I hate to purple pen parts of a story published on another site, but I feel it is the only way I can weigh in on the latest reports by doing so. Thomas Ravel is off the rails. Apparently, the child custody judge is on his payroll.
I am quite fond of The Blast, so this is nothing against that site. I’m simply going to point out how my sources differ on a lot of issues here.
Southern Charm star Thomas Ravenel is trashing Bravo head Andy Cohen and accusing him of working with his ex-Kathryn Dennis to trash him publicly.
When the writer refers to Andy Cohen as the head of Bravo, I am skeptical about anything that follows. But there are court documents that he allegedly has access to, so I shall trudge on. But Andy Cohen has two jobs with Bravo, host of WWHL and host of reunion shows. That is the extent of his involvement. He has producer credits on the housewives franchise be cause he’s been a part of that from the beginning. Those rights come from the production company and are basically honorary titles at this point. He has access to the completed episodes before they air. He can give feedback. But, he is not a decision maker.
Conspiracy Theories
That said, Thomas Ravenel’s strategy for both his custody case, and his criminal case are identical. Namely, “It’s all a big conspiracy by my enemies!” In the custody case he alleges that Kathryn is in collusion with Bravo to exploit the children for ratings. This is FAKE NEWS. There is NO COLLUSION. Kathryn petitioned for full custody because of his assault case and the facts made public as a result of that filing.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Ravenel rushed back to court after the trailer for the current season of “Southern Charm” was released. He demanded the court set a hearing and was furious photos of his kids and the custody battle with Dennis was mentioned in the trailer.
I don’t recall if photos of his kids were used or not, but he signed away their rights years ago. He may be able to stop any further filming, but the old footage belongs to Bravo. And Kathryn is allowed to say she has a custody case on the show. And his sexual assault case is public record. The first episode about his arrest is what set him off.
What Thomas Ravenel Says Happened On WWHL
Ravenel then took issue with Dennis appearing on “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen. He accused her of looking “highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol” on the show.
He claimed she said Ravenel “won’t leave me alone” during the episode. Ravenel even said Cohen (“acting on behalf of Bravo”) furthered the conversation by saying “that’s a good line” and “everyone is rooting for you.”
He says Cohen and Dennis used the show to trash him, all while a gag order had been issued in their case which prohibited either from talking about the case. Ravenel says that Cohen disparaged him on live television when he publicly stated to Dennis that “everyone is rooting for you” and portraying him as a liar.
What Really Happened on WWHL
He is what happened. Kathryn Dennis and Patricia Altschul were on WWHL after the premiere of Southern Charm Season Six. They barely acknowledged Thomas at all. A caller called in asking Kathryn if she thinks her life would have been different if she had dated Shep in season one. She was specifically asked if Shep was, “The one that got away.” Kathryn replied, “I don’t think I have anyone in my past who was the one that got away.” She paused and added, “I just have the one that won’t go away.”
Other than that she mentioned her new boyfriend, Hunter Price, meeting Thomas and Thomas pretending like he didn’t know who he was. That’s it. I don’t recall her mentioning her kids at all. Andy did say “everyone is rooting for you.” Because, duh.
Thomas Ravenel Thinks Kathryn Is Only Asking For Custody For A Storyline
He also points to Dennis having a story line on this season about her “getting full custody of her children.” Ravenel said Bravo failed to mention, in previous court proceedings, that they planned to use the custody drama as a storyline.
Dennis filed an affidavit in response to Ravenel saying she never disparaged him. She said Ravenel cherry-picked comments from “Watch What Happens Live” and denied talking about him at all.
She said his claim she looked intoxicated is “patently false.” Dennis argued he may be trying to deflect from his own alleged drinking problem. [Source: The Blast]
Kathryn’s custody battle may be her “storyline” but that is what is going on in her life. The idea that Kathryn is doing this just to have a storyline is ridiculous. She’s doing it for her kids. She did not seem impaired in anyway on the show. Even if you believe she is still drinking, which many people do, she would not do it around Patricia.
Thomas Ravenel Gets What He Wants
Then the same author at The Blast posted another story about the out come of Thomas’s motion:
Previously a judge had agreed to Kathryn’s motion to have the custody case sealed. When deciding Thomas’ motion, he decided to resolve the problem by lifting the seal on the custody case. WTF?
Despite there being no proof of Kathryn discussing custody at all, the judge claimed that Kathryn “remains dedicated to discussing the custody case in the media; discussing the father of her children, and her very private life. Therefore, sealing the record serves no legitimate purpose, nor does it protect the children – who are routinely exposed to the public and media.”
