Last November, right after the election, Ben Foster filed for divorce from Laura Prepon. I thought, at the time, that the timing was important, that they were getting a divorce before Republicans did what they promised and ended no-fault divorces. As it turns out, this is not a no-fault divorce – Laura and Ben are lobbing accusations at each other in new legal filings. Again, Ben was the one who filed for divorce and he was the one who is now accusing Prepon of “inappropriate marital conduct/cruel and inhuman treatment” in an amended divorce filing. Prepon responded by accusing Ben of “cruel and inhuman treatment” AND “habitual drunkenness.” And she wants full custody of their two kids.

Laura Prepon and her estranged husband Ben Foster are leveling new allegations at each other amid their ongoing divorce.

Six months after they separated, Foster, 44, accused Prepon, 45, of “inappropriate martial conduct” in an amended divorce petition obtained by PEOPLE, while the That ’70s Show alum fired back with the same claim just one day later — along with accusations of the actor’s “habitual drunkenness.” In Touch Weekly was first to report the news.

In the amended document filed in Nashville, on Tuesday, March 18, Foster, who originally cited “irreconcilable differences” as grounds for the stars’ split, added “inappropriate marital conduct” to his reasoning. (Their official separation date is Sept. 9, 2024, per court filings.) The conduct Foster is alleging — which is also referred to as “cruel and inhuman treatment” — “renders further cohabitation [with Prepon] unsafe and improper,” the petition states.

A day later, on Wednesday, March 18, Prepon filed a response, also obtained by PEOPLE, denying her estranged husband’s allegation that she is guilty of “inappropriate marital conduct,” as she demanded “strict proof” substantiating his claims.

In the same document, the Orange Is the New Black alum also fired back with the same allegation as her ex, claiming that Foster “has been guilty of such cruel and inhuman treatment.” She also alleged that the X Men: The Last Stand actor is “guilty of habitual drunkenness.”

Foster has also requested the court appoint the exes joint custody of their two young children — a daughter named Ella and a son whose name has not been publicized — stating that both stars “are fit and proper parents.”

Prepon, however, “denies that both parties are fit and proper parents to be awarded the joint care, custody, and control of the parties’ minor children and demands strict proof thereof,” the update states. She also requested that “she be designated the primary residential parent of the parties’ minor children,” claiming, “This is in the children’s best interests.”

In a statement given to PEOPLE, Rose Palermo and Caroline Altshuler, attorneys for Foster, said, “This is simply the standard procedure for divorce cases in Tennessee since we are not a no-fault state.”

Reps for Prepon and Foster did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, nor did attorneys for Prepon, on March 22.

[From People]

Here’s something I didn’t know: they live in Tennessee and all of these filings have happened there. I had no idea they lived in Tennessee full-time and they’re raising their kids there. I also didn’t know that Tennessee doesn’t have no-fault divorces. WTF? With all of those country music people in the state, cheating, fooling around, getting drunk, they don’t have no-fault divorces?? Damn. That’s just asking for all kinds of messiness to be aired out in court. As for Laura and Ben… the thing that strikes me is that Laura wants full custody. Like, I would say that they’re just having a messy divorce in a state which doesn’t allow no-fault divorces, so they’ve got to say something. But Laura arguing that Ben should not be allowed custody of their kids is something else. Also: did they move to Tennessee when they/Laura exited Scientology?

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