{"id":461666,"date":"2026-05-22T11:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461666\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:48:15","slug":"djimon-hounsou-fighting-ex-for-custody-months-after-restraining-order-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461666\/","title":{"rendered":"Djimon Hounsou Fighting Ex For Custody Months After Restraining Order Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Djimon Hounsou<br \/>\n                          Custody War Erupts<br \/>\n                          After Restraining Order Dropped<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            12:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260122_8796b66c9380407d9b59cd14ac52ce2f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c9d56534-285c-46a5-b5a3-99ec35caa02e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8796b66c9380407d9b59cd14ac52ce2f_md.jpg\" alt=\"Djimon Hounsou Ri'za Simpson getty cmop\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/djimon-hounsou\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djimon Hounsou<\/a> is dragging his baby mama, Ri&#8217;za Marie Simpson, to court to fight over custody and child support &#8230; months after she was arrested for alleged assault &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the &#8220;Gladiator&#8221; actor filed papers in late January seeking joint legal and physical custody of their two kids &#8212; a son born in 2022 and a daughter born in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260122_5ee47c3505334930a7c8c9f669607ed0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c9d56534-285c-46a5-b5a3-99ec35caa02e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5ee47c3505334930a7c8c9f669607ed0_md.jpg\" alt=\"Djimon-Hounsou-Ri'za-Simpson-sub-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response, Ri&#8217;za agreed to shared legal custody but argued that she should be awarded primary physical custody &#8212; given their respective employment and travel histories.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She also asked for financial support since the breakup had a \u201csignificant impact on her finances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/20\/djimon-hounsou-baby-mama-arrested-assault\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first reported<\/a>, Djimon contacted Atlanta police in December, claiming Ri&#8217;za hit him in the face after he asked her to leave his home.<\/p>\n<p>Ri&#8217;za was arrested on charges of simple assault and obstruction for allegedly providing false information to officers.<\/p>\n<p>After the arrest, Ri&#8217;za <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/27\/riza-simpson-temporary-protective-order-djimon-hounsou\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">obtained<\/a> a temporary restraining order, but later dismissed it after reaching an agreement with Djimon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Djimon Hounsou Custody War Erupts After Restraining Order Dropped Published May 22, 2026 12:00 AM PDT Djimon Hounsou&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-461666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}