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Jesse Williams' Custody Battle with Ex-Wife Just Got Heated All Over Again - Find Out Why

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Jesse will be reprising his role in Take Me Out in the upcoming return production from October through January and he wants to have the same custody arrangement from earlier this year. In documents that were filed this week, he says Aryn is not honoring the previous arrangement.

Aryn almost never answers my Facetime calls for the children,” Jesse wrote in the documents, adding that she allegedly blocked him from speaking with his kids for 24 days straight (via People).

The documents continued, “Aryn‘s habitual violation of this long- standing court order is emotionally damaging not only for the children but admittedly for me. I cannot describe how emotionally devastating it is to continuously step out of an engagement and/or find a quiet, well-lit place for my one sliver of time in a day to see my children (via FaceTime), the two people I love the most in the world, only to sit there staring at myself waiting as it rings and rings and rings without her answering, or her just refusing and canceling the call. I know the children can hear the sound of my distinct FaceTime calls at the same time of day each day and see Aryn refuse them.”

“I attempted to resolve these issues with Aryn informally. Aryn refused. Aryn‘s conduct demonstrates her continued, unrelenting intent to frustrate my relationship with the children,” he added.

Aryn also filed documents with the court and she claimed that she’s acting in “the best interests of the children and the unreasonable burdens that would be placed upon them by [Williams's] difficult and demanding requests.”

“I am not in agreement with a 7 year old and 8 year old being asked to fly on overnight red eye fights on a regular basis’ missing at least 2 days of school per month. Considering how exhausting and regressive these requests were for our children in the spring, I suspect that even more than just the 2 days a month will be missed as a result,” she said. “This was a temporary solution given for a temporary situation the first time. This is now a request that covers 8 out of 12 months of 2022. The majority of the school calendar year. [Williams] will have been out of town more than in town, and he is requesting that the children be thrown upside down to accommodate that.”

Aryn alleged in her filing that she is “experiencing emotional dress” and “being bullied [and] harassed.”

A decision has not yet been made by the court.

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