Bethenny Frankel took the stand in her ongoing custody battle with her ex-husband on Wednesday, March 6, claiming Jason Hoppy subjected her to emotional and mental “torture” after their 2012 split, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.

In a black and white dress, the Real Housewives of New York star, 48, began crying as she claimed she had once agreed to joint legal custody of their daughter Bryn, 8, because she believed a truce would “stop the bleeding” in their fractured co-parenting relationship.

However, she said, the conflict erupted into chaos.

“We started to see a parent coordinator, and the intensity of the conflict became greater,” she told family law attorney Ronnie Schindel in a New York courtroom. “The conflict was day in and day out torture. Emotional, mental, phone, FaceTime, being followed, being harassed, being verbally attacked and all-out assault in every possible way — on my character, on my mental state, on my family, on my parenting, on my career, on my life.”

supported her in the courtroom — and Hoppy looked on — she said she “pleaded and begged” her former husband to stop “abusing” her. She claimed she even hired a criminal attorney.

I was afraid it was affecting my daughter’s emotional well-being” she continued. “I felt like what he was doing was illegal.”

Her moves to protect herself only made Hoppy more angry, she claimed in court.

danger to their daughter.

Hoppy says he regrets past things he said to Frankel, and has accused his ex of exposing Bryn to dangerous situations, including her ex-boyfriend Dennis Shields. Shields died following a drug overdose in August 2018.

For more on Frankel and Hoppy’s explosive court showdown, keep reading Radar.

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