I am going to try to make sense out of the latest court filing by Kathryn Calhoun Dennis. Last Wednesday she filed two motions to get emergency temporary custody of the children based on violation of the parenting plan and the temporary custody order.
The first thing I want to discuss is Kathryn’s drug tests. As I posted here, Kathryn is claiming to have been clean and sober since leaving rehab. I received information from credible sources that after about two weeks back in Charleston she was drinking and getting high. In fact, the cast goes down to New Orleans this season and people there said everyone, including Kathryn was very drunk. I was giving Kathryn the benefit of the doubt until actual court documents were leaks.
Back on April 3rd, The Daily Mail started their story with the following…
Southern Charm’s Thomas Ravenel has renewed his bid for sole custody of his children as their infamously volatile mother continues to stall on court-ordered drug tests. Court documents seen exclusively by DailyMail.com show that Kathryn Dennis has been evading the mandated drugs and alcohol tests since last November and now risks being held in contempt.
Now, five weeks later, Kathryn’s motion obtained by Radar Online, claims that she has passed several drug tests between January and March of this year. The motion provided the following dates for those tests: January 20, February 1. February 17, March 17, March 20, March 26, and March 27.
The February 1 test is the test that Amy Feinstein posted on Reality Tea that we discussed here. In that same story, Feinstein said that all of Kathryn’s records from the time she got out of rehab to the present had been provided to Reality Tea, “But today, Kathryn’s lawyers gave her permission to release all of her tests, hair and urine, from when she returned from rehab until now, exclusively to Reality Tea.” For whatever reason, that article chose only to show the February 1 hair test. The hair tests are once a month and the urine tests are weekly according to Feinstein. So if February 1 is a hair test, should January and March also have a test date in the first week of the month? Why is she testing two days in a row in March?
And then there is the big question, why is the judge, according to the DM story threatening her with contempt if she is taking the tests and they are directly reported to the courts and both attorneys? And if they have these clean tests since she got out of rehab in early August, why not list them to show a long record of clean tests? And why submit these dates in a motion filed mid-May with no test dates since March?
None of this makes any sense. nor does the Soberlink that she has to blow into at 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Even I am usually sober at those hours, but you can drink a lot of merlot from nine until 1 am and still be sober at 10 a.m. Allegedly. The drug tests above, the Soberlink and four parenting classes were presented as evidence that Kathryn has cleaned up her act. No mention of living arrangements.
The list of reasons that Thomas should lose the kids is a lot longer and more compelling. The motion claims that Thomas has broken the temporary custody order. Kathryn has not had visitation since February 6, 2017. The agreement states that she has a supervised visitation every other weekend at Kathryn’s mother’s house to be supervised by her mother. The motion states that Thomas encourages the kids to refer to the nanny as mom and Kathryn as Kathryn, a violation of the court parenting plan. The first claim listed is that Thomas disparages her on social media. I have not seen any evidence of that lately.
She also mentions that the nanny would not let Kathryn hold her child at the reception Thomas had at his house after the christening. Kathryn showed up to that after causing a huge disruption at the actual christening and being escorted out. I don’t think she should bring up in the motion that she showed up uninvited to Thomas’ house and was threatened with the police if she didn’t leave. She says that Thomas sends her threatening texts and emails.
Then she accuses Thomas of using cocaine and mushrooms when he has the children. This is the video I said I would not post last week. In the video, there does appear to be a bag of something that Thomas eats while a female guests says something like, “Are you going to eat that now? Don’t eat that now!” and he does. I didn’t see any cocaine use. I would have found nothing remarkable about the video if I had not been told what to look for. She claims Thomas shave off all his body hair before his drug test last June. She says he drinks when he has the children. She says Thomas has exhibited violent and abusive tendencies toward her and the kids.
I should point out that this brief is horribly written. I am not impressed with her lawyer.
