Jason Sudeikis is seen for the first time since losing custody battle with ex Olivia Wilde as he films the third season of Ted Lasso in Richmond
Jason Sudeikis has been pictured for the first time since losing his custody battle with Olivia Wilde.
He and Olivia began dating in 2011, got engaged in 2013, but split with in 2020. They are parents to son Otis, eight, and daughter Daisy, five.
On Monday, Jason, 46, was pictured in character on the set of popular Apple TV series Ted Lasso in Richmond.
Getting on with it: Jason Sudeikis was seen for the first time on Monday since losing custody battle with ex Olivia Wilde as he films the third season of Ted Lasso in Richmond
Howdy! He was sporting Ted’s famous moustache as he got into character as the beloved football manager
Jason looked deep in thought as he sipped on coconut water while wearing a casual T-shirt and khaki trousers.
Olivia, who is now in a relationship with Harry Styles, 28, won the New York custody battle against Jason after a judge ruled that California is her children’s home state.
Court filings obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com revealed the exes’ once-amicable custody and co-parenting agreement has turned into a bitter dispute over Wilde’s plans to relocate to London, where Harry is based.
Sudeikis had filed the suit against his ex in New York City Family Court over their two children in October 2021. He had wanted them to live in Brooklyn.
Revealed: Olivia, 38, has claimed Jason intended to ’embarrass’ and ‘threaten her’ by publicly serving her custody papers on stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas
Wilde, however, wanted them to stay with her in Los Angeles, and possibly relocate to London, where Harry lives.
A New York judge dismisssed the case after it emerged Olivia had accused Jason of intentionally trying to ’embarrass’ and ‘threaten’ her with the serving of the custody papers in April.
The judge, in a legal filing signed August 5, ruled ‘New York was not the home state of the subject children’ and that rather ‘California was the children’s home state.’
‘Therefore, for the reasons stated on the record on July 15, 2022, respondent’s motion to dismiss the custody petitions filed on October 21, 2021 is granted,’ the filing, which was reviewed by Page Six, stated.
Feuding? Court filings obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com revealed the exes’ once-amicable custody and co-parenting agreement has turned into a bitter dispute over Wilde’s plans to relocate to London , where her boyfriend Harry Styles is based
Dispute: Sudeikis had filed the suit against his ex in New York City Family Court over their two children in October 2021. He had wanted them to live in Brooklyn
The court determined ‘New York does not have jurisdiction to hear the custody petitions’ because it is not Otis and Daisy’s home state.
Wilde filed a petition to ‘determine parental relationship in Superior Court of California, in LA’ on May, the filing noted. Her legal team moved to legally dismiss Sudekis’ custody case on May 18.
The custody battle is now likely to continue to California, experts allege.
In Wilde’s motion to dismiss the action, the actress claimed she and Sudeikis had initially agreed to send their kids back to school in Los Angeles for the upcoming school year since Sudeikis was due to wrap up the final season of Apple TV series Ted Lasso which had required him to be in London.
‘Recently, however, Jason decided that he wanted to go to New York for the next year while he is not working, and wanted the children to be with him there during this time off,’ the actress said in the filing.
More to come: The court determined ‘New York does not have jurisdiction to hear the custody petitions’ because it is not children Otis and Daisy’s home state
‘When I did not agree, since the children have not lived in New York for several years, Jason filed these papers.’
Wilde, who began dating Styles in January 2021, argued that the children have spent most of the last four years in LA or in London, even attending schools in the two cities.
Wilde was famously served the court documents on April 26 as she spoke about her new movie on stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
The Hollywood star was in the middle of a presentation for 4,100 film industry executives about her upcoming thriller Don’t Worry Darling when she was awkwardly handed a manila envelope by a court process server.
The bizarre moment sparked furious speculation among attendees and reporters at the annual gathering of cinema owners and Hollywood studios about the envelope’s contents.
Neither of the parties publicly addressed the incident, and a source close to Sudeikis later claimed that he did not know Wilde would be served the papers in such a public and humiliating way.
