Usher's ex-wife asks for emergency custody hearing

Usher's ex-wife asks for emergency custody hearing
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Summary One of the couple's sons nearly drowned in a pool at the singer's Atlanta home.

 

ATLANTA (AP) - Usher s ex-wife has asked for an emergency custody hearing after one of the couple s sons nearly drowned in a pool at the singer s Atlanta home.


A lawyer for Tameka Foster Raymond filed the request in court Tuesday. It says the boy "suffered a near-death accident" while left unsupervised. A judge has set a hearing for Friday.


Atlanta police have said 5-year-old Usher Raymond V on Monday fell to the bottom of pool and became stuck in the drain.

 

Police say he was alert and conscious when he was pulled out and taken to a hospital.


The singer was awarded primary physical custody of his two sons last year.
 

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