“What she posted on the web at present has no similarity to actuality and has nothing to do with the actual fact. She could be silly to attempt to problem him on that.”
If you happen to missed it, Britney — who’s at present anticipating a child with fiancé Sam Asghari — took to Instagram final week to mirror on elements of her and Kevin’s previous marriage, which lasted from 2004 till 2007.
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For some context, Britney and Kevin’s infamous feud over authorized and bodily custody of their two youngsters — Preston, now 16, and Jayden, 15 — performed out within the public eye. Whereas they initially deliberate on having an equal custody association, Kevin was granted sole custody of the boys in 2008 after Britney skilled a psychological well being breakdown, which resulted in a psychiatric maintain.
It’s additionally vital to notice that Britney was positioned underneath a strict conservatorship that very same 12 months, which noticed her life and funds legally managed by her father and a gaggle of attorneys. It was lastly terminated in court docket final November following a strenuous battle.
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In the meantime, Britney coated all of their children’ bills together with faculty, insurance coverage, and clothes, and paid Kevin a complete of $20,000 monthly in little one help funds. In 2018, Kevin confronted criticism after requesting an enormous improve on the allowance.
And whereas Kevin has publicly spoken out about their divorce in a number of interviews through the years, Britney has not often made reference to their previous. Final week, nevertheless, she shared an Instagram caption claiming Kevin had refused to see her when she flew out to satisfy him whereas pregnant.
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“My ex-husband wouldn’t see me once I flew to New York with a child inside me and Las Vegas when he was capturing a video !!!” she wrote.
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She added, “I obtained a textual content saying, ‘If you happen to don’t divorce Kevin he’ll publicly do it to you’ … Since I hadn’t seen him shortly I already knew it was over … I had my child.”
After Britney shared — and shortly deleted — the Instagram publish, a number of followers voiced their help towards her, taking to Twitter to slam Kevin for his obvious absence.
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Now, maybe on account of all of the backlash, Kevin’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, has publicly spoken out in opposition to Britney’s declare.
In an unique video obtained by TMZ, Kaplan started: “There have been some issues put out on the web at present by Britney.” The cameraman clarified, “Saying that [Kevin] didn’t wanna see her whereas she was pregnant?” to which Kaplan responded, “Yeah.”
“So right here’s the deal,” Kaplan mentioned. “Kevin has supported Britney in her pursuit of freedom from the conservatorship. He won’t help her in her pursuit of freedom from reality.”
On that be aware, Kaplan branded Britney’s declare “fully inaccurate” and “the other of what was true.”
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“That story about Kevin in Las Vegas and Britney is totally inaccurate, and he is not going to face by and let that story besmirch what he did and his help of her again within the day,” he mentioned.
The TMZ spokesperson questioned, “And she or he was claiming that he was imply to her whereas she was pregnant?”
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“The truth that she was claiming that Kevin had nothing to do along with her and the children is totally the other of what was true,” Kaplan replied.
“She is aware of that,” he added, earlier than warning that “she needs to be very cautious about pursuing a dialogue that is primarily based on revisionist historical past.”
Kaplan went on to touch upon Kevin’s involvement in Britney and their youngsters’s lives shortly forward of the divorce. “I keep in mind on the time, proper earlier than the divorce, [Kevin] was pursuing for maintaining him from understanding the place the infants had been,” he claimed.
Kaplan additionally clarified that his dismissal of Britney’s declare had nothing to do along with her and Sam’s present relationship, noting that “she’s obtained her proper to pursue her life with Mr. Asghari and Kevin has no intent to intrude with that.”
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“However when she begins speaking about the way in which issues had been when Jayden and Preston had been infants that is fully fabricated. Kevin shouldn’t be going to let that stand by and let that be the portrayal of reality,” he mentioned.
Kaplan acknowledged that Kevin gained’t pursue authorized motion in opposition to Britney or demand an apology from her, and is as an alternative requesting that she bases her claims on “actuality.”
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“Kevin’s not gonna pursue any authorized motion in opposition to her,” he mentioned. “Kevin will pursue setting the file straight, and Kevin has factual historical past on his aspect — she doesn’t.”
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“All he calls for from her is that earlier than she begins portraying what’s allegedly the historical past that occurred again once they had been married, again once they had been separating — that she bases it on one thing that resembles the fact,” he continued.
“What she posted on the web at present has no similarity to actuality [and] has nothing to do with the actual fact,” he added. “She could be silly to attempt to problem him on that.”
Britney hasn’t responded to Kaplan’s claims, or made any additional reference to Kevin’s previous remedy of her. Nevertheless, she introduced on Sunday that she’d be occurring a social media hiatus “for a short while.”
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“I’m occurring a social media hiatus for a short while,” she wrote in an Instagram publish. “I ship my love and God bless you all !!!”
A number of followers left heartfelt feedback wishing her nicely, and to get pleasure from her being pregnant, throughout her time away from social media.