Also according to The Blast, “The judge noted that both Dennis and Ravenel have paraded their children in the media. He notes even though Ravenel isn’t on the show anymore he is still a public figure. He determined most of the dirty laundry is already out there and unsealing it adds no additional harm.
What Thomas Wants Is To Make Kathryn’s Medical Records Public
I mean, fair enough I guess. But sealing the case prevents private things from becoming public. Things neither of them want to talk about. Thomas Ravenel doesn’t care about the kids. He wants to air Kathryn’s dirty laundry including her mental and physical health records. That is what this is all about. And he won.
The judge admonished Kathryn saying, “it is clear to the Court that contrary to her own Motion and her Counsel’s argument, Mother has no interest in protecting the privacy of her children, based upon her frequent communications with the entertainment media.”
I hope that Kathryn’s attorney is requesting that this judge recuse himself due to bias. Because it seems like he is in Thomas Ravenel’s back pocket to me. Why would he say that about Kathryn after he granted her motion to seal the case? He knew then she was on a TV show. Bribery is all I can come up with.
All of this is disgusting… Kathryn had no choice but to push through while dealing with Thomas… Thomas continues to be a good old boy with money while still pushing her around on the sidelines… Kathryn has never had a chance to develop as a young adult and is now broken at the seams with the idea of having the children full time… The father of her children is maybe 2 steps below the Antichrist… And above all of it, those poor children are suffering big time… At a certain point enough has to be enough… Nobody in this situation is winning…
No words. More than tragic: knowing that “ connections” count. What justice IS in our JuStice system? Broken.
Maybe it’s a Southern thing. I have personally learned that there are courts in Oklahoma who either can be bought or the judge is acquainted with the family and they will not do what’s in the best interest of the child. When a parent is continually in contempt of court for not getting a drug test after several DUI’s and eventually shaves all his/her hair off, even eyebrows to circumvent a test and still get joint custody, you know there’s a payoff going on somewhere. It happen in Oklahoma-something to be proud of.
Didn’t Thomas live in a separate house when he had the children? The nanny took care of them in the back while he occupied the front. He wants Katherine not the children!
I think he’s trying everything he can to break Kathryn (again). Control is the objective.
He’s broken and wants to take down anyone close to him that has happiness and success without his (helping) hand. He isn’t well, his children and Kathryn will never be without constant strife and interference until he makes one truly unable to be corrected mistake. Sadly, I think he already has and has gotten away with it. Only makes me question how he’ll up his game.
This is ugly and evil stuff. I want to hide outside in the clean mountain air, in a dark corner and not be bothered too. Damn!
Thomas is jealous of Katherine’s relationship with her children & boyfriend. Good ole boy is how it works in the south. I pray for Katherine and the children?? Thomas move on you are embarrassing yourself!
Kathryn is as old money as Thomas. Her famiy is very wealthy and as connected as Thomas’. Just another exampe of a bad judge.
Not true. Kathryn’s parents both work for like the power company or something. They have the name not the money.
Her family name is good lineage but her parents have no money. They are blue collar workers as they say because the fortune was gone years ago.
Her parents are not blue collar workers LOL. Both have college educations and good jobs.
No words.
I am speechless regarding this!!! How can this happen in this day / age!! TR is a felon who has this town wired???? Poor KD – no chance!!
I’m law and order, but my experience with judges is they are too often so arrogant they think they know what they don’t sometimes. I had a family court judge say once that he knew he’d chosen well if both sides left unhappy. Fair and right isn’t about splitting the baby down the middle, it’s supposed to be what’s best for the child. In this case the father is so horrible that any “fairness” in punishing both sides equally isn’t fair to the children.
He truly qualifies as the most disgusting human being on the planet, a status he snatched away from Ashley Jacobs. Simply disgusting.
This is absolutely revolting and another case of “the good old boys” winning.
Kathryn has admitted she struggles from anxiety and depression. I do too. So yea, she wants to be left alone at times and her “friends” claiming “everyone deals with this” are dead wrong. They didn’t. I didn’t. This girl has a LOT on her plate and publically releasing her medical records is not only unfair, it’s potentially damaging to her recovery. They should test and release Thomas’s records. The man went to jail for coke. As a middle aged adult. Kathryn mag have made big mistakes but she was a child with children being used by an adult who spent hard time as a drug user and dealer. To me, in any other state this case is obviously on favor of the mother.
