Bam Margera has misplaced all contact along with his son as his authorized battle with estranged spouse Nikki Boyd heats up!
On Wednesday, the Jackass star’s legal professional, Peter W. Thompson, instructed TMZ that Nikki is just not permitting the TV persona to speak to his son Phoenix in any way! She has reportedly refused to reply calls or FaceTimes from Bam, that means he’s utterly minimize off from his baby!
According to the lawyer, the daddy and son haven’t communicated in over two months. Their final interplay was on March 29 when Bam visited California and was noticed screaming at his child momma in a Burbank restaurant whereas the 5-year-old was having lunch. Bam was truly arrested when it was decided he was too drunk “to take care of himself.”
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TMZ obtained a video of the incident (HERE), and it seems that Bam was yelling at Nikki whereas she cradled their son in her arms, attempting to protect him from the outburst. Guess that was her final straw…
Nikki is so decided to not let the boys work together, she can be refusing the skateboarder’s request to offer his son Christmas presents, that are 5 months late. Nikki is not going to settle for them, not even when another person drops them off. Wow!
As we’ve been following, the couple hit a tough patch amid Bam’s struggles with sobriety. In February, Nikki filed for authorized separation, citing irreconcilable variations as the explanation for the cut up. Recently, although, Bam has tried to say they had been by no means legally married, although Boyd’s crew denied these claims. The submitting got here after an alleged non-sober go to during which Bam came over Phoenix whereas underneath the affect (he insists he was sober on the time). Now, Nikki is asking for baby and spousal assist to get her by this difficult time. In court docket docs additionally obtained by the outlet on Wednesday, Nikki is looking for $15,000 a month in baby assist, which might cowl the price of her month-to-month bills.
On prime of this, she needs the stunt performer (whom she claims is price round $55 million) to pay her attorneys’ charges of not less than $50,000. She’d additionally like no matter quantity of spousal assist she’s owed based mostly on their relationship however didn’t present a selected quantity. She claims she solely earns lower than $4k a month between household assist and public help, which is why she wants assist financially. Similarly, within the paperwork, she famous she discovered a home however wants Bam’s assist to make it work and he or she believes he’s able to doing so, although she did specific fears that he’s hiding belongings and being reckless with cash.
Nikki additionally needs sole bodily and authorized custody however could be open to supervised visitation for her ex — provided that he completes drug and alcohol rehab packages first! We all know Bam’s struggled to do that prior to now…
According to Bam’s legal professional, the previous couple tried to ascertain a schedule the place the daddy may FaceTime his son each different day, but it surely by no means materialized. The Viva La Bam alum’s crew thinks it could be protected for Bam to talk with Phoenix over the cellphone and that it’s “completely unreasonable” for Nikki to keep away from his calls. We can perceive why that might be so disappointing for Bam!
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But additionally they appeared to counsel he’s keen to do what it takes to make amends. The lawyer insisted Bam’s supporting Nikki financially, equivalent to by paying for the automotive she is driving and footing the invoice for her dwelling. Meanwhile, Nikki’s legal professional David Glass instructed the outlet:
“From Nikki’s perspective, Bam’s continued instability is what makes connecting him and Phoenix difficult. But, Nikki remains open to regular FaceTime communication, so long as Bam is not impaired during the calls, and so long as Bam does not denigrate Nikki during the calls.”
We sincerely hope Bam and Nikki can determine a decision as a result of it could be a disgrace for the daddy and son to lose contact. That stated, we perceive why Phoenix’s well-being should be protected in any respect prices. Thoughts? Let us know (under).
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