The RHOA star faces a major legal setback as a judge sides with ex Ralph Pittman in their ongoing, highly publicized divorce battle.
Divorce is never easy — but when you’re a reality TV star, it has a way of becoming everyone’s business. For Drew Sidora, that truth has never hit harder than it does right now. A judge has ordered the Real Housewives of Atlanta star to vacate the marital home she shared with ex Ralph Pittman, and in the same ruling, temporarily stripped her of primary physical custody of their two children. It’s a painful one-two punch that underscores just how complicated — and very public — this split has become.
What the Court Ordered
According to an amended temporary order obtained by TMZ, Sidora has until May 31 to leave the couple’s shared residence. Given the financial circumstances of both parties, she and Pittman will continue splitting the home’s expenses right up until her departure. Pittman, who has been living in the property’s basement throughout the contentious divorce proceedings, will now have full access to the entire home — including the freedom to help get their kids ready for school in the mornings, something the new order explicitly permits.
Sidora’s Custody Situation
Both parents will maintain joint legal custody of their children — son Machai, born in June 2015, and daughter Aniya, born in February 2018. However, primary physical custody during the school year has been temporarily awarded to Pittman. Sidora, who also has an older son from a previous relationship, will have visitation on an alternating weekend schedule beginning in August. According to reports, the judge’s decision was heavily influenced by claims that the children had accumulated an alarming number of school absences while in Sidora’s care — a detail that clearly weighed on the court.
How Drew Sidora Is Responding
Sidora’s team wasted no time pushing back on the narrative. Her representative made clear that the divorce is still very much in the middle of its final trial, and that the amended order is exactly what it says it is — temporary. The rep stressed that the ruling should not be read as a foreshadowing of how the case will ultimately resolve. Pittman, for his part, declined to comment publicly. The back-and-forth silence speaks volumes about just how tense things remain between the two.
A Long Road to Divorce
Sidora filed for divorce in March 2023, after nearly nine years of marriage. In a detail that felt almost scripted, both she and Pittman submitted their paperwork within minutes of each other — each independently citing the marriage as irretrievably broken. It was a quiet signal that neither of them was coming back from this one.
In the months that followed, Sidora began opening up about what finally pushed her to the edge. She described the unraveling as a slow accumulation — a pattern of unresolved conflict, an absence of accountability, and a persistent failure to show up for each other emotionally. But if there was one thing that truly sealed it for her, it was the moment their private pain went public. Watching struggles that should have stayed behind closed doors play out as storylines on a Bravo reality series added a layer of humiliation that no amount of love could absorb. That was her breaking point.
What Comes Next for Sidora
With the final trial still ongoing, nothing about Sidora‘s situation is settled. The temporary order may sting, but it is not the final word — and her legal team is clearly fighting to make sure of that. What’s undeniable is that Sidora is in the middle of one of the most defining chapters of her life: renegotiating her home, her custody, her identity, and her future — all at once, and all in front of an audience. However this ends, she’s carrying it with her head up. And that, at the very least, is something.
Source: Page Six