She asks the court to have Thomas undergo a psychological examine to see if there are issues from all the drinking and drugging and because he shaved off all his body hair. That’s an example of the weird wording. What does shaving his body hair to avoid a hair test have to do with his psychological exam?
The motion asks for Thomas to be fined $50K for evading the drug test by shaving. It also asks for $50K toward Kathryn’s legal fees because he has a lot more money than she does and for him to pay the fees for the current motions because he caused the filings to be necessary.
The second motion to show cause simply addresses all the infractions alleged against Thomas concerning the parenting document. Kathryn is supposed to be notified of special events like the christening or a graduation, or a little league game. She is claiming he violated that by not allowing her to attend the reception. He can have a reception at his house after the christening without inviting Kathryn. Particularly if Kathryn just caused a huge disruption at the christening.
She claims that Thomas moved to California without telling her taking the kids with him. This is a big deal that the court will not appreciate. That said, Thomas is back in Charleston now.
In addition to suggesting parental alienation by the nanny allowing the babies to call her mommy, she wants the nanny and her daughter away from the kids. She says that the daughter, is a minor who Thomas allows to drink in front of the children. She claims that the nanny is sleeping with Thomas. She also says the nanny makes disparaging comments to her during visitation hand offs. By the way, the motion refers to several amendments that purport to substantiate all of her claims.
Kathryn is asking for custody with Thomas getting SUPERVISED visits. But the motion seems to know that is not going to happen so it offers an alternative of her getting unsupervised visitation and wants make-up time for all the weekends she missed when the kids were in California. She also wants also wants $10,000 for every day he continues to deny her visitation and attorney fees.
And that is the latest version of events.
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Did Thomas shave his head and his eyebrows and lashes? Because if not, the body hair shaving story is pure bunk.
I’m so confused about the drug tests. If the court has all these results why is it saying she is noncompliant?
So she has had all of her supervised visits except when he was in California with them?
The best hair for a drug test is pubic hair as it is usually not chemically treated or heat styled.
TR explained a while ago for the initial test because KD colored/bleached
Hair they used body hair. TR didn’t color/bleach hair so they used his head hair.
So I did some research because I wanted to make some sense of her issue – Only the first 1 1/2 inches of hair is tested. I don’t know what body hair they used on KD but I can’t imagine any was that long.
TR’s head hair could easily be that long and therefore his drug test went back even further in times.
There are also shampoos used that can reflect a negative reading. Either of them could be using this shampoo on hair or body.
if you are ever in a similar situation, insist on a saliva test.
What a freaking nightmare! I don’t have the ‘oh poor Kathryn’ gene like a lot of other people do. My flaw.
I think she’s a money grubbing, spoiled, manipulative, immature individual who has serious, serious reality issues and she’s obviously become Thomas’ worst nightmare. Not that he’s the grand prize at the Fair but seriously!!! I believe the Show’s better off without Kathryn and her “Thomas is sleeping with the entire Universe” mentality. That in of itself has gotten old very quick. She truly doesn’t bring anything of interest to the Show. Get off the Show, go get well, at least for the children’s sake.
There is literally no show without Kathryn.
Totally agree that there is no show without Kathryn. I wish Kathryn were able to afford a better legal team or that Gloria Allred would take her on — pro-bono. I hope that Kathryn is fighting back by being smart and not giving any ammunition to her enemies. But first and foremost, I hope she is well for the sake of her children. There is a great danger here that the courts could find both Thomas and Kathryn to be unsuitable. Both Kathryn and Thomas need to put giving those two precious babies all the love, nurturance, attention, guidance protection and wholesome moral environment that they need and deserve – front and center – now and for the next 20 years. Nothing else matters.
She’s like the Kim Richards of this show now. I think the show is better without her. Not everyone likes to watch a trainwreck IMO.
I agree. I like the show without her. That scene when Jen was crying and Kathryn behaved like a heartless bitch only reminded me as to why I despised her in the first place. She and Thomas should stay off the show and work on getting their acts together. Is there not one, unselfish person in those children’s lives? My heart breaks for the children.
