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"Lost" Star Battles Baby Mama and Gets Kid

Naveen Andrews has just left family court with his son, and the baby mama is sitting on the courthouse steps bawling.
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The "Lost" star and Elena Eustache, the mother of three-year-old Naveen Joshua, were in L.A. County Superior Court, where a judge changed the custody order after Elena allegedly took the boy out of L.A. County without permission. Naveen also claimed Elena kept the boy from him.

The parents had joint custody, but today, with the help of disso-queen Laura Wasser, the order was modified so Naveen now has sole physical and legal custody pending a full hearing next month.

We're told Elena has alleged Naveen's girlfriend, Barbara Hershey, practices witchcraft and that Naveen and Hershey have poisoned the boy. In response, Wasser asked the judge to order Elena to undergo psychiatric testing.

Elena brought the boy to court. After the ruling, the bailiff took the boy from Elena and gave him to Naveen, who left the courthouse with Hershey.

Under the new order, the boy is allowed to travel to Hawaii where Naveen films "Lost". He can be accompanied either by Naveen or Hershey.

After the hearing, Elena told TMZ, "I can't believe celebrities and their money. They always get what they want."

The pic above shows the boy, Naveen, Laura Wasser and Barbara Hershey leaving court. Elena is in the pic on right.

Tags: barbara hershey, BarbaraHershey, child custody, ChildCustody, elena eustache, ElenaEustache, laura wasser, LauraWasser, Lost, naveen andrews, NaveenAndrews

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106. The kid is 3 years old? I remember hearing that Naveen Andrews and Barbara Hershey were dating more than 3 years ago. So did he cheat on her? Or did they break up for a time? Hmm....either way I don't think I would be with a man who knocked up a nutjob, whether it was cheating or not.

Posted at 11:40AM on Jan 8th 2009 by okthen1

107. The old saying is true, Money talks and Bull chit walks. i feel for the Mother but , laws are Laws. The Mother needs to seek help and maybe she can see her son soon. As for Barbara Hershey, I can believe she does do witch craft.

Posted at 11:27AM on Jan 8th 2009 by anna

108. Comment #8 - First, Naveen was raised in England of Indian/ English parents... he is not Middle Eastern. He PLAYS a Republican Guard on the show... that is NOT real life. Second, if you're going to accuse people of poisoning your child, you had better have toxicology reports (some people think you poison children by giving them sugar) so if she is making wild accusations - the lawyer was right in having a psyche eval. on the girl. She sounds obsessed.

Posted at 11:31AM on Jan 8th 2009 by Laura

109. FATHER HAVE MORE RIGHTS NOW WHEN MY FATHER TOOK HIS SECOND WIFE TO COURT TO GET FULL CUSTODY OF HIS THREE DAUGHTERS BUT BACK IN 1960 THE COURT ONLY GAVE THE KIDS TO THE MOTHER ABD THAT IS NOT RIGHT AT THE TIME SHE WAS CRAZY. SHE TOOK A SHOT GUN AND FIRED IT THRU ARE GLASS WINDOW IN OUR LIVING ROOM, BUT THEY STILL GAVE HER CUSTODY. THANK GOD THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGE

Posted at 11:49AM on Jan 8th 2009 by CAROLYN

110. I'm sorry, but the woman is right. The child a) should have been taken to the hospital to determine if he is being harmed, but instead Ms. Wasser calles mom a psycho and b)shouldn't be allowed off the mainland just because Daddy has to work. How is that any different than her taking him out of LA county? She is right....celebrities get what they want because they can afford to buy what or who they want. Hollywood justice is a joke, and this woman doesn't have a prayer. I feel sorry for her. Add to the fact that he's middle eastern, and you can be sure that kid will never live under her roof again.

Posted at 11:45AM on Jan 8th 2009 by Allison

111. Practicing witchcraft is not a crime! Wicca is a recognized religion that includes rituals that are totally benign.

Posted at 12:26PM on Jan 8th 2009 by homesitter

112. If my man knocked up another woman while we were together, I would sure the hell not partake in raising the bastard child product! I would divorce his ass and take everything I could!

Posted at 12:05PM on Jan 8th 2009 by psychomama

113. I would like to amend my comment about Naveen being middle eastern. I made that judgement based solely on looks and not facts.

Am I middle eastern racist...you bet. To date, because of the Middle East.....more than 6000 americans have been killed between the two wars and 9/11 all in the name of GOD!! I wish the middle east would blow them selves up, and leave us the hell alone. They scare the hell out of me...all of them. There's no compassion, no respect and they train their children to be fighters. I hate that the US needs the middle east, and while I support our troops, I desperately want them home. If two religions cannot live in peace, that's their problem. If they don't want freedoms and rights...that's their problem....if they want to blow each other (and themselves) up, that's their problem. The innocent victims over there are loosing their lives because NO one cares about anyone. PERIOD!!.

