Olivia Wilde Scores a Win in Child Custody Battle With Jason Sudeikis as Judge Rejects Request to Have Case Moved to New York

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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis‘ child custody case will remain in California.Judge Adele Alexis Harris announced on Friday, March 24, that she was rejecting Sudeikis’ request to have the case moved to New York, according to TMZ.“The Court finds that it is in the interest of substantial justice that the parties’ child support petition be heard in California,” the judge stated in legal documents obtained by the outlet.

The decision came more than six months after he attempted to move the case.The legal victory for Wilde, 39, came shortly after she called out the Ted Lasso star, 47, for prolonging their lengthy custody battle. (The former couple, who called it quits in November 2020, share son Otis, 8, and daughter Daisy, 6.)In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Jason should not be permitted to litigate Olivia into debt, and then claim she should be deprived of her right to seek a needs-based fee contribution from him,” the actress’ legal team wrote in court documents obtained by the Daily Mail on Thursday, March 23. “While the details of Jason’s finances are presently unknown as he refused to substantively respond to basic discovery, she is aware that he is far wealthier than she is.”In the legal paperwork, the Don’t Worry Darling director argued that Sudeikis was acting with “underhandedness” and “bad faith” when it came to their children.

The pair have previously offered rare insight into their approach to coparenting amid the messy custody battle.In August 2022, Wilde broke her silence after she was publicly served legal documents at a professional event.“The only peo­ple who suffered were my kids, because they’ll have to see that, and they shouldn’t ever have to know that happened,” she told Variety