RHOA Star Lisa Wu Hartwell: My Fight For My Children!
She's a realtor, a fashion designer, a TV star, and a mom of three. But success has gone hand in hand with heartbreak for The Real Housewives of Atlanta beauty Lisa Wu Hartwell. Star has uncovered never-before-seen details of her incredibly nasty 2003 divorce from R&B star Keith Sweat, in which the warring couple hurled back-and-forth charges of infidelity, violence, fraud and theft. At its conclusion, the judge awarded Keith sole legal and physical custody of their sons, Jordan, now 14, and Justin, 11.
Now, in an exclusive interview, Lisa tells Star how she's going back to court to get custody of her boys — and hopefully, put them on her smash Bravo series.
“I've already been seeing them four or five times a week, but now the time has come when I want to have them with me full-time,” Lisa, 38, tells Star. “I immediately filed for an appeal after the verdict, but I was never given a court date in five years. I've been afraid of the judicial system, but I'm finally taking the bull by the horns and trying to get my boys back again!”
To that end, Lisa has an October hearing scheduled at Fulton County (Georgia) Superior Court. And if she's successful, the next step will be having Jordan and Justin appear on RHOA. Their father — whom Lisa married in 1991 — has so far refused to sign a waiver allowing them to appear, she tells Star.
“If Keith has a hang-up about our sons being on TV, I would be fine with that. But Real Housewives is supposed to be a reality series, and the reality is that all the fans watching believe I only have one child,” says Lisa, who appears on the series with her husband, Ed Hartwell, and their 2-year-old son, EJ. “Jordan and Justin understand what the show involves, and they'd love to do it. I adore all three of my sons — and I believe they all have a rightful place on the show.”
Pick up the new issue of Star, on newsstands now, for more of Lisa's exclusive interview and details of the shocking claims of cheating, abuse and even armed robbery that surrounded her divorce!
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READERS COMMENTS:
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i thinl she should get her kids back because on the show she acted like a good parent...
-- c@L BEBBI
no one can judge either one of them however a man that beats women in my eyes should not raise kids...those behaviors can carry down to children and create a whole other set of problems. He is a creep that beats/abuses women. He deserves nothing. Also you can not judge her. Unless you have been in an abusive relationship, you do not know how or what she feels.
-- DL
I think the judge should retire. how do you give a man who beats a woman custody...are you stupid or what....
-- d
Oh my, I didnt know keith was like that either. I have been in abusive relationship for long time and I have 8 boys with my husband and I have all of them. sorry you had to go thru that men suck!!!!!!
-- Tanisha
these women on rhoa should be ashamed of themselves. they claim to be successful business women.......if you all really we great entrepreneurs, you should have know that looks can only get you so far and afro-american jocks are dumb and always broke and homeless in the end...........THE PARTY IS OVER
-- to bad so sad
How is it that people see this woman on a few episodes once a week for a couple of weeks and they think they know her? We don't know her at all. Why is it that now is the time to have her boys as opposed to the past 6 years? She was judged unfit and leave it at that.
-- Give Me A Break
Im just in shock. Im a fan of keith sweat and i would never had thought he was this kind of guy. Im going to keep them in my prayers. Peace and love glenda in mississippi
-- Glenda arrington
omg who woulda thunk it?? Did u really care about custody before the show??
-- Big Reds
So Kim was right? Lisa IS a crack whore, LOL! & 1 who does not deserve those boys
-- nikki
THIS WOMAN IS AN UNDER-HANDED BITCH.
-- Anonymous |
