Robin Thicke Video Shows Singer Shut Down By Cops In Custody War 
 
 Video Shows Robin Thicke Shut Down By Cops in Paula Patton Custody War 
 
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 Robin Thicke brought the cops to Paula Patton's home Friday morning because she allegedly violated their custody order by not allowing him to take their son ... but the video dramatically shows Robin walked away empty-handed. 
 
 TMZ broke the story ... Robin won a victory in court Thursday when a judge refused to limit his custody to daytime monitored visits ... this after the L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services launched an investigation into allegations Robin was using excessive corporal punishment on 6-year-old Julian. 
 
 We're told Robin called Paula after the hearing to take Julian for the night -- which the custody order allows him to do -- but she went radio silent. 
 
 On Friday morning Robin went to Paula's Malibu home with L.A. County Sheriff's deputies and the court order. We're told the deputies went inside the house and spoke with Julian and he said he was scared of his dad and didn't want to go with him. 
 
 You see Paula in the video -- obtained by TMZ. Robin is out of frame. The deputies explain they will not take the child against his will. 
 
 One source connected with Robin says the couple is now close to reaching some middle ground on how to deal with the custody issues. ||||| One day after an L.A. judge rejected Paula Patton‘s request to limit ex-husband Robin Thicke‘s joint custody of their 6-year-old son, Julian, the dispute between the former couple is becoming increasingly fraught. 
 
 A representative for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s Lost Hills station confirms to PEOPLE that law enforcement officials were dispatched to Patton’s Calabasas home Friday morning after Julian didn’t arrive at school. He had missed his visitation with Thicke the evening before. The representative referred to the incident as “a non-event” but said “it involved a child not wanting to go with someone.” 
 
 Court documents obtained by PEOPLE show that Patton texted Thicke to tell him she was picking up their son on Thursday, Jan. 5, despite it being Thicke’s custodial time. “Paula sent someone to school to intercept Julian, in violation of the custody orders,” Thicke’s lawyer, Angela Pierce di Donato, tells PEOPLE, adding that “she did not return him to school today.” 
 
 Thicke’s lawyer says the singer is concerned about Julian’s well-being. “Julian only shows any evidence of emotional harm when questioned by Paula or in her presence,” says Pierce di Donato. 
 
 Counters a source familiar with the situation, “Julian has made it clear he does not feel safe in his father’s presence, a fact confirmed today by the Malibu Sheriff’s Department determination — with Mr. Thicke present — that the child needed to remain with his mother.” 
 
 The pair’s divorce was officially granted last March after a yearlong separation. In legal documents filed Thursday, the actress accuses Thicke of physically abusing Julian — which the “Blurred Lines” singer adamantly denies. 
 
 According to the documents — which include declarations from each parent, Julian’s nanny, school principal and counselor — Patton says she’s “become concerned about [Robin]’s drinking and drug use, as well as the forms of punishment he is using to discipline Julian” over the past year — specifically, spankings that Patton believes were too hard and made Julian “scared” of his dad. 
 
 A school counselor also states in court papers that Julian told her in November that his father “punches him so hard, but never where someone can see.” She and the school principal decided to meet with Patton and then to call L.A.’s Department of Children and Family Services on Jan. 4. Pierce di Donato maintains the meeting between Patton, Julian and school officials was poorly handled. “The school improperly allowed Paula to sit in the room while Julian was questioned,” she tells PEOPLE. “He was described as crying, hyperventilating and clinging to his mother.” 
 
 The source close to the situation responds: “It is well-documented in court declarations, not only by the mother, but by two school officials as well as the child’s nanny, that there are allegations of abusive behavior by Mr. Thicke. To be clear, it was concern by school officials, not Ms. Patton, that led DCFS to initiate their ongoing investigation into allegations of abuse by the father. Despite Mr. Thicke’s intent to smear her as a mother, Ms. Patton must do everything in her power to protect her son.” 
 
 In his declaration, Thicke said he had “never exceeded age-appropriate discipline” with Julian and only spanked him “lightly” as a “last resort,” and he says he and Patton had agreed to that type of discipline. He says he has not had physical contact with Julian since Dec. 31, and that after Julian’s first day back at school on Jan. 3, Patton refused to let father and son FaceTime in private. 
 
 Pierce di Donato categorically denies the abuse allegations, claiming that Patton’s accusations stem from resentment over being barred from her former father-in-law Alan Thicke’s memorial in December. 
 
 “We believe that Paula was angry that she was excluded from Alan’s funeral last month,” Pierce di Donato says. “A week later she refused to allow Julian to open presents with Robin on Christmas morning. Days later, a referral was called into the child abuse hotline.” 
 
 According to Pierce di Donato, Patton had repeatedly asked Julian about any inappropriate forms of physical punishment inflicted by his father. 
 
 “Paula’s own declaration submitted to court yesterday shows that she has been routinely questioning Julian for nearly three months about his dad ‘abusing’ him,” says Pierce di Donato. “She even questioned him the day before Julian told his school.” 
 
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 Thicke was interviewed by the Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday afternoon. 
 
 “The Department of Children and Family Services has extensively interviewed the family, including Julian. They put no restrictions on Robin’s custody and advised Paula to follow the court orders,” Pierce di Donato says. “Julian was interviewed by a forensic interviewer at the request of the Sheriff Department. When interviewed by both agencies outside of Paula’s presence Julian was not tearful, emotional and expressed love for his father.” (DCFS declined to comment on the case, citing privacy rules.) 
 
