- Robin Thicke is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services over allegations that he spanked their son, Julian
- Julian 'reportedly told school officials that Thicke allegedly spanked him more than once. The school then allegedly reported the incident to the DCFS on January 3 and the department opened an investigation. The DCFS has since interviewed Julian and are scheduled to interview Thicke in the afternoon of Thursday, January 12, according to court documents'
- Then Paula Patton denied Thicke to see their son and filed an emergency order asking a judge to restrict the Thicke's time with his son to monitored daytime visits only
- In court documents Thicke accuses Patton of getting the courts involved because she wasn't invited to his father Alan Thicke's funeral stating: “It is my belief that Paula holds residual anger towards me because I and my family would not permit her or her family to attend the funeral of my father on December 20, 2016. Paula did not have a positive relationship with my father … As such, she was not welcome at his funeral. It is my belief that Paula only wanted to attend because it would have resulted in additional public exposure for her."
- a 'source' close to the situation states “judge denied everything in [Patton's] complaint” and that “Child Protective Services didn’t see any evidence of wrongdoing.”
- Thicke denies any wrongdoing as he states in court documents: "On a very rare occasion and only as a last resort, I will use light spanking, but it is consistent with the law -- open hand on the butt. This is the type of discipline to which Paula and I agreed during our marriage."
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