Via People.com
Throughout her declaration, Patton alleges Thicke struggled with addiction throughout their relationship but that
she saw an “increase” after the birth of their son and toward the end of their
marriage.
“Prior
to our son’s birth, I observed Robin to be an occasional user of alcohol and
marijuana. He would drink alcohol and smoke marijuana openly in front of family and friends. During our relationship,
I observed Robin use cocaine casually at parties or social gatherings,” she
alleges in the documents.
However, Patton’s
declaration goes on to say, in 2009, “our entertainment manager quit, citing
Robin’s drug abuse as the sole reason for his termination of our
representation. I was shocked, as I had no idea until then of the extent of
Robin’s cocaine abuse.”
Patton
says in the declaration that a strain was put on their relationship, and after
attending a single session of marriage counseling in 2013, “Robin again
admitted to me that he had a drug and alcohol problem and that it was affecting his
behavior.”
Patton
and Thicke announced their separation in 2014 and finalized their divorce in
2015, and the documents says they were amicably co-parenting for a time but
that there were incidents — including one at their son’s fifth birthday party —
that alarmed her.
“In April 2015, Robin
held Julian’s birthday party, and I attended without incident (I did note,
however, that Robin had invited his drug dealer ‘Guido’ to the party, which I
thought was highly inappropriate. I was aware of who Guido was since Robin
would procure drugs through him during our marriage),” a passage of Patton’s
declaration reads.
She says their marriage was rife with cheating.
Throughout
Patton’s declaration, the actress details episodes of infidelity,
including a romantic Valentine’s Day getaway in 2013 at Chateau Marmont. Per
the documents, after they “made love,” Patton fell asleep and “later learned
that after I had fallen asleep, Robin had attempted to have sex with some girl
in the second bedroom … When I confronted Robin about this, he admitted to
attempting to have sex with the stranger, but stated that he ended up being
unable to do so because of the amount of cocaine that he used that evening
had caused him to be unable to perform … Julian was in another room with our
nanny at the time.”
That
same year, Thicke’s T..I and Pharrell collaboration “Blurred Lines” became
the biggest hit of his career, and he hit the road to promote his album.
According
to the court filing, “When Robin returned from the tour, he came home and told
me that he had unprotected sex with seven other women. He then informed me that
[a tabloid] had found out about this and that they were going to expose
him. In exchange for better treatment, Robin offered
them an exclusive interview. He wanted me to hear about the unprotected sex
from him as opposed to reading it in the tabloids. I immediately had myself
tested for sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS given his
representation that his having sex with other women was unprotected.”
Later
that year, after the MTV VMAs, Patton alleges in her declaration: “After the
taping of the awards show, I went to our room only to find Robin in bed with
two naked women. I left the hotel, wandered the streets of New York and called my brother
crying.”
Patton says she suffered repeated domestic abuse.
Patton’s
declaration is full of allegations that Thicke physically and verbally abused her, including around their son’s
third birthday in April 2013, Patton’s declaration alleges that, while Thicke
was receiving a massage at their home, she “observed him to have inappropriate
contact with the masseuse. I told Robin that I was upset, and that his conduct
was not cool. I left the room and went to another bedroom and locked the door …
Robin became so enraged that I had interrupted his ‘massage’ that he broke down
the locked door.” Shortly after, she alleges, “Robin became physically violent
with me. He pushed me down and kicked me.”
Three months later, in
2013 at the Cannes Film Festival, Patton alleges in her declaration
that “we began fighting. Robin hit me with a closed fist to my upper body
and then pushed me onto the ground. I left the room and walked the streets of Cannes. I called Robin’s father and
his best friend, Craig, to see if they could offer any of of intervention
and/or salvaging the relationship.”
The
court documents also detail an alleged incident in February of 2014, when, “I
was in Vancouver filming a movie entitled Warcraft. Robin and Julian came
to stay with me for the weekend. Robin told me that as part of my Valentine’s
gift, he was going to wake up with Julian that day (which was an
extraordinarily unusual action for him to take), so that I could sleep in. When
Julian woke up that morning, the nanny brought him into our room. I asked him
whether he was going to get up and watch our son, and Robin lost control. In
front of our nanny and in front of Julian, he jumped out of bed naked,
screaming. Julian was upset and frightened by this unexpected rage (as was I).”
What’s next?
On Thursday, a judge
gave Patton sole legal and physical custody of Julian until the next hearing
scheduled for Feb. 24, with supervised visitation for Thicke three days a
week at a neutral location.