I totally agree with you. I am currently suffering from depression and anxiety. So I get why Katherine wants to be left alone. I didn’t talk or see any of my friends for months. It takes all my strength/energy now just to go grocery shopping. I am slowly getting better day by day.
Grocery shopping is THE WORST. I think it is because you kind of have to GO. I hate deadlines and HAVE TOs and I have so many this month.
TT order them online and do the pull-up to pick up. That saves an enormous amount of time and aggravation. It keeps me from having to have someone to bond me out of jail especially if I have to go to Walmart.
I posted that and an ad pops up for lawyers łol!
I was going to say the same thing. Order online and then pick them up. Not only do you not have to go in the store but you save more money because there are no impulse buys and you don’t have to deal with people!
TT and others with anxiety— I use Instacart and get my groceries delivered. Mostly because I don’t like hauling heavy bags around but knowing I don’t need to go to the grocery store unless I want to has made it easier to deal with!
I saw that WWHL, and I did not think that she was acting intoxicated. Seemed to acting pretty normal to me. She always fidgets. That is nothing new. Wow. She has a lot going on right now. Stay strong!
Grocery shopping is awful. I refuse to go. My husband loves it and goes every day after work.
I agree with much of what you said, but Kathryn was not “a child” when she had her children. Obviously she is much younger than Thomas, but she was an adult.
I think the correct term is young adult. As far as I am concerned most people ( including Katherine ) are young adults til 30 years of age. She was pregnant & struggling in her 20’s with a partner that promised her financial support as well as undying love & devotion to the mother of his future children. He has been gaslighting women ( alledgedly) his entire life. She made huge mistakes. We all do at that age.
Well said Marc.
I would think that airing the parents dirty laundry would be more harmful to the kids than being mentioned on a TV show they don’t even appear on. SMH
This makes me sick!
TT posts back to back legal updates about our “fine reality stars”. In one post it appears our legal system still functions appropriately, the other reflects a deeply broken system.
This judge is probably in his daddy’s pocket instead of his. After all Thomas has been involved in it amazes me that he still slithers along, and yet there he goes! People like him never put their children first all the while loudly claiming they do. It makes me sick to think in earlier episodes (before we got the 411), that I kinda liked him and got a kick out of him. Now I just wanna kick his little nuts and leave my footprint on his white jeans. Kathryn is not perfect but she will be ok, especially if he’d leave her the hell alone.
It’s amazing how the”Thomas is just a regular old rich southern guy, a good old boy” fans disappeared from here when thing I have know for ages came to light. Hopefully, I can expatriate before they vote for Trump again. And lecture me about my site not being an even playing field.
Your site isn’t supposed to be an even playing field. It is about the shows we love and YOUR opinion. Fuck everyone else and their even playing fields. If they don’t agree, they can go start their own site!
My ex-husband is a Thomas. He wears his army uniform to our divorce hearings and the Judge sides with him because he is a solider. My kids hate him. I have a judge who divided the kids down the middle and we both have half. Trust me, Thomas’ kids will see what their dad is and does to their mom. My kids see it. They hate him for it too.
Any lawyers on here that an explain the legal standard for sealing a family law case in SC? I’m a tax lawyer in CA and I’de like to understand where the judge is hanging his hat.
I don’t follow this show very well but I wonder if the judge is talking about her article in people magazine very recently? It just sucks because the real losers are the children.
I’m a mother of two. Close in age to both of Katherine’s children. They are my life. If I was in her shoes, I would stay off the tv show. I would delete all social media and I would make it extremely hard for my ex to know any of my business. I haven’t followed too much of the court stuff in this custody battle. But, I have to agree with the Judge. They are both making choices that put themselves and their children in the public eye. So, I can understand what the judge is saying. On top of that, the beginning of the season isn’t doing Katherine any favors either. The show is exposing too much of her life and behavior. If she really wants to win custody, she’ll stay off tv for now. And look into that judge situation too. I wouldn’t put it past Thomas to have some shady judge in his back pocket.
Agreed, Katherine is no victim.
Then you must have an independent source of income. Kathryn wasn’t even legal drinking age when Thomas impregnated her and promised to take care of her if she was indeed pregnant. He was THRILLED with her background (Calhoun is her middle name. That has some gravitas in Thomas’ circles)
She has had some college experience. Even had some intern experience in politics. She did model at 14 and does some modeling now, but she’s past the prime age of making it big in modeling and besides that would be against “what you would do” as described above.
