Dec. 20 2023, Printed 11:30 a.m. ET
Jeannie Mai opposed her estranged husband Jeezy’s request for a listening to to be set of their divorce to debate a custody schedule over their daughter — demanding the matter be resolved in mediation and out of the general public eye.
In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Mai requested a courtroom to disclaim the latest movement introduced by Jeezy.
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As we first reported, final month, Jeezy accused Mai of “gatekeeping” their 1-year-old daughter. The rapper, who filed for divorce on September 14, stated his ex had been briefly residing in California with their baby.
He stated they’d agreed on an off-the-cuff visitation schedule via the top of 2023 however stated they had been having points.
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Jeezy’s lawyer wrote in his submitting, “The dearth of consistency, continuity, and stability inherently related to such a haphazard and fluid parenting time schedule is tense to the Baby, and it has, as is sadly inevitable with all households in transition, created pointless rigidity and confusion concerning not solely parenting time but additionally in regard to every mother or father’s position and rights when the Baby is of their respective custody.”
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The rapper informed the courtroom he didn’t imagine Mai was performing maliciously however stated she was performing like a “gatekeeper” when it got here to him exercising parenting time.
Mai’s “interference with [Jeezy’s] relationship with the Baby, once more, whereas not generated from or with malicious intent, is however, inflicting confusion and rigidity between the events and is working to stifle the event of [Jeezy’s] relationship with the Baby,” his movement learn.
In her latest response, Mai admitted their baby had been residing together with her in Los Angeles. She denied performing as a “gatekeeper” of their daughter.
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The discuss present host stated she has agreed to all of the dates Jeezy requested with their baby and
“Ms. Jenkins reveals that she has demonstrated outstanding flexibility to accommodate Mr. Jenkins’ schedule. Not solely has Ms. Jenkins agreed to all of the dates Mr. Jenkins requested, however on a number of events she has additionally been versatile with him altering the dates that had been mutually agreed upon, and agreed to Mr. Jenkins having their daughter for an prolonged interval over the Christmas holidays,” her response learn.
Mai’s lawyer wrote, “Ms. Jenkins has demonstrated a commendable dedication to working along with Mr. Jenkins in one of the best curiosity of their daughter. Provided that she has been, in essence, the only caregiver all through their daughter’s life, she’s going to proceed to place their daughter’s pursuits first, as clearly demonstrated by her facilitating two prolonged cross-country visits within the first few weeks of this litigation.”
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The lawyer stated Mai was “dedicated to persevering with these efforts and to hopefully persevering with to take action privately, together with her husband and his and her authorized groups, and out of the general public’s eye, which is why she prefers dialogue, negotiation and mediation of this situation, somewhat than a full-blown public listening to which their daughter could have to listen to about for the remainder of her life.”
Mai requested that the courtroom order the events to mediation and never maintain a public listening to.
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The request comes days after Mai publicly insinuated in a public courtroom submitting that Jeezy cheated on her.
Her lawyer added in her divorce response, “Spouse additional reveals that the Courtroom ought to implement Paragraph 8 of the Prenuptial Settlement concerning infidelity which gives, in pertinent half, that within the occasion that both celebration engages in sexual relations, an emotional relationship, or is emotionally or sexually suggestive in communication with a 3rd celebration by way of all types of digital communications, together with however not restricted to texting, sexting, Facetiming, social media and/or Direct Messages, shall end in a major monetary penalty upon the adulterous celebration …”
Sources near Jeezy denied the claims he was untrue.
A decide has but to rule.