is taxable to supervised visitation — until the tribunal rules different — due to the fact that she has not yet completed respective requirements including a six-month cause and intoxicant programme that includes play testing, aftercare and a 12-step program, according to the filing. King besides has yet to implicit a 26-week parenting program, idiosyncratic counseling to “address lawsuit issues” and associated counseling with her children erstwhile the children’s “therapist deems it appropriate.”

Neither representatives for King nor Newman instantly responded to The Times’ petition for remark connected Tuesday.

The tribunal bid came down astir 5 years aft King filed her petition to divorcement Newman successful May 2020. At the time, King cited “irreconcilable differences” for ending their matrimony aft 12 years and sought associated ineligible and carnal custody implicit her children with Newman. They joined successful Los Angeles successful November 2007 and welcomed James and Leo (whose godmother is popular prima Taylor Swift) successful 2013 and 2015, respectively.

King and Newman settled their divorcement successful September 2023, but not without contention. Amid their divorcement and custody battle, King and Newman traded blows via ineligible documents. As portion of her divorcement petition, King had accused her hubby of verbal and affectional abuse. In his filings, Newman denied those claims and raised damning concerns astir King’s alleged cause and intoxicant usage and her struggles with addiction. He reportedly dubbed King a “chronic cause addict and alcoholic who refuses to admit that she has a problem.” He besides said friends informed him that King allegedly utilized drugs portion large with their 2nd kid and elaborate an alleged incidental of King driving nether the influence, according to People.

The presumption of their colony were not disclosed, but a ineligible typical for Newman told PageSix successful September 2023, “I americium hopeful that this volition beryllium a cleanable opening for them.”

The lawyer added: “They some recognize they volition beryllium successful each other’s lives forever, and that their children merit thing but the champion from some of them.”

Neither King nor Newman, who joined 31-year-old vocalist Cyn successful 2023, addressed the bid connected societal media. The second connected Monday shared pictures from a belated day meal 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 communicative shared Monday.

Times researcher Cary Schneider contributed to this report.