To the middle easterners living in the US....SPEAK ENGLISH. You may not have been part of the problem, but you're not helping your cause by getting in your little clusters and speaking arabic. SPEAK ENGLISH and perceptions will change.

Posted at 12:08PM on Jan 8th 2009 by Allison

114. I love stories like this. I am a woman and I see women everyday who shouldn't have their kids and only want the child support money they get to spend on themselves. See what happens when you don't follow a court order? I wish more judges had the balls to rule in favor of the non-custodial parent when court orders are broken by the custodial parent. Maybe then we wouldn't have so many f'd up kids in this world.

Posted at 12:20PM on Jan 8th 2009 by Gypsy

115. How many other bastard children does Naveen have? and why is he dating someone 30 years older then him? He has always seemed like a player to me in every role I've seen him in, I bet he is in real life too. I feel sorry for the poor kid who has to grow up a bastard and has no real mother to take care of him. Another hollywood star with no morals and enough money to get what he wants, This is all for publicity.

Posted at 5:22PM on Jan 8th 2009 by jojo

116. Lord, I hate the terms baby mama and baby daddy. That sounds SO unintelligent. Wait...it is the media of which I speak. Nevermind.

Posted at 12:32PM on Jan 8th 2009 by Mellie

117. Thank God the system is finally working for those who are good dads. I married a man who has a daughter from a previous relationship and we had our battles in court with the baby mama drama. She will always use the child against him by not allowing to see his daughter or threaten to take his daughter away. This dads pay childsupport and do what the court ask of them. I understand that they are bad fathers out there but also they are good fathers. But in this case the judge did the right thing. And to all the baby mama's: STOP USING YOUR CHILDREN AS A WEAPON TO GET BACK AT YOUR EX'S. YOU ARE ONLY HURTING YOUR CHILDREN!!!!!

Posted at 12:40PM on Jan 8th 2009 by Alex

118. I'm sure that greasy rag head drove her crazy.

Posted at 2:11PM on Jan 8th 2009 by BornintheUSA

119. Are all of us forgetting that there is YOUNG, INNOCENT CHILD in the middle of this? Who gives a crap whether his father is "hot"?!?! It doesn't matter that the father is with a much older woman, that he created the child while split from this older woman... Yes, he made very poor choices when the pregnancy became public. Barbara Hershey (Seagull) has some definite issuses in her PAST-30yrs PAST-but the judge obviously found some sort of foundation to grant him full custody of the child. I feel for all parties involved, but we DO NOT KNOW all that has gone on... only what IS BEING REPORTED. Come on people!!! Act like you have some intelligence!!!!! My prayers are for the WELL BEING OF THE CHILD!!!!

Posted at 3:20PM on Jan 8th 2009 by Felonsmama

120. Hi y'all , can't believe I am posting this on TMZ but I just had to. I was almost moved to tears seeing the mom in the situation and the look of pretention on PLASTIC/CRAZY Barbara Hershey's ugly mug! To #'s 3, 4, 5,6 etc. all of you who passed judgement on this mother etc. ...this scenario happened to me: in which my rich, caucasion mother (see analogy between actors and the lay person), in a conservative Southern Cali county was granted guardianship (different from custody thank god) of my child. We were in and out of court from the time my child was 10 months old until he was 6! Please don't judge on things you have never been through. Bad mother???? Good reason to take a child away from a mother??? For taking him out of the area???? So when you have a child you are supposed to be chained to one city (yeah yeah, I know it was a court order but I am SURE she didn't take him to Vegas to pimp him out, right?) Anyway, just so all of you folks who have never been through this understand...my child is now 14 years old, he has been raised by the rich, white lady who birthed me since age 6, with me allowed NO contact-so the comment about this mother not allowing this actor to see his child works BOTH ways folks!. My lovely mother is violating a court order by not allowing me to see my child, but do you think I can get the courts to take him away from her??? HELL no!, So now what is my child doing??? Well because my child was given to a person who was so messed up, that child now spends his days and nights in juvenile hall for sporting a gun at school. NOW do you think this was such a good decision?
All I am saying is, don't judge until you can see it happening to you, it sucks! And for the record, I am a college educated bi-racial woman...and I haven't seen my child since the day the courts took him away at 6, and I can GUARANTEE you that he would never have access to a gun or anything else had I have been allowed to raise him.
The End

Posted at 5:26PM on Jan 9th 2009 by stopjudging!

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