Meghan King temporarily lost custody of her three kids to her ex-husband Jim Edmonds because she allegedly gave one of their twins unprescribed medication — and asked the school nurse to do the same.
Page Six is told that the “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum has allegedly given Hayes, 7, Ritalin multiple times, even though he has not been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Our source claims King, 41, asked Hayes’ school nurse to administer the medication, which prompted Child Protective Services (CPS) to get involved.
We’re told Edmonds, 55, and his wife, Kortnie Edmonds, were at their Tennessee home when he got the call from CPS, so the couple flew back to Missouri.
At present, our source says King is allowed to have supervised visits with Hayes, his twin brother, Hart, and their 8-year-old sister, Aspen, twice a week.
We’re told a temporary restraining order has been granted and that a more permanent solution will be determined at a court hearing scheduled for Dec. 9.
Reps for King and Jim did not immediately respond to Page Six’s repeated requests for comment.
Earlier on Thursday, Kelly Dodd took to social media with similar claims, citing a conversation she’d had with King.
Dodd called King an “excellent” parent, adding that she prays her former co-star “gets her babies back.”
King and Jim married in October 2014. She filed for divorce from the retired MLB star five years later following a cheating scandal, and their split was finalized in May 2021.
Though the exes initially agreed to share joint custody of their kids, there have been numerous incidents since then.
The most recent one took place in May, when Kortnie called the cops on King for allegedly trespassing on her and Jim’s property.
King, who claimed to responding officers that Jim was “incredibly emotionally abusive,” insisted the situation had been “mischaracterized.”
“Meghan briefly called to her daughter from the doorway, never stepped inside, had the door slammed in her face and calmly left her belongings on the porch,” the former Bravolebrity’s rep told us at the time.
“Upon leaving, she was unexpectedly blocked by multiple police vehicles and treated in a way that felt unnecessarily hostile.”
