Usher and his ex-wife
appeared make peace in court after a bitter custody war over their
two sons. The singer gave tearful
Tameka Foster Raymond a consoling hug moments after she lost her bid to get
temporary primary custody of Usher V, five, and Naviyd, four, in a hearing in
Atlanta.
She sought legal action
after the pair's older child got caught in a pool drain while in the care of
the Grammy winner's aunt on Monday. She alleged the children were in a
'dangerous environment'. But the judge described
the incident as an 'awful accident' and dismissed the case.
The courtroom showdown
between the former couple took a surprising turn, with Usher extending the
proverbial olive branch to a distraught Raymond by embracing her.
Before dismissing the
case, Fulton County Superior Court Judge John Goger said he wasn't certain
anyone really could have done anything to prevent the accident. But he also
advised Usher to keep his ex-wife well advised of his whereabouts and who's
taking care of the children.
The pair's boy fell to the
bottom of the pool and became stuck in the drain on Monday, according to an
Atlanta police report. A housekeeper tried unsuccessfully to free him. A
contractor doing work at the home pulled the boy from the pool and performed
CPR.
The boy was 'conscious,
alert and breathing' when emergency medical workers arrived, police said. He
was still in the hospital Friday.
'They're just assessing
him,' Raymond told reporters outside the courthouse after the hearing. 'There
is a lot we don't know. I mean you can't - it's only been a few days so we're
very thankful that he's obviously alive but we still have to observe him and
make sure that everything is OK.'
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