Lala Kent spoke out about her ongoing custody battle with Randall Emmett over their 1-year-old daughter, Ocean Kent Emmett, on Friday after a report alleged the movie producer was being investigated by the FBI in regard to “suspected child exploitation and pedophilia.”
After the 32-year-old Vanderpump Rules solid member was questioned concerning the variety of custody rights Randall, 51, has to their baby, if any, Lala hinted at hardships throughout the household courtroom system as Randall took to social media to defend his identify in opposition to what he says are “lies.”
“If you haven’t dealt with the family court system, you wouldn’t understand,” Lala instructed the curious fan, through Page Six, who requested if Randall had “any custody” rights to Ocean, who they welcomed in March 2021.
As Pump Rules followers could know, the disturbing claims in opposition to Randall have been revealed in a courtroom submitting by his ex-wife, Ambyr Childers, who requested her second restraining order in opposition to him on the finish of final month. According to a Los Angeles Times report, Ambyr mentioned a name from the FBI concerning Randall’s “suspected activities with child exploitation” understandingly brought on “extreme destruction and disturbance of [her] emotional calm and peace of mind.”
Ambyr and Randall share two daughters, London, 12, and Rylee, 9, whom Ambyr is looking for “sole legal and physical custody” of “for a variety of reasons.”
“[Randall’s] possible involvement in child exploitation and pedophilia, along with the fact that he is being actively investigated by federal law enforcement, dictates that he should not be allowed to have the children other than with a professional monitor,” Ambyr had written in her submitting.
And whereas the Times additionally spoke to a few different individuals who spoke to the FBI, Randall has denied the investigation fully.
“Anyone can say whatever they want in a pleading; that doesn’t make it true,” he instructed Page Six .”There is zero proof that I’m being investigated for something, and we nonetheless share 50/50 custody of our youngsters. I’m shocked and in utter disbelief that Ambyr would even trace at one thing so disgusting and unfaithful.”
He additionally defended himself in a video shared on his Instagram web page on Friday.
“I am at a place where I felt I had to come on here and say something that actually was truth, versus the last 11, 12, 14 months that things have been said about me, everything under the sun, you know, narcissist, cheater… At the end of the day, I took the high road because I have three beautiful girls that I didn’t want to be out there. I didn’t want to have to do this. But at this point, the lies have been stretched so far,” he started.
“We spent today getting confirmation, because we knew there was no truth to any of this, that the FBI has never been investigating me and isn’t investigating me because there’s nothing to investigate,” he insisted. “But unfortunately, in this culture, you can say whatever you want, and then it gets written about, and then that’s considered ’truth’ in this cancel culture. I’ve been a dad for a long time. I have custody of all of my children, and I have custody of all my children because I’m a good father and I’m a good person. At the end of that day, that is what’s the most important thing. At the end of my life, no matter what happens, I’m gonna look my three daughters in the face, and they’re gonna know their dad was a great father.”
Following his put up, Lala took to her Instagram Story, the place she seemingly addressed her ex’s denials with a press release of her personal.
“Keep telling yourself whatever you need to to help you sleep at night. You’re seen,” she shared.
Also, along with her put up, Lala included Phillipa Soo‘s track “Burn,” which speaks of somebody being warned to “be careful with that one” and spoke of a person who “brought this girl into our bed.”
She additionally sings, “You and your words obsessed with your legacy … Your sentences border on senseless … And you are paranoid in every paragraph … How they perceive you,” and provides, “I hope that you burn.”
Vanderpump Rules season 10 premieres Wednesday, February 8, on Bravo.
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