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‘Real Housewife’ Tamra Barney accused of neglecting children

“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Tamra Barney is a negligent mother who fails to feed or bathe her three children, her ex-husband Simon Barney claims.
In divorce documents filed March 28 in a California courthouse and obtained by Radar Online, Simon alleges that “especially, in recent times, [Tamra] been very neglectful in her care for the children. This has resulted in the children not getting prompt medical care, nutritional meals, hygienic care, and deterioration in their school work and attendance.”
Simon, who was married to Tamra for 11 years, cites an incident on March 7 when the couple’s 13-year-old son, Spencer, broke his thumb while with Tamra, 46.

“While in [Tamra’s] care [Spencer] jammed his thumb. Although he complained it hurt, Respondent did not take him to a doctor … At that time, Petitioner informed Respondent of the injury and asked that she take him to the doctor, yet she failed to do so,” the document says. “When Spencer came back into Petitioner’s care on March 12, 2014, Petitioner saw that the child’s thumb was not doing well and immediately took him to urgent care on the very same day, a full five days after the injury had occurred. The thumb was later found to be broken and Petitioner made an appointment to go see an orthopedic specialist.”

Simon and Tamra Barney on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” in 2008.Brett Ascarelli

The documents also include text messages between Simon and Tamra, specifically concerning the children’s hygiene. In one exchange, Simon claims he found a bug in his 8-year-old daughter Sophia’s hair after Tamra failed to bathe her.

He also alleges that Tamra’s care is so poor that his 15-year-old daughter, Sidney, asked to move out of her home last October and has been living with her father since.

“Additionally, there is rarely any food in the home for the children to eat, as Respondent’s general practice is to eat out,” Simon alleges in the documents. “As a result of the instability, the children rarely have a nutritional meal at Respondent’s home, and are often sick.”

Simon is seeking full custody of the three children and will appear in court again on April 24.