What genuine marketable skills and job experience does Kathryn have that would support herself, her children, AND pay the attorneys in fighting against the Ravenel riches and Ravenel attorneys and power?
If she loses the income from the show – not only does she lose the income she needs to support her children, she also leaves the playing field wide open for the Ravenel machine to say whatever the fuck he wants to say.
No ones medical records should be made public.Thomas should give custody to Kathryn.Before he goes to prison.
I agree about the medical records, wouldn’t that be a HIPA violation?
That judge needs to recuse himself. I hope Katherine is victorious in keeping the records sealed as well as full time primary custody. So tired of this poor excuse for a man literally getting away with his trick & pony show. I hope Ashley turns on him & reveal what she knows. It’s the only path to redemption for that dump truck.
Even if Ashley turned on Thomas she is not credible. It’s why he chose her imo.
For shame.
I really hope Thomas gets what he deserves: Prison!
New Judge Please. The mainstream media should flock to South Carolina to “see” Just What is Going on There!
not every bad ruling by a judge is the result of bribery or other secret conspiracy.
there are a lot of bad judges in this country. some who are just plain dumb, some sexist, some biased politically.
and when it comes to sealing court cases there are some judges who are just of the philosophy that they prefer cases be open as much as possible
i wouldn’t say this ruling by itself, even if wrong, proves the judge is on thomas’s payroll
TT I was happy to see your take on Kathryn’s appearance on WWHL, which I happen to agree with. I value your opinion. I frankly have been amazed at how LITTLE has been said about the custody issue and Thomas on the show. A reality show can’t just pretend a major character just vanished and never address it and anyone that watches the show and follows any of the social media or blog sites knows WAY MORE about the custody and criminal charges than what has been said by the cast. I believe in Karma, and it’s coming for Thomas and it won’t be pretty.
Thomas is not a stand up guy by any means but Kathryn isn’t some long suffering saint either. I don’t think she truly wants those kids full time. It would cramp her lifestyle. Clearly she’s trying to hitch her wagon to a rich man so she can sit back and do her and then some.
My god that man is a sleaze ball. How anyone, especially a judge side with that man is beyond me. I am so rooting for Kathryn, I always have. Even when it wasn’t a popular thing to root for her, I knew Thomas was set to ruin her.
BT Not sure where you get your idea Kathryn is trying to “hitch her wagon to a rich man”. She has been going out with an unsigned musician for the last 6 months, and seems very happy with him. Her friends have confirmed on various media that Kathryn and the musician get on really well and seem happy. He may not be her final choice, or she his, but she definitely does not seem to be out an about hunting that “rich man”.
My guess is that the medical records themselves will not be unsealed, as those are private and protected under HIPPA. However, reference to the details in the records within the court pleadings that have been filed would become public knowledge. So, if Thomas’ lawyers made specific reference to medical details in their filings, all of that information would now be visible. And, if a lawyer signs off on the pleading, the lawyer is vowing to the court that the contents of that pleading are true, so, technically, the records/pleadings won’t contain mis-information….
First off, the judge Michele Forsythe, is female that good ole boy system does not play out. You can’t file for sealing records and gag order and still keep discussing the case. Secondly South Carolina is very “mom friendly”. Kathryn majorly screwed up in private and her media choices. She lied in court, has basically proven Thomas point of Kathryn using the kids for media attention.
If you think women can’t and don’t support the good ol’ boy system, you be crazy.
This is disgusting. He is disgusting. And the topic has only been very lightly touched on. He doesn’t want the children (but maybe the nannies?!). He just doesn’t want Katherine to “win”. I can’t even.
I read you post and immediately went to Thomas screaming at Chelsea on the ferry. You don’t have the power, I have the power”. It is all about winning. He doesn’t care about the kids or Kathryn. He has zero empathy for her mental health. It is only about winning and keeping Kathryn down. He has to hurt and embarrass her to win.
It’s all about appearance with him. No soul. Just an entitled asshole. I hope he goes to jail (again) maybe he can learn more sports like he did last time!!
I believe I’ve heard of an alleged tape that would be truly humiliating if it would to be made public. Can we start a Go Fund Me?
lorelli — about who??? Yes we can!!!
Supposedly with Thomas and 2 other individuals and I think it was discussed on this site
dammit to hell….I hate all this for Kathryn.
Just another $200k to good old ThomASS. Holy $hit! Is there no one he won’t “allegedly” bribe to get what he wants? The wheels of Justice turn really slowly if you have deep pockets in the south. I have relatives that know Thomas and they think he’s a complete sleezeball.