Halle Berry loses bid to force ex into co-parenting therapy after accusing him of turning son against her
The actor had filed an application for an emergency order to be granted after her ex's absences from the sessions
Halle Berry has had an application to force her ex into attending co-parenting therapy sessions denied.
Berry had applied for a court order which would have made her ex Olivier Martinez attend co-parenting therapy sessions.
She filed the request in a Los Angeles court after Martinez, 58, left for France instead of attending the sessions with Berry and their 10-year-old son.
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Legal documents obtained by Radar Online state: "[Martinez] unilaterally decided to defer co-parenting therapy altogether until September because he was traveling to France in the month of July and because his brother will be visiting him in the month of August in Los Angeles.”
The pair announced that they were divorcing back in 2016, with the terms of the separation being finalised in 2023.
In the agreement the pair had promised to attend sessions with a co-parenting specialist.
This was for two individual sessions and then a minimum of six joint sessions between May and June 2024.
Berry alleged that they haven't had the first session yet 'because he wants to have the summer off'.
The application argued that he was 'thereby thwarting the entire therapeutic process'.
Berry's complaint was filed in Los Angeles, and read: “Coparenting therapy was supposed to commence forthwith and the agreed-upon six conjoint sessions were to be completed by June 14, 2024.
"It is now July 26, 2024, and they have not even started.”
She went on to say that she had “tried everything to foster a better coparenting relationship with Olivier” but alleged that he “has chosen to repeatedly violate agreements and court orders with careless disregard.”
The application added: “To him, the terms of the parties’ stipulated court orders are simply suggestions to follow when it benefits him and which he ignores when it does not fit his alienation agenda.
“None of this is good for the parties, and it is certainly not good for Maceo. Olivier’s conduct harms the parties’ son."
Berry even accused her ex of trying to turn her son against her, with the documents saying: "Olivier’s continued involvement of Maceo in our disputes" has "caused Maceo to act out against me.
"Olivier consistently places Maceo in the middle of Olivier’s anger toward me and in the middle of our conflict."
Olivier's attorney argued that Berry's request did not qualify for an emergency order as there was no immediate risk to the child.
The judge agreed and denied the request.
For his part, Oliver has accused Berry of "constantly attempting to strong-arm [him] by forcing him into 'submission' using her wealth, and the legal professionals at her disposal".
UNILAD has reached out to representatives of Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez for comment.
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