I’m sure Thomas would have it off with underage females. I think he lives for that kind of shit. He doesn’t come across as a mushroom kind person but one never knows. (They were a personal favorite of mine back in the day. When I had no real responsibilities. No kids. I was a kid. Not in my 50’s.) No wonder his family worries. They should. Especially cause he’s got the children. Oh, no, wait. He has nannies, and possibly the worst if the children are being encouraged to call one of them Mom. The things people do for money. I wonder if she’s pimping out her daughter.. hmmm I digress.
I wish the request for money didn’t stand out so much to me. Maybe it stands out because of my preconceived notion she’s a gold digger so I can’t trust my opinion on that right now. My biggest concern would be getting my visitation. I would think she’d be able to get someone to take her case pro bono. Who knows?
I don’t know. There has been a show for two seasons without her. More or less.
She’s on every episode. She is all anyone talks about.
AMEN!!! I don’t know how so many people side with her. Thomas is an idiot but Kathryn is on another level.
What about him? A man 30 plus years her senior is blameless? He didn’t maybe manipulate her ? He with all his many years life experience should not have demonstrated better judgement ohhh left her alone because she is a child compared to him ??
If the lab tests are sent directly to the court like she claims, the why is the one test result she shared a fax to her doctor (who doesn’t care) and not to the court?
You’re a smart cookie. Smoke and mirrors with Ms. Dennis.
I work at a law office… lab tests are sent directly to both attorneys (not “the court”) however they can add other doctors that the tests are sent to additionally. My guess would be Kathryn got this copy from her doctor, which she of course could do just by requesting them since they are “her” medical records.
Also – eyebrows, nose hair, and other body hair that stops growing/ hair that you don’t regularly have to cut IS thought to lend different results than hair from your head due to the growth stopping at a random unknown time.
The weird drug test dates are explainable. Kathryn is the one who added the random drug testing clause in the custody agreement. The agreement is that either party can request for a random drug test to be performed at ANY time at their own expense and the testing type is their choice. Ex. Thomas could request a urine drug test to be tomorrow for Kathryn as long as he paid for it and it was done at an accredited lab. Thomas’s attorney probably told him it’s a good way to catch someone off guard & get them to fail by requesting a random drug test be done the day after requesting another drug test (because lots of people assume they won’t be tested 2 days in a row so after the 1st drug test then they will do drugs the night after the test) also, its possible Thomas paid for Katherine to have the most expensive & extensive $500 test done while Katherine just paid $45 to make Thomas come in for an easily cheated urine drug test.
You may work at a law office, but you don’t work at a law office with any idea of the drug testing situation in Charleston. Kathryn pays for her own tests. They are not random. She takes a urine test every week and a hair test every month. According to the agreement. Therefore, the test dates are odd.
The judge will not look kindly upon a parent who denies court ordered visitation, and will certainly assign punitive measures upon a parent who takes children to another state, for an extended period of time, without the court’s permission. Either Thomas has the court’s permission to take the children wherever he wants, whenever he wants, or he doesn’t, If he doesn’t, his actions will be weighed against her actions (whichever version of those the judge believes, and/or she can substantiate) and they go from there. Unless Thomas shaved his head, as well as his body, the court got the hair test they required to grant him full custody. She may want unsupervised time with her children, but what she really wants is tit for tat. If she’s being tested for drugs and alcohol, then Thomas should be tested for drugs and alcohol. I thought this was about parenting, but silly me, right?
Exactly. With her current actions against Thomas she could possibly be putting those kids in foster care. 10K a day. Yeah, Kathryn we see you.
I will say sometimes the back to back tests are to fool the test taker. Those are the surprise phone calls that demand she be in there within a certain amount of hours and take a test. Maybe someone caught wind that she was out drinking or something. A doctor has to read to the results right ? Nobody in the courthouse is qualified to read the results no matter how many times they have looked at the drug tests.
