Britney Spears’ one-time boyfriend Paul Soliz is headed to divorce court.
Nicole Mancilla, who has been married to Soliz, 38, for eight years, cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ in a legal filing for the split, as initially reviewed by TMZ Wednesday.
Mancilla petitioned the court for legal and physical custody of the five minor children she and Soliz share, according to the outlet, noting that she is open to determining a visitation schedule with him.
Mancilla has requested spousal support from Soliz, the outlet reported, and petitioned the court to not award him support.
Dailymail.com reviewed legal documents Mancilla filed in Los Angeles Superior court, indicating that she and Soliz are parents to five children, ranging in age from two to 17.Â
Britney Spears’ one-time boyfriend Paul Soliz is headed to divorce court. Soliz pictured in September of 2023 in LA
Spears pictured earlier this week in an Instagram clipÂ
The legal docs stated that the pair were wed March 22, 2015 and separated on June 29, 2023.
Docs filed in Los Angeles court by Soliz on September 12 indicated that he sought to obtain a restraining order against Mancilla’s mother, Sandra Smith.
Soliz in the petition claimed Smith had behaved in a manner that caused him anxiety and fear; and during a September 9 exchange, had kept his daughter from returning home with him and his sons.
Soliz said he initially contacted authorities, but eventually left his daughter with Smith after she ‘was threatening to lie to the police and have [him] arrested.’
Soliz said in legal docs that Smith should be ordered to keep away from his four younger children in the docs, calling her ‘manipulative and toxic’ and claiming she has a documented history of such.
Soliz also told the court that Mancilla is ‘unable to provide care for our children’ due to mental health and substance abuse issues.
Soliz initially worked as a handyman and custodian at Spears’ Southern California home before they were romantically-linked.Â
Soliz was with Spears during an incident at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles this past May, in which paramedics were called amid an outburst.
Nicole Mancilla, who has been married to Soliz for eight years, was pictured in May in Sylmar, CaliforniaÂ
Mancilla told Dailymail.com in May of his romance with the Oops!… I Did It Again artist: ‘Just let them know that my husband fell in Britney Spears’ p**** – he was married, and now he denies his children. He neglects his children for her’
Mancilla told Dailymail.com in May of his romance with the Oops!… I Did It Again artist: ‘Just let them know that my husband fell in Britney Spears’ p**** – he was married, and now he denies his children. He neglects his children for her.’
The Grammy-winning singer, 42, was seen with Soliz and some of his kids as recently as August amid reports they had split up.Â
Mancilla told Dailymail.com May 6 that Soliz is father to nine children overall, and struggles in supporting them financially, sarcastically labeling him ‘the EBT Nick Cannon.’
Mancilla said that the Los Angeles Department for Child Support Services had been pursuing Soliz over child support arrears.
Mancilla, who resides in Sylmar, California with her mother Smith, who said that Soliz ‘doesn’t support any of’ his children.
Smith said: ‘They have a one-year-old together and he doesn’t even pay attention to that one either.
She added, ‘He’s a deadbeat dad It’s difficult for me, because he doesn’t support not one kid. And they’re at my house.Â
Mancilla told Dailymail.com that Soliz is father to nine children overall, and struggles in supporting them financially, sarcastically labeling him ‘the EBT Nick Cannon’
‘Nicole’s torn up by everything. This has been going on for five years. And he doesn’t leave her alone, he keeps coming back. I wouldn’t let him see the kids if it was me.Â
‘She does, because she wants them to have a dad. But I wouldn’t want a dad like that.’
The …Baby One More Time performer in June of 2022 wed now-ex-husband Sam Asghari at her home. The singer and actor finalized their split in May.
