Usher’s Ex-Wife Seeks Custody After Son’s Pool Accident
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Taylor Hill/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — After her 5-year-old son Usher Raymond V was rushed to the hospital earlier this week following a poolside accident, Tameka Raymond, 42, has filed for custody in Fulton County Superior Court, ABC News has confirmed.
The mother of the boy and ex-wife of singer Usher Raymond filed for an emergency custody request late Tuesday, which is being processed now. Emergency custody orders are used when it appears to the court that removal of the child is in his or her best interest.
According to the incident report, the boy was playing by the pool and got his arm stuck in the drain. After a few attempts to free the boy, two men working nearby were able to intervene and one was able to resuscitate him.
Usher Raymond, 34, was not present at the time of the accident, and Tameka Raymond asked that the hearing be set for Friday.
The Voice star and Tameka Raymond were married in 2007 with Usher Raymond V born later in the year. The couple had another child Naviyd Ely one year later, but divorced in 2009.
TMZ is reporting that Tameka claims Usher isn’t properly looking after her sons by letting others care for them.
ABC News obtained the 911 call from Usher Raymond’s aunt Rena Oden to police Monday asking for an ambulance.
“My nephew was in the pool, and he went in and I couldn’t get him,” she said on the tape, while out of breath.
Oden is heard on the tape asking the men if the boy is breathing, to which they respond, “Yes.”
Raymond and Usher have not yet responded to requests for comment.
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