Lala Kent and Randall Emmett’s relationship came to a bitter and allegedly violent end. Kent told the Los Angeles Times that things turned nasty after she grabbed Emmett’s phone during a fight over his alleged cheating. “He ran after me, tackled me, and knocked me to the ground,” she claimed. “I used every ounce of strength to get him off of me.”
Kent’s allegations of violence loom large in her case for custody of their daughter, Ocean. However, there are much darker forces at play, too. Emmett has been hit with a barrage of unsavory accusations, including claims of predatory casting couch behavior, sexual harassment and misconduct, and sending unsolicited XXX sexts. Then, in 2023, Emmett’s ex-wife was granted a temporary restraining order after she claimed the FBI was investigating him for “suspected activities with child exploitation and pedophilia,” according to People.
Emmett vehemently denies all allegations. “Almost one year ago, the Los Angeles Times wrote a highly biased and factually inaccurate hit piece on me,” he claimed in a statement to Page Six. Emmett said the LA Times journalist had a “personal vendetta” against him fueled by her friendship with Kent. Still, Kent has vowed to protect their daughter at all costs. “I really didn’t realize who I was sleeping next to, who I had a child with,” she told ABC News in May 2023. Kent said if she had known who Emmett was, she would “never have brought an innocent little baby into the world.”