Wilde and Sudeikis began dating in November 2011 and got engaged in December 2012, before eventually splitting in November 2020. Wilde began dating Styles in January 2021,
Wilde referenced the embarrassing incident for the first time in her court motion, slamming her ex for his ‘outrageous legal tactics’ and delivering the documents ‘mid-speech.’
‘Jason’s actions were clearly intended to threaten me and catch me off guard. He could have served me discreetly, but instead he chose to serve me in the most aggressive manner possible,’ she said in the documents.
‘The fact that Jason would embarrass me professionally and put our personal conflict on public display in this manner is extremely contrary to our children’s best interests.
‘Since Jason has made it clear that we will not be able to work this out for our children’s sake outside of the court system, I filed a petition for custody in Los Angeles.’
According to the court filings, Wilde and Sudeikis were largely based in New York for most of their relationship, with both of their kids being born in the city.
The two, who got engaged in 2013, shared a home in Brooklyn after buying the property in 2014 for $6.5million, living there sporadically until 2019, when a mould issue made the house completely uninhabitable.
Throughout that timeframe, Sudeikis and Wilde also spent substantial periods of time in Los Angeles due to their work commitments, but – according to the actor – considered the Brooklyn home their main family residence.
Family: They share two children together – eight-year-old son Otis and five-year-old daughter Daisy – and had continued co-parenting amicably after their split
In his declaration to the court, Sudeikis said that while he, Wilde, and their two kids had been living in London since December 2021, he intended to return to his ‘permanent home’ in Brooklyn when filming for Ted Lasso concluded in July.
He said he hoped that his ex and their children would also return to New York so they could continue their current custody arrangement.
Sudeikis said he now believes those plans are ‘unlikely to occur’ after Wilde ‘insisted upon’ living with their kids in LA and asked him to join them during a discussion over custody in April.
She also disclosed her future plans to move to London, where she has been living with Harry at the end of next year.
‘For better or worse, I am a New Yorker,’ Sudeikis said, adding that it was in the kids’ best interests to grow up in Brooklyn.
He also claimed he had been ‘reluctant’ to serve Wilde because he continues ‘to care deeply for her’, but said he was spooked by two particular statements during their conversation.
‘First, Olivia said that if I did not reside full-time in Los Angeles, she would allow me to spend time with Otis and Daisy on weekends and during vacation periods – thus depriving me of my right to parent the children during important periods of their lives…,’ Sudeikis said.
He argued that it was in their kids’ best interests to grow up in Brooklyn
He continued: ‘Second, Olivia said that she intended to relocate with the children to London following the close of school in 2023.’
Sudeikis, ‘fearful’ that she would ‘take Otis and Daisy’ from him, said he then asked his attorney in that moment to serve the summons and petition to Wilde knowing shew was scheduled to travel to LA the next morning.
The actor claimed he had always hoped she would be served in a ‘benign manner’ and requested service take place at Heathrow Airport, rather than at home, where she is currently living.
‘I did not want service to take place at the home of Olivia’s current partner because Otis and Daisy might be present. I did not want service to take place at the children’s school because parents might be present,’ Sudeikis said.
The actor goes on to say that the process server was ultimately unable to serve Wilde at the intended location that day due to a series of logistical mishaps.
He said he would only learn Wilde would be ultimately served in public days later when the incident made headlines.
Sudeikis claimed he was ‘deeply upset’ at the turn of events and later found out that Wilde’s whereabouts were tracked down thanks to a tweet speculating her appearance at CinemaCon.
An attempt was made to serve Wilde at her hotel in Las Vegas where the event was held, but after that failed, the server ‘noticed Olivia at the Warner Brothers Panel and proceeded to serve the Summons and Petition upon Olivia.’
Sudeikis said he continues to ‘feel great distress at the manner in which service was made.’
‘I understand that the process server had only done her job; however, I deeply regret what happened. Olivia’s talk was an important event for Olivia, both professionally and personally, and I am very, very sorry that the incident marred her special moment,’ he added.
In his declaration to the court, Sudeikis said that while he, Wilde, and their two kids had been living in London since December 2021, he intended to return to his ‘permanent home’ in Brooklyn when filming for Ted Lasso concluded in July. He is pictured with the cast at the Emmy Awards in September
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