Soon after Jennifer Hudson and longtime fiancee David Otunga announced they were breaking up after 10 years together, details quickly emerged that a nasty battle was brewing over who would get custody of their 8-year-old son.
Things got especially heated Thursday night when the police removed the former professional wrestler from the couple’s home after Hudson received a protective order against him, TMZ reported. Hudson, 36, alleged that Otunga, 37, had become physical with her and was a threat to her and their son.
Hudson’s representative told the folks over at People Mag that she got the order out of concern for the “best interest of their son.” However, Otunga’s attorney Tracy M. Rizzo strongly denied the allegations that he had ever threatened her.
“Mr. Otunga has never abused or harassed Ms. Hudson or their son, and it is unfortunate, especially in today’s climate, that she would feel the need to make these false allegations against him,” the lawyer said in a statement to TMZ. “Mr. Otunga looks forward to his day in court and in being awarded the residential care of the parties’ only child.”
Rizzo said the “meritless” protective order was a low blow by Hudson who is afraid she’ll lose her fight to have their son live with her because he’s long been the boy’s primary caregiver.
“David Otunga has been trying to negotiate the terms of an amicable parenting agreement with Ms. Hudson for several weeks now,” said Rizzo, who added that Otunga looked after their son as Hudson pursued her career “all over the world.”
On Friday (November 17), the Otunga camp went on the offensive, leaking a story to TMZ that the couple broke up after he confronted her over cheating on him with music producer Mali Music.
Hudson denies that she was secretly dating Music, whom she met several years ago after she hired him to work at a party. Her story is that they are just friends who like working together.
Hudson and the former WWE star got engaged in 2008 after less than a year of dating. A year later they welcomed their son, David Daniel Otunga Jr., but they never officially tied the knot.
