The coronavirus pandemic has made Jim Edmonds and Meghan King Edmonds’ battle over their kids much more difficult. Each of them aren’t happy with how a lot the opposite has been touring, Us Weekly can completely reveal.
In accordance with sources, Meghan, 35, had daughter Aspen, 3, and twin boys Hayes and Hart, 23 months, in her care in Los Angeles till just lately. The previous couple’s three youngsters at the moment are in St. Louis with Jim, 49, because the Actual Housewives of Orange County alum spends time with new boyfriend Christian Schauf in Utah.
“Jim is pleased and relieved to have Aspen, Hayes and Hart again with him in St. Louis. Meghan’s social media and weblog posts the previous few weeks have been considerably distressing and Jim was a bit involved about her frame of mind,” a rep for the previous MLB star instructed Us completely on Tuesday, Could 19. “Simply to be clear, Jim has not traveled in any respect through the pandemic; he was in Nashville proper earlier than the scenario escalated and has stayed house ever since. As pleased as Jim is to have the children house, he didn’t require Meghan to journey throughout this shutdown and convey them again. He would by no means do something to place any of his kids in danger.”
Jim and Meghan, who wed in 2014, referred to as it quits in October 2019 after 5 years of marriage amid claims that he cheated with one of many couple’s 4 nannies (Jim and caretaker denied the allegations). Whereas the previous St. Louis Cardinals star — who examined constructive for COVID-19 in April — worries about his estranged spouse’s journey, a good friend of Meghan instructed Us that the fact star is simply as involved about his current decisions with new girlfriend Kortnie O’Connor.
“Meghan took each precaution to spend time with somebody who makes her pleased, after taking good care of her youngsters for 9 weeks in a row, and after being cheated on, left, and discovering out by way of the media that Jim filed for divorce, then instantly moved on with a former good friend and moved her into the house Meghan constructed,” the good friend mentioned, noting that the “Intimate Data” podcast host tried to work with Jim on the flying preparations. “She supplied to fly [with the kids] again to St. Louis on a non-public airplane and pay for half of it and he declined. She supplied to maintain them in California longer however Jim mentioned no. Meghan additionally supplied to get their youngsters examined for antibodies however Jim declined that too.”
Jim’s rep, in the meantime, instructed Us that he “didn’t assume it could serve any goal” to have the children examined: “He felt there was no motive to place the children in danger by bringing them to a hospital or testing facility contemplating that they had completely no signs and have been tremendous.” The athlete’s rep added that Meghan “took the children to Los Angeles with out Jim’s data or consent,” so for “her to demand that Jim ship a non-public jet to select them up is a bit a lot.”
Meghan’s rep instructed Us: “Meghan was inside her rights to take the children to California and to St. Louis and Jim requested that she deliver them to St. Louis.”
Us confirmed earlier on Tuesday that Meghan began seeing Schauf, who’s the CEO of an emergency survival equipment firm in Park Metropolis, Utah.
“Christian has been examined twice for coronavirus and is damaging,” Meghan’s good friend instructed Us. “He couldn’t be higher ready for this pandemic. He’s an professional on this actual catastrophic occasion.”