Jaime King loses custody of sons to ex-husband after failed rehab stint

Jaime King has lost custody of her sons – one of whom Taylor Swift is godmother to – after failing to complete a rehab stint following an alleged drunken outburst.

Jaime King has lost custody of her two sons to her ex-husband, Kyle Newman, after failing to complete a six-month rehab program.

A judge declared that Newman will have sole physical custody of James, 11, and Leo, 9, who will primarily live with their dad, per court documents obtained by People on Monday.

The former couple will share legal custody of the kids, but the filmmaker was granted tie-breaking authority, which means he has the final say in decisions if they are deadlocked.

King, 45, was granted visitation rights with her sons. However, she must be supervised around the boys after failing to complete a six-month drug/alcohol program with weekly testing and after-care, a 26-week parenting program, individual counselling to address case issues and conjoint counselling with minors, according to the magazine.

Kyle Newman and Jaime King separated in 2020. Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly

The Pearl Harbor actress, 45, can only see her children three times a week in specific hour blocks. Her approved supervisors include her mother, sister, brother-in-law and Newman’s brother.

The update comes months after Newman, 48, asked a judge for sole custody of the kids, claiming in a petition that Jaime had been “strung out” and “drunk” while they were in her care.

Newman recalled one alleged incident in which James and Leo, the latter of whom is the godson of Taylor Swift, called him and begged him to pick them up from their mum’s house.

When he arrived, King was allegedly sitting on the floor and appeared to “not be wearing any pants” while joined by two men.

Taylor Swift pictured with King upon meeting her godson, a then newborn Leo.

It’s not known if King and Swift, pictured here in 2014, are still friends. Picture: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company

“Jaime looked distressed, strung out and was acting drunk. She gestured for me to come over to her because she tried to get up but could not stand,” he stated in court documents.

King was allegedly “slurring her words” and said of their sons, “Those are bad boys. We have to do something about our boys. Their behaviour is not right.”

The exes — who tied the knot in 2007 — have been wrapped up in legal battles since the model filed for divorce in 2020. At the time, she also filed for — and was granted — a restraining order against Newman.

King shares two sons with Newman.

Shortly after, the Barely Lethal director claimed King was a “chronic drug addict and alcoholic.”

He alleged the Sin City actress abused opiates before their two children were born and throughout her pregnancies, resulting in Leo “being born addicted to opiates.”

Newman also claimed that his and King’s friends staged an intervention in 2020, which resulted in her going to a Utah rehab centre. However, she checked herself out soon after.

Since then, the children have remained in their father’s care.

This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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