NEWSOlivia Wilde Responds To Estranged Ex Jason Sudeikis Choosing To Serve Her Custody Papers In 'Most Aggressive Way Possible': Report
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis' custody battle is turning ugly. The actress is calling her estranged ex out for intentionally trying to humiliate her by serving her with custody papers while she was on stage at a live event in April.
According to court filings, Wilde — who is now dating Harry Styles — and the father of her children, Otis, 8, and daughter Daisy, 5, had an amicable custody and coparenting agreement following their 2020 split until they got into a disagreement in April about where they would be permanently raising their tots.
Wilde and Sudeikis reportedly used to alternate one-week periods of "parental access," while they both split their time between New York, Los Angeles and London, where the "As It Was" musician lives.
In response to their disagreement over location, the actor filed a custody petition, with Wilde infamously being served the court documents while giving a speech about her new movie, Don't Worry Darling, on stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
While standing in front of more than 4,000 film industry executives, Wilde was awkwardly handed the envelope by a court process server. Though neither of the parties addressed the incident at the time — though a source close to Sudeikis claimed he did not know Wilde would be served in such a public and humiliating way — the House star expressed her reaction in court documents.
"Jason's actions were clearly intended to threaten me and catch me off guard. He could have served me discreetly, but instead he chose to serve me in the most aggressive manner possible," she said in her motion to dismiss the action, as she slammed her ex for his "outrageous legal tactics" of delivering the documents "mid-speech."
"The fact that Jason would embarrass me professionally and put our personal conflict on public display in this manner is extremely contrary to our children's best interests," Wilde's filing reportedly read. "Since Jason has made it clear that we will not be able to work this out for our children's sake outside of the court system, I filed a petition for custody in Los Angeles."
In regards to relocating their children, Wilde argued in her motion that she and Sudeikis agreed to send their kids to school in L.A. for the year since he was wrapping up the final season of Ted Lasso in London.
"Recently, however, Jason decided that he wanted to go to New York for the next year while he is not working, and wanted the children to be with him there during this time off," she reportedly noted. "When I did not agree, since the children have not lived in New York for several years, Jason filed these papers."
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Wilde and Sudeikis were largely based in New York for most of their relationship but also spent time in California due to work commitments. Though Sudeikis has been oversees filming his hit series, he explained in his court filing that Brooklyn was his home and that he hoped Wilde, along with their kiddos, would return to New York so they could continue their custody arrangement.
However, Wilde reportedly told Sudeikis during their tumultuous chat in April that she wanted to live in L.A. with their kids and asked him to join them. The happily-in-love star also revealed her future plan to move to London, where she has been living with the former One Direction star, 28.
Wilde and Styles were first romantically linked last year, with the two first meeting on the set of Don't Worry Darling. She has since been touring with the rock star all over the world.
Daily Mail obtained Wilde's motion.
