Back in March, former Home and Away star Melissa George revealed that she was embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with her husband, Jean David Blanc.
In a TV interview with Australian show Sunday Night she pleaded for Australia’s help to overturn a no fly order by a French court that prevented her and her sons two sons Raphaël and Solal from leaving the country.
During the chat she also claimed Jean had become emotionally and physically abusive during their five-year relationship – allegations that he vehemently denies.
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Now, four months on, the actress says “nothing has changed” and she and her boys still remain in Paris unable to leave.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, she says she is merely “surviving for my kids” as she continues to take on her estranged husband in the courts.
“Nothing is changed. Nothing is better,” she said, tears filling her eyes.
‘It’s just so tiring, I need all my strength to cook for my kids …
“I’m still fighting every day. It’s like putting a polar bear in the jungle — I don’t quite know how to survive, but I’m surviving for my kids.”
The actress, who has starred in Grey’s Anatomy and a host of horror films, hasn’t been able to work on a movie since June 2016 but she is hoping to return to Australia soon so she could get back to do what she does best.
‘I’ve had tonnes of offers,” she said hopefully.
“I’ve had the biggest offers of my career, and I just can’t take anything right now because I’m choosing to be a mother and that’s it.”
During the programme back in March, photographs were shown of Melissa’s bruised face which she claimed were the result of her husband allegedly pushing her head into a metal coat rack during an argument last September.
Jean, however, strongly denies the allegations of violence and said in a statement: