Zayn Malik + Gigi Hadid
Is there now a custody battle over daughter Khai?
Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid
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There are serious allegations that Gigi Hadid’s mother Yolanda has made against her daughter’s boyfriend, Zayn Malik: The musician is said to have been violent in an argument with her. Malik denies the allegations, Hadid asks for privacy – mainly because of daughter Khai.
Shortly after the media reported the allegations of violence by Yolanda Hadid, 57, numerous sources confirmed to People that Gigi Hadid, 26, and Zayn Malik, 28, had split up. The parents of one daughter are silent about the alleged love affair, the supermodel only let it be known through a spokesman that she is concentrating “exclusively on what is best for Khai” and that she asks “for privacy during this time”.
Zayn Malik doesn’t want to lose his daughter
Nevertheless, international media suspect that the dispute between Yolanda and Zayn will trigger a custody battle over little Khai. As “DailyMail” reports, the “One Direction singer” is said to be “very worried” about the future of his family after the dispute. He wanted to “fight with every gram of his body” to avoid a custody battle.
A Los Angeles business partner of Malik told the British newspaper “Mirror”: “He and Gigi are parents to Khai, but any suggestion that he has anger problems or that he cannot be trusted to take care of Khai is something that against which he will go. ” The source suspects, however, that Yolanda Hadid will take “legal steps” against joint custody if Zayn and Gigi raise their young daughter together.
Gigi Hadid’s mother raises serious allegations against the singer
Zayn Malik and Yolanda Hadid are said to have clashed in January this year after the Dutchwoman shared a photo of granddaughter Khai on Instagram that showed the 13-month-old child’s face. Malik is said to have freaked out and hit Hadid.
The singer denies the allegations. In a statement on Twitter, he wrote: “I firmly deny beating Yolanda Hadid and for the sake of my daughter I decline to provide further details and I hope that Yolanda will reconsider her false allegations and make efforts to address these family issues To solve private. “
Sources used: dailymail.co.uk, mirror.co.uk, people.com, twitter.com