Sia’s divorce battle with ex Daniel Bernard has taken a darkish flip, as he has filed new authorized paperwork to attempt to get hold of sole custody of their one-year-old son, Somersault Surprise Bernard, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
In accordance with the submitting, he insists the well-known Chandelier singer is a “critical and quick hazard” to their son.
“Sia is an unfit and unreliable mum or dad battling substance abuse and dependancy, rendering her incapable of offering secure or steady look after Summi. I’m the one secure and dependable mum or dad for our son. I’m a physician, younger, wholesome, and don’t have any felony historical past or drug or alcohol dependancy points,” Bernard mentioned within the submitting.
He has additionally requested Sia bear random drug testing and needs her visits with Somersault to be restricted to 2 hours, 3 instances per week, and is insisting they be professionally monitored.
Sia, nonetheless, has fired again, explaining Bernard’s visits with their son are already monitored ones attributable to a toddler porn investigation.
In accordance with the songstress, there is no such thing as a cause for Bernard to get full custody, as she defined their son has been in her custody since they separated.
She additionally defined that in August 2025, they agreed for Bernard to have restricted visits that have been professionally monitored as a result of Los Angeles Police Division and the Division of Youngsters and Household Companies investigating Bernard over “illicit little one pornography” that was allegedly discovered on his pc’s onerous drive.
After she was clued in concerning the investigation, Sia insisted Bernard’s visits with their son be monitored.
Bernard made additional allegations, claiming Sia didn’t disclose she was hospitalized for 2 weeks and examined optimistic for barbiturates and benzodiazepines with out a medical rationalization.
Other than requesting sole custody, Bernard additionally requested for month-to-month little one help of $77,245 per thirty days. Though he was an oncologist when the estranged couple met, he alleges he is been with out employment and earnings attributable to Sia ceasing “all funding” of their joint firm, Fashionable Drugs.
He insisted he financially depends utterly on Sia, whom he famous has had an “extraordinarily profitable and lengthy music profession.”
Concerning the kid porn investigation, Bernard denied having involvement in it and famous he believes Sia “planted proof” so he would have much less time with their little one.
For her half, Sia mentioned she is aware of the investigations into the kid porn have been inconclusive and at the moment are closed, however she claimed that does not make her much less involved for his or her son to spend alone time with Bernard. If Bernard needs extra custodial time, she mentioned she is open to that, offered there may be an skilled little one caretaker current. She shouldn’t be open, although, to creating any large adjustments to the custody settlement they presently have in place.
Sia additionally addressed her sobriety, insisting she has been sober for over six months and famous she has agreed to drug testing for herself and Bernard. What’s extra is that she insists Bernard refused to get drug examined recurrently.
Whereas she admitted to battling substance abuse 15 years in the past, she famous her sobriety has been a “cornerstone” of her life.
“Dan’s try and weaponize my previous sobriety journey… serves no reliable function and is meant solely to distort the info and undermine my credibility,” Sia mentioned.
Sia filed for divorce from Bernard in March, citing “irreconcilable variations.”
Other than this submitting, Bernard requested for spousal help for greater than $250,000 per thirty days a couple of weeks in the past.