Real Housewives of Orange County star Gina Kirschenheiter was dragged into her boyfriend Travis Mullen’s ugly court battle with his ex-wife, Meghan Mullen, with shocking claims that sources close to the Bravo star adamantly deny, In Touch can exclusively report.
On March 31, Travis filed an emergency motion demanding sole legal and physical custody of their three children: Presley, Bennett and Joseph.
Travis explained the current custody deal, put in place in 2021, awarded him joint legal custody and had the exes sharing physical custody.
Travis and Meghan wed in 2010 and separated in 2016. In his motion, Travis requested Meghan’s time with their children be monitored with a professional monitor.
Travis told the court, “After all of the time, energy and expense [Meghan] and I have gone to in seeking ‘workable’ custody orders, [Meghan’s] behavior continues to undermine my custodial time and attempt to alienate the children from me.”
He added, “Additionally, [Meghan] allows [one of their children] to miss an unacceptable amount of school, threatening his continued academic progress, as well as our custodial rights.”
Travis continued, “Further, I believe [Meghan’s] behavior has been damaging to our children and is not in their best interest. For over a year, I have tried to reason with the [Meghan] and have sought her cooperation in co-parenting our children, but nothing has improved.”
In his declaration, Travis said Meghan’s current behavior is causing him “grave concerns” regarding “her ability to parent out children.”
He accused her of not only not taking one of their kids to school and allowing repeated unexcused absences and “creating a threat of a referral to the Office of the District Attorney, she has been denying me my custodial time with [one of their kids].”
Travis accused Meghan of failing, on two occasions, to submit to a drug test as required per their agreement. He said she had agreed to take the tests as part of a restraining order settlement, where he had accused her of assaulting him.
Travis claimed Meghan interfering with his custody time is not new.
He said, “This has been an ongoing issue for the last several years. Between June 2020 and August 2023, for example, I filed eleven (11) reports with law enforcement after [Meghan] either interfered with my custodial time or completely denied it.”
He added, “Since that time, August 2023, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department has refused to take further incident reports, despite my repeated requests.”
Travis said he obtained a restraining order against Meghan in 2023 but dropped it per their settlement. He said, “I did not want the mother of our children to have a permanent restraining order against her as it would deny her having legal and physical custody of our children.”
He said he asked for the drug test requirement due to concerns.
Travis said, “I asked for this specific order as I have long suspected that [Meghan] ingests some illegal prescription medication that impairs her ability to care for our children.”
Travis said he requested Meghan take a drug test on June 3, 2024, which she did not. He said he asked her again on January 6 after he learned she was “passed out in her car in the vehicle ‘drop off line’ at the” kids’ school.
He said, “I have been notified on three different occasions by various individuals that [Meghan] has passed out in the car pick up line. Despite this, [Meghan] refuses to submit to a test.”
He wrote, “Her refusal to take a court ordered drug test further supports my suspicions that [Meghan] is consuming illegal substances, which could drastically impair her ability to care for our children.”
The court denied Travis’ plea for emergency orders but set a hearing to review the matter.
In response, Meghan slammed Travis’ motion for sole custody of their kids.
She claimed, “His filings appear intended to punish and control me, not to protect the children. Travis is using the family court system as a tool of coercive control and retaliation.”
She continued, “Our children … have repeatedly reported to me that they are afraid of their father and his girlfriend, Gina Kirschenheiter.”
Meghan added, “[One of their sons] has described being mocked for his weight and his name by Gina. All three children have told me Gina speaks negatively about me and creates tension in the household.”
A source close to Gina tells In Touch the claims are “total BS.”
The insider alleged the allegations were being made by a woman desperately trying to keep custody of her kids. The source said Gina denied the claims made by Meghan, including that she would ever mock the children.
In her filing, Meghan added, “During our marriage, Travis regularly intimidated me and caused me to fear for my safety. He would yell, lose his temper and physically shake or shove me.”
