and help him understand what had taken place. rena oden, usher s and the woman who was caring for the boy monday also took the stand. the judge found her to be a competent care giver despite testimony from foster raymond saying she did not think aunt rena could handle the boys. i want to bring back eboni williams now. dramatic moments inside the courtroom. why do you think the judge sided with usher? well, there is one prevailing rule, don, where you talk about a child custody case. it is very simple. best interest of the child. what you saw was a very clear distinction in demeanor between the ex-wife mrs. tameka raymond and also usher raymond and i think the judge is certainly going to consider that. now, the emotional stakes in a child custody case are very understandable. so her breakdown is something i empathize with. from a judge s perspective, don, they have to consider who is going to be able to provide the
caring for the boy also took the stand. the judge found her to be a competent care giver despite testimony from foster raymond saying she did not think aunt rena could handle the boys. there are times foster said while on the stand that she doesn t know where the boys are. she doesn t have a phone number for them. she doesn t know who was with those children. so obviously for a mother it is distressing. and having lost her other son recently, usher s step son. the judge went on to say the boy s near drowning was an awful accident and he is not certain any one person could have done a better job taking care of the boys. was it racism or a simple misunderstanding? you know we re talking about why queen of talk oprah says she didn t exactly get the royal treatment recently at a boutique in zurich. her startling allegation and a response after the break.
them nearly drowned in a pool earlier in the week. her testimony was emotional. i don t know if my son is going to have a brain defect. i don t know that his heart is operating correctly. i don t know that my son is going to be 100% the boy he was before this incident. she kept her head down as they played the 911 call in court. is he breathing? he breathing? he s breathing. okay. and at one point foster raymond became so upset the judge intervened. i know this is very difficult for you. this is ridiculous. this is ridiculous. all right. step down. thank you. a sharp contrast from usher who appeared calm even as he described trying to comfort his son the day of the accident. my son was hysterical and in the back of the ambulance. he was very irate. i did my best to calm him down.
most stable and most the best environment for the child. and also, too, this emergency hearing was based off of pretty much the isolated incident of the near drowning. the judge found that was simply an accident. the judge did not feel that usher had in any way contributed to the negligence that would have led to something like that being unreasonable or in any way usher s fault. eboni, some of the toughest moments to watch shall the 911 tapes from the incident. why play those in court? you saw in the video as you were talking you saw tameka raymond there, foster raymond there just she broke down on the stand and had to stop for a while. why play those in court? well, that was certainly an effort to get us to understand the heavy emotional gravity and the weight involved in this. that certainly led her i m sure to file for this emergency hearing. however, ultimately again as the judge said in his ruling it is an accident. it s horrible. it s tragic. however, he said, no one per
going to have a brain defect, i don t know if his heart is operating correctly. i don t know that my son is going to be 100% the boy he was before this incident. she kept her head down as they played the 911 call in court. is he breathing? he breathing? he s breathing. okay. and at one point foster raymond became so upset the judge intervened. i know this is very difficult. this is ridiculous. this is ridiculous. all right. step down. thank you. a sharp contrast from usher who appeared calm even as he described trying to comfort his son the day of the accident. my son was hysterical in the back of the ambulance. he was very irate and i did my best to calm him down and help him understand what had taken place. rena ode n and the woman