![OK Logo](https://okmagazine.com/ok_logo_black_small.png)
'Shaken Up' Shannon Beador Breaks Down After Intense Courtroom Showdown With Ex David On ‘RHOC’
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex main](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/480x251/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/640x335/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/768x402/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/1024x536/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/1280x670/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/1440x753/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/1600x837/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CcGKrXM5v/2160x1130/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-main.jpg 2160w)
Aug. 21 2018, Updated 1:35 p.m. ET
It was a rough day for Shannon Beador on last night’s episode of Real Housewives of Orange County, when she had to come face-to-face with her ex husband David in the culmination of their bitter divorce trial. Read on for the latest.
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 1](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ZS3kHF1GX/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-1.jpg 2160w)
Shannon was visibly upset even before walking into the courtroom for her ongoing divorce trial on Monday’s episode of RHOC. As OK! readers know, she and David have been battling it out for a while now — to the point where he demanded that she drop his last name.
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 2](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/ltNYOt2P2/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-2.jpg 2160w)
So, to prepare for what she knew would be a heated trial, Shannon started gathering angry texts she received over time from David to use in her defense, revealing, “David’s shown quite a bit of anger towards me.”
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 3](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/t1-Ol4dhi/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-3.jpg 2160w)
She was so worked up about the whole thing that she jumped on the phone with her mom Pat to try to calm herself down, and ended up running a red light. She admitted to her mom, “I feel like I’m walking into the unknown.”
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 4](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/tR78KxjJ4/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-4.jpg 2160w)
- 'RHOC' Star Vicki Gunvalson Fuels Feud With Alexis Bellino Amid Her 'Gross' Romance With John Janssen
- Shannon Beador's Blunt Confession: Reality Star Reveals Who She Doesn’t Want Back on 'RHOC'
- Tamra Judge Says Shannon Beador 'Needs to Go to Rehab' Following 2023 DUI Arrest — But Claims She 'Hasn't Hit Rock Bottom Yet'
The hearing went according to Shannon's worst fears, — with David even lashing out at her lawyer Ben — after the court decided in her favor, requiring David to pay Shannon $30k a month. She called co-star Tamra Judge in tears about it, telling her she was “shaken up, emotional, and just very uneasy” as she drove away from the court.
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 5](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/Ixs2OfQbZ/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-5.jpg 2160w)
Recounting David’s actions to Tamra, Shannon said, “We went out in the hallway and David came around the corner where I was talking to Ben and he just went off on Ben and me. And Ben had to scream for the bailiff. He was so livid. He came around the corner and said, ‘You f*****g happy, Ben?’”
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 6](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/2ONxwrZO8/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-6.jpg 2160w)
Shannon was so terrified that she agreed to lower David’s payment to $22,500/month. Weeping, she said, “'If anything, I was fair in cutting down the order. I just want him out of my life.”
![Shannon beador sobs courtroom showdown with ex 7](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/480x307/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/640x409/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/768x490/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/1024x653/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/1280x817/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/1440x919/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/1600x1021/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/EEmW1t5pb/2160x1378/2018/08/Shannon-beador-sobs-courtroom-showdown-with-ex-7.jpg 2160w)
Do you think that Shannon should have agreed to lower David’s monthly payments? Sound off in the comments section.