Things are getting messy in the divorce proceedings between Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas. Just when we thought that things were going to stay amicable, it turns out that Sophie has had to take legal matters into her own hands. She wasn’t just in New York City to have a good time hanging out with Taylor Swift — she was there to pick up her daughters. But according to the papers she filed in NYC court, Joe isn’t allowing her to take them back with her to England, even though she claims that was the deal they agreed on.
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It seems Joe is going back on their agreement.
Sophie filed a lawsuit in New York this week claiming that Joe is holding onto the girls’ passports, according to the New York Post. This action comes after the exes agreed that the little ones would live in England with Turner amid their sudden divorce.
"The Father has prevented the children’s return to England, which is a breach of the Mother’s rights of custody under English law, England being the children’s habitual residence," the filing claimed.
According to Sophie, he's allegedly holding the children hostage.
Page Six shared that Sophie’s lawsuit seeks to secure "the immediate return of children wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained."
The suit also claimed that in December 2022, Joe agreed to make England their "forever home," and the couple made plans to look into schooling options for their oldest daughter, Willa.
They'd previously agreed to move to England permanently.
Moving back to the UK was always something Sophie and Joe had planned to do in the future.
"I’m slowly dragging my husband back [to England]," she told Elle UKback in 2022. "I really love living in America but, for my mental health, I have to be around my friends and my family."
"I miss England so much. The people, the attitude, everything. England would ideally be the final destination, but [Joe] might take quite a bit of convincing!" she added.
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Joe has had conditional custody of their children.
In his petition for divorce (via Us Weekly), Joe wrote that at the time, the girls were living with him in Miami and traveling with him on tour while Sophie worked in England. He also said, however, that it would be best for the girls if he and Sophie "shared parental responsibility."
Sophie's lawsuit claims that she agreed "with hesitation" to have the girls travel with Joe due to the nature of her work. "The children would then at least be able to spend some time during the day with one of their parents until the Mother finished her filming commitments," the filing read, adding that the girls being on tour with Jonas was a "temporary arrangement."
Joe quickly responded to Sophie's claims.
Shortly after the news of Sophie's lawsuit broke, Jonas' reps issued a statement via People. According to the representative, when Joe filed for divorce in Florida, an order was put in place that would prevent either parent from fully relocating with their children.
"This is an unfortunate legal disagreement about a marriage that is sadly ending. When language like 'abduction' is used, it is misleading at best, and a serious abuse of the legal system at worst. The children were not abducted," the statement reads.
"Sophie is making this claim only to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and to remove the children from the U.S. permanently."
Apparently, Sophie didn't hear about their divorce directly.
In her lawsuit, Turner indicated that she was blindsided by Jonas seeking a divorce. She shared that she "found out through the media that [Jonas] filed for divorce," adding that the relationship ended very suddenly, according to Page Six. She also claimed that the couple argued on Joe's birthday in August, just weeks before he filed for divorce.
