Josh Homme, Brody Dalle.Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme is opening up about his contentious custody battle with ex-wifeBrody Dallefor the first time.
In a statement issued on Homme’s behalf, it’s explained that the rocker’s decision to speak out about the battle over sons Wolf, 8, and Orrin, 12, and daughter Camille, 17, is with the hope that “this will end the enquiries and speculation and proved the family the privacy and consideration they deserve.”
According to the statement, Homme and the Distillers frontwoman co-parented amicably “in a healthy and functional way” through the first year after their divorce in 2019, after 14 years of marriage, after which “the situation took a dark turn.”
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Homme’s statement claims Dalle began violating the pair’s original 50/50 custody agreement and not allowing the children to see him, alleging Dalle’s boyfriend Gunner Foxx was partly responsible.
Explaining that he has had sole legal custody of the three kids since March 2022, Homme’s statement says the three are “currently under the care of their father and paternal grandparents. Dalle was granted supervised visitation with their youngest child in the interim.”
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Homme’s statement also claims that both Dalle and Foxx have behaved in a way that has “not only caused the children emotional harm, but have also put them in great danger.”
On March 16, Homme — on behalf of himself, his kids, and his parents — was granted a permanent restraining order against Dalle “for a period of 1 year and 11 months”
Homme alleges Dalle was aware that her boyfriend had forged her signature in the matter and did “nothing to set the record straight legally or in the media,” and in the case of his daughter, “took the minor child to court without the presence of either one of her parents.”
The statement notes that Homme and his sons have had a restraining order against Foxx, for a period of five years, since August 2022.
It concludes, “The goal of the Los Angeles Family Court System and Joshua Homme’s sincere hope is that the conclusion of this matter will result in the ability for both Homme and Dalle to co-parent their children peacefully.”
Dalle and Foxx have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment at this time.
source: people.com
