Gleb Savchenko
My Ex Kidnapped Our Youngsters, Moved To China
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“Dancing with the Stars” professional Gleb Savchenko has filed a request for an emergency little one custody order as he claims his ex has saved their children in Hong Kong since 2023 … TMZ has discovered.
In accordance with authorized docs obtained by TMZ, Gleb shares two daughters, Olivia and Zlata, together with his ex-wife Elena Samodanova … and following their divorce, the women relocated to Hong Kong with their mom.
However Gleb claims they agreed the transfer was solely meant to be non permanent and the youngsters have been speculated to return to america by June 30, 2024 … that by no means occurred, and he now says Elena refuses to ship them again.
Within the docs, Gleb says Elena signed a Put up Judgment Settlement again in 2023 permitting her to “temporarily” transfer their youngsters to Hong Kong for one yr so she may work on a mission within the area.
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As a substitute, Gleb claims Elena has “obtained permanent Hong Kong residency, enrolled the children in an expensive private school, got the children a cat, became engaged, and had another child with her fiancé.” He says it is all a part of an try to ascertain her and their youngsters’s lives and future in Hong Kong, with out his permission.
Gleb says … “This has functionally forced me to travel to Hong Kong each year to visit my children, which I have consistently done despite Elena’s efforts taken to drastically limit my access to our daughters.”
He needs the decide to grant him “temporary sole legal and sole physical custody” of their 15-year-old daughter Olivia — with no visitation from Elena — pending additional courtroom involvement after a scheduled listening to.
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Gleb claims in his submitting that Olivia, who’s presently with him, doesn’t need to be in Hong Kong together with his mom, and it is in her greatest curiosity to dwell in and attend college in Los Angeles.
He says … “Olivia does not want to be in the position of having to confront her mother considering Elena’s recent abusive comments to our daughter, including that she is a ‘disgrace’ to the family and other disparaging comments.”
Gleb additionally worries a return to Elena will “result in an international wrongful retention/abduction of Olivia.”
The professional dancer additional alleges Elena introduced their children to Moscow and Vietnam regardless of his protest. He mentioned he didn’t need his children touring to Russia because of the ongoing battle … and accused Elena of taking them by bus for 20 hours to a small village in Moscow, with none cell telephones.
Within the docs, he’s not particularly requesting a custody order for his or her youngest, 8-year-old Zlata, and is solely requesting custody of Olivia … for now.
The exes have been ordered by the courtroom to attend mediation over little one custody on August 5, and a proper courtroom listening to is scheduled a pair weeks after that.