Steve Burton is accusing his ex-wife, Sheree Gustin, of alienating him from their 11-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, as their messy custody battle rages on.
The “General Hospital” star claimed that Gustin is engaging in “blatant parental alienation” and “systematically” undermining his relationship with their youngest child, according to court docs obtained by Page Six Friday.
The actor also alleged that his ex has “made it impossible” for him to exercise his court-ordered custody by “repeatedly refus[ing]” to allow his current wife, Michelle Lundstrom, to pick up Brooklyn on his behalf even though she is a “consistent parental figure” in the child’s life.
“As a result, Sheree’s actions have created unnecessary obstacles to my ability to exercise my custodial time and maintain regular and meaningful contact with Brooklyn. Instead of supporting my relationship with our daughter, Sheree has routinely made exercising my parenting time more difficult than necessary,” his complaint read.
Additionally, Burton accused Gustin of refusing to “acknowledge Michelle’s role as [his] wife or Michelle’s daughters as Brooklyn’s stepsisters,” despite saying that Brooklyn has a “close relationship” with them.
In the docs, Burton further alleged that Gustin refused to work with him on letting Brooklyn visit his home in Tennessee after he moved out of California.
He claimed Gustin “manipulates” him into giving up his custodial time and has been “deliberately manipulating Brooklyn into wanting to spend Christmas with her.”
However, Gustin denied claims of “alienation” in a response filing obtained by People, explaining that she and her ex-husband had worked out a parenting schedule in previous litigation.
She also insisted that she is happy for Brooklyn to spend time with her father, but doesn’t want the 11-year-old to “spend half her life traveling” and be away from home for longer than three weeks.
The fitness instructor argued that if Burton wants to see his daughter more than the allotted time, he can come visit her in California.
Page Six reported last month that the “Young and the Restless” star called out Gustin’s “manipulation” while they were arguing over custody proceedings.
Burton submitted alleged texts from Gustin from March, in which they were arguing over visitation of Brooklyn, according to docs obtained by TMZ.
“This is manipulation. You signed an order,” Burton allegedly wrote in one of the texts sent to Gustin on March 14, in which they argued over their pre-teen being part of a junior lifeguards program in California.
“So the response should have been hey brook your dad has you a lot in the summer.. but I know your priority is not having her spend time with us. Activities do not trump time with family.”
The two proceeded to go back and forth about not being “willing to work” with one another.
The former couple wed in 1999 and share daughter Makena, 22, and son Jack, 20, along with Brooklyn.
As Page Six previously reported, Burton announced in 2022 that he was divorcing his then-pregnant wife, Gustin, after learning that she was carrying a child who was not his.
“I wanted to clear something up. Sheree and I are separated,” he wrote on his Instagram Story at the time. “She recently announced that she’s expecting her 4th child. The child is not mine.”
“We are still co-parenting our three beautiful kids. We would appreciate privacy at this time. Much luv, Steve.”
They finalized their divorce in December 2023. Two months later, Gustin gave birth to baby No. 4.
A year later, she welcomed her fifth child. Gustin shares both kids with husband Jason Amador.
As for Burton, he and Lundstrom tied the knot in an intimate Orthodox church ceremony in Laguna Beach, California, last May.
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