Katie Ginella accused her ex-husband of subjecting their three children to “emotional and physical abuse” after their divorce.
August 15, 2024, published at 5:28 PM ET
Katie Ginellathe newest addition to the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange Countyaccused her ex-husband of subjecting their three children to shocking acts of “physical and emotional abuse” in an ugly event. custody battlecourt documents obtained by RadarOnline.com reveal.
The budding reality star and former golf reporter accused Andrew Sundseth of calling their daughter a “b—-” and their sons “jack—– and idiots.”
Ginella, 40, further alleged that her ex endangered the children’s health, “hit” one of them and “acted inappropriately around the children, including having sex with his girlfriend nearby.” [their] presence”.
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Ginella, 40, is the newest addition to the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
The couple married in July 2005 and divorced in January 2016. Sundseth filed parting a month later it was written in court papers that the marriage was “irretrievably broken” with “no possibility of reconciliation”.
Immediately after the divorce, Sundseth was awarded primary custody of their children: Kaili, born in 2004; Gavin, born 2006; and Maxon, born in 2009. Their father assured the court he was a ‘fit and proper parent’ and said the children living with him would be in their ‘best interests’.
Ginella was given 85 days of “parenting time” per year and ordered to pay child support to Sundseth.
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But in April 2018 the new thing came OC housewife filed a petition to change the agreement, saying there had been “several changes in circumstances over the past year that materially affected the welfare of the minor children.”
Their father “often places his own interests above the interests of the minor children, and repeatedly fails to make the needs of the minor children a priority,” Ginella wrote in her filing.
She said Sundseth called Kaili, who was 14 years old at the time, “a…, a disgrace and a disgrace,” adding that he “allowed his girlfriend to repeatedly tell Kaili that she was a… –.”
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Ginella, a former golf reporter, joined the cast for the Bravo show’s 18th season.
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Kaili had grown tired of the alleged verbal abuse and filed her own statement asking the court to place her under her mother’s physical custody, Ginella said.
The court decided to enter a separate parenting arrangement, awarding her full custody of Kaili while the two younger children remained with their father.
However, the legal skirmish did not end there. More than a year later, Ginella filed another motion accusing her ex of violating several terms of the updated agreement.
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She has since remarried to digital creator Matt Ginella.
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She alleged that Sundseth retaliated against their daughter for wanting to leave, writing that he “told Kaili that he was throwing away her belongings and that she would never have a room at his house again.”
After Kaili moved to her mother’s house in Florida, Andrew allegedly threw away her remaining belongings and “turned Kaili’s room into an Xbox room.”
Ginella also accused her ex of being violent, writing: “During Spring Break 2019 [he] hit Gavin in the chest.”
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She further claimed: “On April 18, 2019, [Sundseth] gave Max peanut pretzels to ‘test’ whether he was really allergic to peanuts. Max had an allergic reaction to the pretzels.”
In addition, Ginella said Sundseth violated a term of the parenting agreement that dictated that “neither parent may denigrate the other in the presence of the children.”
On the same day the parties signed the agreement, Sundseth allegedly told the children that their mother was “a liar,” and also reportedly told Gavin and Max, “Your mother doesn’t really want you.”
She requested that Sundseth be ordered to abide by their agreement, but the case was dismissed last March after the court received “no response” to a hearing notice.
The Real Housewives star has since remarried to digital creator Matt Ginella. They share one son together.
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