{"id":44150,"date":"2025-03-18T06:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=44150"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:15:17","slug":"shocking-news-taylor-swifts-godson-is-banned-by-court-from-being-alone-with-his-famous-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=44150","title":{"rendered":"Shocking news!! Taylor Swift&#8217;s godson is banned by court from being alone with his famous mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The custody case between actress Jaime King &#8211; a longtime friend of Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8211; and estranged husband Kyle Newman took another turn Monday, as a judge made a bold order in the long-running legal affair.<\/p>\n<p>The judge awarded Newman, a 49-year-old director, sole physical custody of their two young sons James Knight, 11, and Leo Thames, nine, People reported after reviewing court docs on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The situation peripherally involves superstar singer Taylor Swift, 35, a stalwart confidante of King&#8217;s who was named godmother to Leo in March of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The two boys with live with Newman, who will have final say on legal custody while\u00a0the pair will share custody on paper\u00a0amid the contentious case.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said King, 45, must have her visits with her sons supervised until she finishes a mandated drug\/alcohol\u00a0program that lasts around six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dailymail.com has reached out to Newman for comment on the latest developments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The custody case between actress Jaime King, 45, and estranged husband Kyle Newman, 49, took another turn Monday as a judge ordered Newman to have sole physical custody of their two young sons. King pictured in LA in 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-55419d2a125b54f8\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/18\/01\/96295497-14508879-image-m-15_1742260323390.jpg\" alt=\"Newman, a 49-year-old director, was awarded sole physical custody of their kids James Knight, 11, and Leo Thames, nine, People reported after reviewing court docs on Monday\" width=\"634\" height=\"537\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Newman, a 49-year-old director, was awarded sole physical custody of their kids James Knight, 11, and Leo Thames, nine, People reported after reviewing court docs on Monday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The people approved in the supervisory role included her mother, sister, brother-in-law, and Newman&#8217;s brother Kevin, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King, who played the role of Heather Vandergeld in the 2004 comedy White Chicks, has made repeated visits to court over the past five years with her ex-husband to litigate custody concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most recently, King &#8211; who has also been seen in movies such as 2009&#8217;s My Bloody Valentine and 2005&#8217;s Sin City &#8211; filed with the court for an emergency request.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King filed the request to alter the agreement they made in terms of\u00a0child and spousal support two years prior, People reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><em>King &#8216;lacks the ability to pay the support,&#8217; her attorneys said in legal docs, while Newman said King had &#8216;been out of compliance with the court&#8217;s child and spousal support orders for well over a year.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newman told the court that King would not &#8216;sign a judgment&#8217; in their divorce agreement; and that she did not have the legal right to &#8216;rescind&#8217; any of the court&#8217;s orders, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former couple initially wed in 2007 at the Los Angeles-based mansion Greystone Park and Manor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King in May of 2020 entered a court filing requesting a divorce to end the 13-year marital union.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-90f89777ef4ce746\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/18\/05\/96298125-14508879-Jaime_King_a_longtime_friend_of_Taylor_Swift_s_was_pictured_with-a-43_1742276680346.jpg\" alt=\"Jaime King - a longtime friend of Taylor Swift's - was pictured with the Shake It Off artist in 2020\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\">Jaime King &#8211; a longtime friend of Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8211; was pictured with the Shake It Off artist in 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-66cb4d088f72351a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/18\/03\/96298123-14508879-image-a-3_1742269135226.jpg\" alt=\"King, 45, must have her visits with her sons supervised until she finishes a mandated drug\/ alcohol program that lasts six months. Pictured in 2014 with Swift in LA\" width=\"634\" height=\"952\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\">King, 45, must have her visits with her sons supervised until she finishes a mandated drug\/ alcohol program that lasts six months. Pictured in 2014 with Swift in LA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King concurrently filed paperwork with the court requesting a emergency motion toward custody and visitation-related issues, the outlet reported, as well as a petition to prevent domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amid the custody row, King said in May of 2020 that Newman had put together an &#8216;intervention&#8217; for her four months earlier after informing family and friends she was having substance abuse issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King in legal docs said she went a facility so she could be tested and cleared as drug-and-alcohol free. She said that days in, she had been sent home after passing a substance abuse test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King is &#8216;a chronic drug addict and alcoholic who refuses to acknowledge that she has a problem, let alone seek meaningful treatment for such problem,&#8217; Newman said in his legal filing at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newman told the court in a filing that &#8216;several friends&#8217; informed him that she had used narcotics during both of her pregnancies. He added that doctors told him that their son Leo &#8216;was also addicted due to her continued drug use.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said he &#8216;was devastated&#8217; to learn at the same medical appointment &#8216;that Leo Thames had a congenital heart defect and would need surgery to survive as soon as he was born.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newman said in his court filing that on occasion, King had driven &#8216;under the influence&#8217; with their children in the vehicle, People reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col tvshowbiz vjs-flyout-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8c9a4808d80a7d63\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/18\/03\/96298127-14508879-image-a-4_1742269167583.jpg\" alt=\"King and Swift posed together at an event in Beverly Hills in March 2014\" width=\"634\" height=\"952\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">King and Swift posed together at an event in Beverly Hills in March 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King, who did not allude to any of the accusations Newman has made in the social media post, said that she and her then-spouse had kept the details close to their vest amid the difficult timeframe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Only a few of our best friends knew. I felt that I had to protect him in fear of the unknown, fear he would not make it. We felt isolated &amp; confused.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King said that Swift &#8211; as &#8216;the Godmother of Leo Thames &#8211; made an &#8216;incredible donation to the people that saved his life&#8217; at Cedar-Sinai, specifically the Congenital Heart Surgery unit led by Dr. Alistair Phillips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">King said that the lesson she learned was her famed friend was that it was important to provide support and spread awareness toward people in similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It made us realize that silence cannot connect other parents &amp; people going through these issues,&#8217; said King. &#8216;TS knew that by giving back in this way would be the greatest gift one could give to us, to Leo Thames and to all of those with congenital heart issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She came to the ICU to comfort us, to hold and bond with him with such grace &amp; strength.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The custody case between actress Jaime King &#8211; a longtime friend of Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8211; and estranged husband Kyle Newman took another turn Monday, as a judge&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shocking news!! 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