Britney Spears’ former boyfriend Paul Soliz is headed to divorce court.
Nicole Mancilla, who has been married to Soliz, 38, for eight years, cited “irreconcilable differences” in a legal filing for separation, as initially reviewed by TMZ Wednesday.
Mancilla asked the court for legal and physical custody of the five minor children she and Soliz share, according to the outlet, and noted that she is willing to determine a visitation schedule with him.
Mancilla requested spousal support from Soliz, the outlet reported, and asked the court not to award him support.
Dailymail.com reviewed legal documents Mancilla filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, indicating that she and Soliz are the parents of five children, ranging in age from two to 17 years old. Legal documents indicated the couple married on March 22, 2015 and separated in June. 29, 2023.
Britney Spears’ former boyfriend Paul Soliz is headed to divorce court. Soliz photographed in September 2023 in Los Angeles
Spears photographed earlier this week in an Instagram clip
Documents filed by Soliz in Los Angeles court on September 12 indicated that he was seeking to obtain a restraining order against Mancilla’s mother, Sandra Smith.
Soliz in the petition claimed that Smith had behaved in a manner that caused him anxiety and fear; and during an exchange on September 9, he had prevented his daughter from returning home to him and their children.
Soliz said he initially contacted authorities but ultimately left his daughter with Smith after she “threatened to lie to the police and arrest him.”
Soliz said in legal papers that Smith should be ordered to stay away from her four minor children in the documents, calling her “manipulative and toxic” and claiming she has a documented history of it.
Soliz also told the court that Mancilla “cannot care for our children” due to mental health and substance abuse issues.
Soliz also reportedly presented to the court a series of text message exchanges he claimed to have had with Mancilla, depicting a conflict between them over his alleged substance abuse problems, with references to self-harm.
Soliz initially worked as a handyman and janitor at Spears’ Southern California home before they became romantically linked.
Soliz was with Spears during an incident at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles last May, in which paramedics were called in the middle of an outburst.
Nicole Mancilla, who has been married to Soliz for eight years, was photographed in May in Sylmar, California.
Mancilla told Dailymail.com in May about her romance with the Oops!… I Did It Again artist: ‘Just let them know my husband fell in love with f***ing Britney Spears – he was married and now he denies his children. He neglects his children for her.
Mancilla told Dailymail.com in May about her romance with the Oops!… I Did It Again artist: ‘Just let them know my husband fell in love with f***ing Britney Spears – he was married and now he denies his children. He neglects his children for her.
The Grammy-winning singer, 42, was spotted with Soliz and some of his children in August amid reports that they had split.
Mancilla told Dailymail.com on May 6 that Soliz is the father of nine children in total and has difficulty supporting them financially, sarcastically labeling him “the EBT Nick Cannon.”
Mancilla said the Los Angeles Department of Child Support Services had been pursuing Soliz for child support arrears.
Mancilla, who resides in Sylmar, California with her mother Smith, who said Soliz ‘doesn’t support any of’ her children.
Smith said: “They have a one-year-old son together and he doesn’t pay attention to him either.”
She added: “He’s a lazy father. It’s hard for me because he doesn’t support any child.” And they are in my house.
Mancilla told Dailymail.com that Soliz is the father of nine children in total and has difficulty supporting them financially, sarcastically labeling him “the EBT Nick Cannon.”
‘Nicole is devastated by everything. This has been going on for five years. And he doesn’t leave her alone, he keeps coming back. I wouldn’t let him see the kids if it were me.
—He does it because he wants them to have a father. But I wouldn’t like a father like that.
Spears has dealt with custody issues herself amid her 2007 split from ex-husband Kevin Federline, who had primary custody of her sons Sean, 19, and Jayden, 18, for a substantial portion of the time they were together. minors. Last year, she gave her consent for them to move to Hawaii.
Things seemed to be back to normal for the pop star and her children, who visited and talked frequently last summer.
“Britney has been talking and working on her relationship with Sean Preston and Jayden for months,” a source told Dailymail.com in June. ‘Children feel as much love for their mother as she does for them. “Things are back to normal and we are looking to the future together.”
The …Baby One More Time singer married her now ex-husband Sam Asghari in June 2022 at her home. The singer and actor finalized their separation in May.
