Los Angeles – According to People, Adrienne Maloof and Dr. Paul Nassif’s divorce panted a darker picture of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. In a nasty foray to end a relationship, their divorce battle has reached accusations of guns and physical abuse, which subjected their children into a horrible nightmare.
“You see this routinely in LA,” explained Steve Mindel, a family law expert of Fienberg, Mindel, Brandt & Klein, LLP. "More often than not people get so wound up in winning that they forget about the collateral damage to their relationships, to their children, their in-laws and support systems."
Beverly Hills Hotel witnessed the pomp wedding of Maloof and Nassif last 2002. Maloof comes from a rich family that owns Palms Casino Resort and Sacramento Kings. They seemed to be a happy family with their kids, Gavin (9 years old), and twins Christian and Collin (6 years old), appearing in Real Housewives.
July 30, Nassif sought the court for legal separation, which ended into a divorce case. Nassif filed for join custody, but Maloof wanted to have primary custody over their kids.
Nassif was reportedly claiming that Maloof had been “physically violent,” “abusive” and “toxic” to his children. Verbal abuse happened in front of their kids. And on July 14, Maloof hit him and kicked him in the legs, which prompted him to file legal separation.
In a document submitted to the court, Nassif said, “Continuing to expose the children to my and Adrienne's dysfunctional and volatile relationship is causing harm to the children.”
Meanwhile, Maloof stated in her court statement that Nassif had a violent temper, and he shoved her to the ground. She further alleged Nassif of carrying “a gun in his briefcase, which he leaves unlocked… and the children are afraid of him…”
To clear the gun allegations, Nassif turned in the gun that was licensed to him to the Beverly Hills Police Department. Maloof also accused Nassif of being an irresponsible father who drank during a kayaking trip, causing almost-drowning and losing one of the children.
Maloof also claimed that Nassif spanked and hit the boys. To which, Nassif defended that he spanked the boys when they disobey him, and serious danger may happen. Lisa Helfend, Nassif’s lawyer, commented, “Paul's priority is to protect his children, his hope is that Adrienne feels the same.”
