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Updated · Fox News · Jul 8

Kristin Cavallari Repeats $0 Divorce Claim Against Jay Cutler, Who Cited $127 Million NFL Earnings

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jul 8

Kristin Cavallari Repeats $0 Divorce Claim Against Jay Cutler, Who Cited $127 Million NFL Earnings

Q: As their financial battle rages, why did a judge quietly strip Jay Cutler of 50/50 child custody?

The available reporting does not show that a judge publicly “stripped” Jay Cutler of 50/50 custody for a single stated reason. What is documented is that Kristin Cavallari has said their arrangement changed and that she now has primary custody of their three children. The strongest explanation in the material provided is Cutler’s legal trouble after the split. Related reporting says the custody change followed his “run-ins with the law,” including DUI arrests and jail time. In Tennessee, custody decisions and later modifications are governed by the child’s best interests, with courts weighing parental stability, safety, and each parent’s ability to provide a reliable home. Allegations or records involving alcohol-related arrests can become relevant to that analysis. Just as important, the record here is incomplete. None of the supplied material includes a court order, judge’s written findings, or a hearing transcript explaining whether the change came from a contested ruling, a negotiated modification, or a private parenting-plan revision later approved by the court. That is why descriptions such as “quietly stripped” go beyond what is actually established. So the most supportable answer is that Cavallari now appears to have primary custody, and the likely driver was concern tied to Cutler’s legal issues, but no public document in the provided reporting definitively states the judge’s reasoning.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 8

Kristin Cavallari said on the "Aspire with Emma Grede" podcast that she received no money in her 2022 divorce from Jay Cutler and instead paid him half the value of Uncommon James in cash and property.
Uncommon James, she said, gave her the confidence to leave the marriage because the company had become a large asset on their balance sheet, changing the financial split she says she could have sought.
Jay Cutler rejected the same claim last August, calling it "completely false" and arguing no Tennessee judge would approve a settlement in which a spouse of seven years with three children got zero dollars.
Cutler pointed to his publicly known NFL pay — about $127 million over 12 seasons — as evidence that some marital assets were divided, though he declined to disclose exact settlement figures.