Steve Burton is accusing his ex-wife, Sheree Gustin, of alienating him from their 11-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, arsenic their messy custody conflict rages on.
The “General Hospital” star claimed that Gustin is engaging successful “blatant parental alienation” and “systematically” undermining his narration pinch their youngest child, according to tribunal docs obtained by Page Six Friday.
The character besides alleged that his ex has “made it impossible” for him to workout his court-ordered custody by “repeatedly refus[ing]” to let his existent wife, Michelle Lundstrom, to prime up Brooklyn connected his behalf moreover though she is simply a “consistent parental figure” successful nan child’s life.
“As a result, Sheree’s actions person created unnecessary obstacles to my expertise to workout my custodial clip and support regular and meaningful interaction pinch Brooklyn. Instead of supporting my narration pinch our daughter, Sheree has routinely made exercising my parenting clip much difficult than necessary,” his title read.
Additionally, Burton accused Gustin of refusing to “acknowledge Michelle’s domiciled arsenic [his] woman aliases Michelle’s daughters arsenic Brooklyn’s stepsisters,” contempt saying that Brooklyn has a “close relationship” pinch them.
In nan docs, Burton further alleged that Gustin refused to activity pinch him connected letting Brooklyn sojourn his location successful Tennessee aft he moved retired of California.
He claimed Gustin “manipulates” him into giving up his custodial clip and has been “deliberately manipulating Brooklyn into wanting to walk Christmas pinch her.”
“Instead of supporting my narration pinch our daughter, Sheree has routinely made exercising my parenting clip much difficult than necessary,” Burton said of his ex. 1shereeburton/Instgram
However, Gustin denied claims of “alienation” successful a consequence filing obtained by People, explaining that she and her ex-husband had worked retired a parenting schedule successful erstwhile litigation.
She besides insisted that she is happy for Brooklyn to walk clip pinch her father, but doesn’t want nan 11-year-old to “spend half her life traveling” and beryllium distant from location for longer than 3 weeks.
The fittingness coach based on that if Burton wants to spot his girl much than nan allotted time, he tin travel sojourn her successful California.
Page Six reported past period that nan “Young and nan Restless” prima called retired Gustin’s “manipulation” while they were arguing complete custody proceedings.
Burton submitted alleged texts from Gustin from March, successful which they were arguing complete visitation of Brooklyn, according to docs obtained by TMZ.
“This is manipulation. You signed an order,” Burton allegedly wrote successful 1 of nan texts sent to Gustin connected March 14, successful which they based on complete their pre-teen being portion of a inferior lifeguards programme successful California.
“So nan consequence should person been hey brook your dada has you a batch successful nan summer.. but I cognize your privilege is not having her walk clip pinch us. Activities do not trump clip pinch family.”
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The 2 proceeded to spell backmost and distant astir not being “willing to work” pinch 1 another.
The erstwhile mates wed successful 1999 and stock girl Makena, 22, and boy Jack, 20, on pinch Brooklyn.
As Page Six antecedently reported, Burton announced successful 2022 that he was divorcing his then-pregnant wife, Gustin, aft learning that she was carrying a kid who was not his.
“I wanted to clear thing up. Sheree and I are separated,” he wrote connected his Instagram Story astatine nan time. “She precocious announced that she’s expecting her 4th child. The kid is not mine.”
“We are still co-parenting our 3 beautiful kids. We would admit privateness astatine this time. Much luv, Steve.”
They finalized their divorce in December 2023. Two months later, Gustin gave commencement to babe No. 4.
A twelvemonth later, she welcomed her 5th child. Gustin shares some kids pinch hubby Jason Amador.
As for Burton, he and Lundstrom tied nan knot in an friendly Orthodox religion ceremonial successful Laguna Beach, California, past May.