The Real Housewives of Orange County alum Meghan King shared a cryptic post about supporting “human rights” after losing custody of her three kids to her ex-husband, Jim Edmonds.
“Big fan of human rights,” read an image that King, 41, shared on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, November 23, tagging the location as Kirkwood, Missouri.
Us Weekly broke the news on November 19 that King had lost custody of the three children she shares with Edmonds — 8-year-old daughter Aspen and 7-year-old twin boys Hart and Hayes — following an investigation by Child Protective Services.
Multiple sources told Us that the decision was made in the last couple of months, but the former Bravo star retains supervised visitation rights with the minors. Edmonds, 55, has sole physical custody of the three children.
A source told Us that the decision is temporary pending a hearing to determine whether the custody arrangement will become permanent. A hearing is scheduled for December to determine further custody arrangements. (Edmonds declined to comment to Us last week, while King did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
King and Edmonds were married from 2014 to 2019. Edmonds filed for divorce from the former reality television star in October 2019, one day after the couple’s fifth wedding anniversary. The exes finalized their divorce in 2021, and Edmonds married his current wife, Kortnie O’Connor, in September 2022.
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King and her ex have had a tumultuous relationship over the years. Most recently, police were called to Edmonds’ home in Missouri in May after the RHOC alum allegedly entered the couple’s abode without permission.
At the time, King told police officers that Edmonds had been “emotionally abusive” toward her, something he denied in a statement to Us in September.
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“As usual, Meghan is telling tales. Her and Jim barely communicate, so if someone is emotionally abusing her, it’s not Jim,” a rep for the former baseball center told Us.
“Jim is an active and present father to all his children. The unfortunate part of all this is that it’s the kids who suffer the most. Jim has always been willing to coparent in a respectful and productive way, however Meghan has yet to reciprocate,” the rep added.
RHOC star Tamra Judge, 58, recently weighed in on the news of King losing custody of her children, commenting on an Instagram post, “Thoughts and prayers ❤️ you’re an amazing mom.” (King and Judge shared the screen from seasons 10 to 12.)
Fellow RHOC alum Kelly Dodd reacted to the news in a TikTok video, calling King “an excellent mother.”
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“I just pray that she gets her babies back,” Dodd said. “Everyone, just pray for Meghan and her family. Those boys and that daughter need their mom. They need their mother, and it’s terrible what is going on right now.”
King was a full-time Housewife between 2015 and 2017 and also made guest appearances on the show. She announced her RHOC departure in a January 2019 blog post, writing, “Today is a bittersweet day for me. After three seasons of the rollercoaster that is The Real Housewives of Orange County, I’ve decided to hang up my OC Housewife hat.”
“I have made soul sisters in Shannon Beador and Tamra Judge and that can’t be lost,” she wrote at the time. “They have touched my heart and I would do anything for them and I know they feel the same way about me – what a gift to have found that on RHOC!”
