Well, thst made for the most unedifying read. Reading AE’s texts is like being inside the mind of someone having a breakdown. So very sad. I can see why the court granted the restraining order. The constant texts are a form of harassment. The restraining order was for AE’s own good too.
Those on here who are making out that she exerted coercive control or whatever are being disingenuous as there is no evidence of that kind of domestic abuse. The court documents mention those forms of abuse and assault as an aid to the plaintiff while filling in the form. It isn’t an accusation against AE. The restraining order is to prevent her texts and the threats made in them (most of which we would recognise as empty threats made by an angry woman but she does say those things and the law is the law). IG must have known she made those threats in anger but used them against her. She played right into his hands.
IG comes across as awful in these documents even though he doesn’t say much except to make accusations against AE. He constantly says “I believe” which are not statements of fact but of conjecture. The times he actually hears AE talking inthe background when he calls his kids I can imagine any spouse making such comments but it is an example to us all to keep our mouths shut in the face of impending litigation.
IG says he believes AE has turned the girls against him but it appears from his evidence that they are incredibly angry with him and don’t want to be around him. It is easier for him to blame AE than to take responsibility for the distress he has caused them.
What little insight I get into IG from these documents show someone who has to have things done his way. Perhaps that is the result of being a Hollywood actor. Even AE built her life around him, giving up her career
i haven’t got to the evidence of physical hitting yet and not sure I want to carry on reading but I have seen no evidence so far. If someone wants to point me to the specific section I would be grateful .
Alice definitely needed treatment for her mental health and I hope she got it so that she can stand up for herself in a calmer stronger way. I hope she has got over IG now. He just isn’t worth it, although I understand that losing him is a loss in status as they were, relatively speaking, a power couple. And every couple loses the status of being the husband or wife of… when they divorce because marriage and family confers a particular status in this society.
Why am I interested to look at these documents? Because it confirms my suspicion that people haven’t read them properly and that they think the granting of the restraining order is proof from a court of law that AE is an abuser. Well, the docs offer no such proof. The order was granted (rightly) to stop her harassing IG with her constant texts which is a detriment to his professional standing. Nowhere is AE called a perpetrator of domestic abuse.
As for the child abuse suspicion: it was thrown out along with the charge that she broke the restraining order which IG seems to be using to control her.
I have an interest in Domestic Violence because I am a survivor of it. I really hate when people like IG claim to be victims when the evidence suggests that they are not.
I hope the kids are ok. They have been through a lot and their mother is the one who has to deal with the resulting behaviours. From the docs it is clear that this was not the first time that they ran away from meetings with IG. Instead of blaming AE he might do well to ask himself if they would behave that way towards a father who was truly loving towards them.
sorry for the long text. I feel a bit weird getting so involved but I really hate being misinformed. Now, back to work.