Episode nine, this was foretold.

After months of court proceedings and waiting and tears, after a new home, a new marriage

and a new connection to a journalist from the LA Times, it had all finally come to a

head.

A final showdown in court over whether Paulina or Bobby would get to keep the girls.

It was culture versus culture, which, if you ask Bobby's lawyer, was sort of bullshit.

I get I think she's using it as a shield, saying that she's woe-as-me, because I'm Romani,

and I escaped the bogeyman.

And they're still after me, perhaps.

I don't see that to be the case.

As long as I've known Paulina, and the longer I've reported on her story, the clearer

it's become that everything she did led up to this.

To the decision of whether or not she could retain custody of her kids.

And to Paulina, this decision wasn't just about who would put the girls to bed at night

or get them ready for school in the morning.

It was about what kind of world they'd grow up in.

I don't want them to have an arranged marriage, and I don't want them to be taken out of school

or to go to school and not be taken seriously.

And in the summer of 2021, the court handed down its decision.

So the judge agreed that the girls will be with me.

It was decided.

Paulina would keep the girls a majority of the time, about 75%.

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