Thomas’s father said in the last episode – When are we going to be free of you? After Thomas questioned the comment, his father said You are the only one who worries us. At any rate maybe there is something to Kathryn’s claims.I am certainly not saying she is the best parent, it seems there are real problems on both sides. Poor kids!!
So you don’t think a judge or the attorneys can read the court ordered drug test? They are in English you know. And quite simple to read. It’s POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.
It does have to be a doctor to harbor an “official” reading from the lab & then sent to court, employer , wherever result goes after official reading.. this is to differentiate between dilute/ non dilute specimens , people utilizing non human urine etc.., sugar alcohol vs ethanol alcohol.. if it is a a court documented test or certain pre employment test
Where is this mushroom video?
My copy is on my laptop. Since ROL pays for things and this information was leaked to them, I assume there is likely a negotiation happening for the video.
Sounds like she is receiving some very bad legal advice.
She realllyyyyy needs to fire that attorney. Seriously. She would have to prove everything and I’m thinking that is not going to be possible. She on the other hand provides plenty of evidence she is not stable for herself much less those children. Anyone spot the money grubbing here….10K, 50K. Where are all the missing drug tests? And that Soberlink…..what a joke!! I was under the impression visitations ended due to her behavior and her refusal to take drug tests that were court ordered. This is a train wreck. Why aren’t her parents stepping up?
Her mother filed court documents for grandparent’s visits. The court documents state that Thomas and Kathryn lived in Florida after Kensie was born. Who knows what the truth is with these two.
Well I don’t believe any of that.
You can see the court documents on a website.
I feel bad for her. You should always try to resolve issues yourself and not bring the government into it. Withholding the kids from their dad because she was jealous and pissed at him is the reason this has snow balled. She has very little credibility with the courts now. She has a huge uphill battle now.
To me, the reality for all of us is that to a large extent we create most of the situations in our lives. In each moment we are creating our futures. It’s like a law of the universe that alludes so many of us at so many times in our lives. It’s so hard to even comprehend this concept let alone admit we create our own happiness or misery. It’s not about what happens to us it’s what we do about it. It’s so hard to remember in the moment. This week has been horrible for me and I keep forgetting to “remember”.
Damn Peach,i called and then cancelled my therapist appt this week. I feel like I should send YOU $180! Then again that is why I cancelled. I need every dollar I can gather this year for the tax man and even though someone else would have paid for it, I felt bad for asking.
You’re money is no good here, LOL!!! Glad you could save your $’s. That tax man is a royal pain in the ass. You can always text me!!
That March 26th drug test date sounds maybe like a misprint on Daily Mail’s part. Drug tests for court proceedings, local, state, military & government organizations rarely would be required on a Sunday, but the next day, a Monday, definitely. The only organizations I know that do surprise or a back to back drug drug screen or screen on a weekend are the NCAA, NFL, NBA, etc., even if they had “probable cause.”
The dates were copied straight off of the motion. I agree a Sunday test is odd as are two back to back tests. Perhaps the date was mistyped on the motion. It’s a really oddly written motion.
Actually employees of airlines, hospitals & any dept of transit occupations can legally be called any day of the week depending on job description
I think they can call her to testif there are no court ordered black out dates
I’m confused as to how all these court documents get “leaked”. Kathryn had her test results released so that makes sense, but it’s been shown that the pleadings in this matter are supposed to be sealed and juvenile courts are always supposed to be very secure to limit the exposure of the children to any negative issues. Simply leaking sealed documents should be a reason for court action.
Both parties asked to have the records sealed but were denied. This is not a juvenile court proceeding. The court documents are public record.
See – I’ve been reading other blogs again and believed some of it. Sorry. I do know, however, that anything involving children in my state is never made part of public record. The family courts have a juvenile division that seals everything.
Where is the link to the court documents?