 Pierce di Donato alleges that Patton requested the emergency hearing on Thursday because she was “unhappy.” Patton asked for Thicke’s time with Julian to be supervised, and not to include overnight visits. A judge denied the requests. ||||| Things are getting uglier. Police officials were called to Paula Patton’s Calabasas, California, home on Friday, January 13, in connection to her ongoing custody battle with ex-husband Robin Thicke, a rep for the Lost Hills Sheriffs Station confirmed to Us Weekly. “All I can say is that basically we had a call to respond for a civil matter,” the rep told Us. “No action was taken on our part, no report was written. It was completely civil.” 
 
 
 
 According to TMZ, Thicke, 39, called police to Patton’s home on Friday morning because she allegedly violated their custody order by refusing to release their son, 6-year-old Julian, to him, per their agreement. In a video posted to the site, Patton, 41, can be seen giving the police officers her information and thanking them for showing up. Thicke does not appear in the video. 
 
 
 
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 The site reports that on Friday morning, the deputies went inside the house and spoke to Julian, who said he was scared to leave with his dad. The “Blurred Lines” singer later left the confrontation sans son. 
 
 
 
 As Us Weekly previously reported, Thicke is currently under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services amid allegations of child abuse for spanking his son. According to court documents, Julian reportedly told school officials that his father had allegedly spanked him more than once, causing to the school to send a report to the DCFS on January 3. Thicke was interviewed on Thursday, January 12. 
 
 The singer denied any wrongdoing, saying in court documents obtained by Us, “On a very rare occasion and only as a last resort, I will use light spanking, but it is consistent with the law — open hand on the butt. This is the type of discipline to which Paula and I agreed during our marriage.” 
 
 
 
 For her part, Patton has reportedly filed an emergency order asking a judge to restrict the Grammy nominee’s time with his son to monitored daytime visits only. The Warcraft star alleged in court documents that since Julian found out “that [Thicke] is being told about Julian’s complaints, Julian’s behavior has become very concerning.” 
 
 Thicke also claims in the court papers that Patton’s accusations stem from anger at not being invited to his famous father Alan Thicke’s funeral last month. 
 
 
 
 “It is my belief that Paula holds residual anger towards me because I and my family would not permit her or her family to attend the funeral of my father on December 20, 2016,” the singer alleges in the papers. "Paula did not have a positive relationship with my father … As such, she was not welcome at his funeral. It is my belief that Paula only wanted to attend because it would have resulted in additional public exposure for her." 
 
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 ||||| FILE - This April 20, 2009 file photo shows actress Uma Thurman, right, and financier Arpad Busson attending the Cookie magazine Smart Cookie awards in New York. Thurman and ex-boyfriend Busson are facing... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - This April 20, 2009 file photo shows actress Uma Thurman, right, and financier Arpad Busson attending the Cookie magazine Smart Cookie awards in New York. Thurman and ex-boyfriend Busson are facing off in a New York City court over their 4-year-old daughter. The Oscar-nominated actress and the... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - This April 20, 2009 file photo shows actress Uma Thurman, right, and financier Arpad Busson attending the Cookie magazine Smart Cookie awards in New York. Thurman and ex-boyfriend Busson are facing off in a New York City court over their 4-year-old daughter. The Oscar-nominated actress and the... (Associated Press) FILE - This April 20, 2009 file photo shows actress Uma Thurman, right, and financier Arpad Busson attending the Cookie magazine Smart Cookie awards in New York. Thurman and ex-boyfriend Busson are facing... (Associated Press) 
 
 NEW YORK (AP) — Uma Thurman and ex-boyfriend Arpad Busson are facing off in a New York City court over their 4-year-old daughter. 
 
 The Oscar-nominated actress and the financier were in court Friday for the start of their custody trial. It concerns visits and other issues. 
 
 Thurman and Busson dated for several years and were engaged for a time. Their daughter, Luna, was born in 2012. 
 
 A court-appointed psychologist testified Friday that the parents now have an acrimonious relationship. 
 
 Thurman has two children with ex-husband and fellow actor Ethan Hawke. Busson, nicknamed "Arki," has two children with model Elle Macpherson. 
 
 The custody trial continues next week. 
 
 Thurman was nominated for an Oscar in 1994 for best supporting actress in "Pulp Fiction." She's starred in the "Kill Bill" films.
– Robin Thicke got the cops involved in the custody dispute between himself and ex Paula Patton, TMZ reports. After the couple's 6-year-old son told his mother and his school that Thicke spanks him painfully, the LA County Department of Children and Family Services opened an investigation. Patton also filed for an emergency order asking that Thicke be limited to monitored daytime visits with Julian; on Thursday, a judge denied that request. But when Thicke tried to get a hold of Patton to take Julian for an overnight visit Thursday, she went "radio silent," per TMZ, and on Friday, Thicke, who says he has not had physical contact with Julian since Dec. 31, showed up at her Malibu home with LA County Sheriff's deputies. But, though the court custody order allows Thicke access to Julian, Patton refused to send him out and deputies didn't force him to come out. TMZ says they went inside the home and spoke to the boy, who reportedly said he was scared of Thicke and didn't want to leave with him. The incident was caught on video obtained by TMZ, though Thicke himself is out of frame and cannot be seen in the video. Deputies assure Patton that they will not take a child against his will. "Basically we had a call to respond for a civil matter," a sheriff's department rep tells Us. "No action was taken on our part, no report was written. It was completely civil." But a rep for the department does confirm to People that the incident "involved a child not wanting to go with someone." (Also in a custody battle: Uma Thurman.)