Tamra Barney Suffers HUGE Setback In Bid To Have Children With Ex-Husband Appear On ‘RHOC’
Dec. 20 2013, Published 4:27 p.m. ET
Real Housewives of Orange County's Tamra Barney suffered a huge setback to have her three children with ex-husband, Simon Barney, appear on the the hit reality television show because a judge ordered a custody evaluator and investigation to determine if they should appear on camera, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.
In a brief hearing Friday morning in an Orange County courthouse, the judge ordered an independent custody evaluation and investigation to determine if the former couple's three children should appear on camera. It was a dramatic development, and the judge refused to issue a temporary ruling allowing the kids to appear on the original Bravo housewife franchise, pending the results of the investigation.
Breaking Celebrity News broke the story: A furious Simon said the couple’s eldest children — Sidney, 15, and Spencer, 13 — had experienced “social ridicule” after scenes were aired depicting their mom’s “head in naked strippers crotches, sex toys and sexual comments” during the last season of the popular program.
The pair also has another child, eight-year-old Sophia.
The fiasco began last week when Tamra went to an Orange County court in a desperate attempt to have a judge overrule her ex and allow their three children to be filmed as part of the show.
Lawyers for the Bravolebrity are arguing that under the family code, she should be able to act alone to permit the children to participate in the show, but only during her periods of her physical custody.
In his response, Simon said his ex-wife was “seeking to take away my right to parent and make decisions regarding the lasting effects and impacts the show may have on my children.”
On Thursday, Barney fired back in a sworn declaration and said, "“From a positive standpoint, I do not have to hold myself accountable to the Petitioner anymore for what I do on my own time.