About five paragraphs down just under the DM quote.
I can’t get over the fact that these two people opted to have children on a reality show. It’s beyond fucked up.
On another note, I had a sex dream about Thomas a couple of nights ago. How in the hell do I come to terms with that, and more importantly, is KCD standing on my front porch RIGHT NOW?
I feel they will end up together in order to protect themselves just like Gone Girl…
That’s not a bad idea
Sam – If you start talking like a dolphin, we cannot help you. LOL Maybe you would start changing into a killer whale instead. That would be awesome!
Fun fact: Killer whales ARE dolphins!
Yeah, those hair tests. I used to do hair drug testing for the company I worked for. She’s absolutely lying about Thomas Shaving his body. I’ll tell you why. The standard for and hair testing is that if a subject arrives shaved in the head, you go elsewhere. If the subject has shaved their body then it is automatically a fail. He did not fail any hair tests which says they got hair and tested it.
What a mess
Agreed! I did hear from friends in Charleston who know the parties that Thomas invited Kathryn to the Christening, pretended to a point that she was to play a role, etc, then reneged. There was also, apparently, some drama over choosing the god parents (like he didn’t include her input?). When she came to the Christening, Thomas tried to claim she was sabotaging, and instigated the ruckus, which obviously as always Kathryn rose to the occasion to meet. I did hear that she was not in fact barefoot but wearing flat, nude-colored sandals. I still want to know why no one was able to obtain one single video or photo of this brouhaha because with all the mess swirling I am dead curious! (which is bad of me I know).
As for the reception – what a shame. They’re just so volatile and I wish, just for once, either one of them could behave as the bigger person. IMO there is no good parent here. And from both sides there are so many busy-bodies involved, going to the press and whispering in K&T’s ears, it just seems like it will never resolve in a mature and amicable way. What a tragedy for both those kids!
Also that Brief is ATROCIOUSLY written. Full of typos! Maybe Craig is representing her (I kid – lol)
She’s posted more weird stuff on her instagram. She is so immature!
I meant Snapchat…….sorry about that.
Thanks, if you could screeencap some of that and send it to me that would be great. I can’t SnapChat.
Ill try. I’m new to Snapchat.
Just emailed you. Thought I could capture the videos but my daughter told me I can only screenshot pictures.
Pictures are best anyway. Along with a synopsis of the crazy. 🙂
I didn’t think today’s snaps were all that coo-coo. They were not much more stupid than some of my daughter’s when she was in her early twenties.
Kathryn just snapped a video with her children.
Glad you’re fighting back Kathryn. You’re treatment by this man has been appalling not to mention his nasty friends who he recruits with inflammatory stories. No southern man I’ve ever met behaves as he does, I use man loosely as he broke every promise he ever made. I understand how you arrived at the state you’re now in. Hang in there.
Kathryn is posting pictures of her and the kids as recent ad an hour ago. She and the kids look ecstatic and healthy. I hope and pray this is the push she needs to get her like together.
http://tamaratattles.com/2017/05/26/kathryn-dennis-gets-visitation-restored/
Me too!
Maybe KD needs to hear from the masses that she WILL in fact, FIND A NEW MAN, A REAL MAN. It may be what she needs to hear to be able to emotionally move on and be able to Co-Parent without emotions (either direction)
Kathryn is a total shit show – great for reality television but horrible for her innocent children. Not only is Kathryn a total shit show she is also a full on narcissist who views her children as a means to an end and the end justifies the means. This woman throws out accusations based on the voices in her head telling her those accusations are true. She thinks just because she says it outloud then that makes her delusional ideas factual evidence and doesn’t care what mother or a innocent baby she drags into this sick game. The most disgusting thing about this custody battle is the fact that this sick, emotionally disturbed drug addict stands zero chance regaining custody of her kids and the more she perpetuates the outlandish and unfounded claims against the more stable parent the worse it is going to be for her.