Meghan King fires back at Jim Edmonds after he accuses estranged wife of leaving kids with the nanny

Meghan King has fired back at estranged husband Jim Edmonds after he accused her of repeatedly leaving their three children with a nanny during her custodial time.

The duo split in October 2019 when Jim filed for divorce following accusations he’d been unfaithful and they now share custody of their three children; daughter Aspen, three, and twin sons Hayes and Hart, two. 

Since they parted way their separation has been less than friendly but now Jim is reportedly asking for full custody of their kids as he fires accusations at the former Real Housewives of Orange County star. 

‘Jim is talking with his legal team about getting full custody of the children because he is getting increasingly upset that Meghan has been out of town during portions of her custodial time,’ a source told Us Weekly.

‘There have been numerous times where Jim has brought the kids to Meghan for her custodial week only to find she is out of town and he has to leave them with Meghan’s nanny.’ 

The source also claims Meghan is looking for a second nanny to help her with the kids during her custodial time.

‘[This] raises his concern even more about the amount of time Meghan is away during her custodial time and the amount of time she is actually spending with the children,’ they added.

‘Jim feels if Meghan cannot be present during the week she has the children, then he should just keep them at his house and not leave them with the nannies.’ 

Meghan responded to Jim’s accusations, telling Us Weekly, ‘I am a working, single mother and I have one live-in nanny (with no plans to hire an additional nanny).

‘In the 10 months since Jim walked out on our children and myself, I have left Aspen, Hart and Hayes with my mother for three days (with my nanny helping her). 

‘I told Jim I had to be out of town for those days but he told me he couldn’t take custody of the kids because he would also be out of town.’

Meghan also took aim at the former MLB star’s values claiming again that he cheated with their former nanny, Carly Wilson.

Wilson at the time denied the accusations on social media.

‘Jim even set Carly [up] with a happily married friend of Jim’s [one] evening and this was not the first time Jim has set Carly up with a married man. This further drives home the tattered value system of this man,’

Meghan continued, ‘additionally, our children’s GAL (guardian ad litem, a court appointed attorney for our children) knew about me leaving for the three days Jim is questioning. 

‘I told her why I had to leave and she said that was completely fine, that parents have to go out of town all the time and find coverage for their children. I have had primary custody of my children since he left us, including when I quarantined them for nine weeks in L.A. while Jim contracted COVID while partying in Nashville (and also infected his entire home). 

‘And as much as I hate to bring up the past, it was Jim who was sending pictures of his penis to another woman on the day the twins were born, and it was Jim who left us and didn’t request to see the kids for weeks afterward.’

She ended her statement saying she has the evidence to back up her claims and added, ‘For Jim to suggest I did anything inappropriate, wrong, or questioning my parenting is — quite frankly — not only laughable but unfortunately in line with the way he has treated and spoken to me,’

‘I’ve kept my mouth shut through months of abuse and I’ve tried to take the high road knowing this is my children’s father, and I will have to have some sort of relationship with him for the rest of my life as we work to coparent,’

Meghan, 35, is based in Los Angeles while Jim lives in Missouri in the home they built together during the last year of their marriage.

Earlier this year the blonde beauty revealed she’s found love again with Christian Schauf and regularly goes to see him in Utah where he lives. 

Schauf, 40, told Page Six in July that he admires the way she’s able to cooperate with ‘an ex who is not that easy to deal with.’

Jim, 50, meanwhile, has moved on with Kortnie O’Connor, a former friend of Meghan’s and someone who reportedly had a threesome with the couple before they split. 

Meghan and Jim married in 2014 and their relationship was documented on the Real Housewives of Orange County, as Meghan adjusted to becoming stepmother to Jim’s four kids from previous marriages. 

Since they split they have traded barbs in the press and on social media, each accusing the other of being abusive in the marriage. 

In April Meghan claimed she was receiving ‘barely’ enough in child support to pay for ‘groceries for my tribe.’ A rep for Jim later responded that the former athlete ‘continually goes above and beyond what he is required to do.’