Addict assemblyman brings his mom to court as he faces off with glamorous wife amid toxic divorce fight
A California assemblyman whose wife claimed he was an addict brought his parents to court — as the estranged couple faced off over her bombshell divorce filing.Joaquin Arambula brought his mother Amy and his father Juan to the hearing where he came face to face with Elizabeth over the custody of their children and spousal support.During the hearing in the Fresno County Superior Court on Tuesday, Elizabeth’s attorney Zeppy Attashian asked the judge to seal the documents in the custody and financial battle.Elizabeth has asked for joint legal custody of their three daughters, and sole physical custody.She has also asked for child support and spousal support.In addition, she has asked the court for “sobriety monitoring and custody orders.”Elizabeth dropped bombshell divorce filings accusing Joaquin of dabbling in drugs, alcohol and having a gaming addiction as the reason she left him on January 26.The stay-at-home mother has also accused him of stripping her of “all financial resources.” In court documents, she said their expenses are $28,000 a month, and she claims Joaquin has drained $1 million from their accounts.Fresno County Superior Court Judge Steven Crass said the court docs would not be sealed on Tuesday and said if this was just limited to child custody, that would be one thing, but with the other issues of financial and sobriety monitoring the court will likely deny those requests.The ugly divorce battle has blown the lid off Joaquin’s daily life as a Democrat representative of about 500,000 people of California District 31, covering the Fresno area.During the hearing the judge said the court would not be making any judicial findings on Tuesday, despite numerous attempts by her attorney Attashian for the judge to deal with the financial issues, noting her client has been without support since January.Meanwhile Elizabeth said in court documents he earned $12,000 a month and collected a $6,000 per diem for the eight months the assembly is in sess...