Sophie Turner uses Joe Jonas’ own words against him in legal fight over their children

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and singer Joe Jonas married in 2019. They had two children together before announcing their separation last month. “After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage,” read their joint statement.

Divorce is always sad, especially when there are kids involved, but at least it seemed like these two were going to separate on friendly terms. But things got ugly quickly. The other week, we learned that Turner had sued Jonas over an issue with their daughters, aged 3 and 1. There’s a disagreement over where the children should live on a permanent basis: the United States or England.

According to Turner, before the divorce, she and Jonas planned for the children to live mainly in England (the children have duel citizenship). But Jonas, who allegedly has the kids’ passports and won’t give them over, wants them to live in the U.S. Turner sued Jonas through the child abduction clauses of the Hague Convention in order to get the kids returned to England, and accused Jonas of having “wrongfully retained” them.

Sophie Turner tries to use letter Joe Jonas wrote to prove that they wanted their kids to live in England

At issue is whether Turner and Jonas really did plan for their children to live permanently in England, as Turner claims. As evidence, Turner has used a letter Jonas allegedly wrote on June 16. The aim of the letter was to convince the owner of a $7.5 million home in Oxford, England to sell their house to the former couple.

“When my wife and I decided we were going to spend more time in the UK and search for a permanent home, our daughter expressed three unwavering requirements: having chickens, a pony and a Wendy house,” Jonas wrote, according to Page Six. “While many of the houses we viewed met this criteria, the moment we turned the corner and caught sight of the charming blue shutters adorning [redacted], we experienced a sense of magic unlike anything we had felt before.”

"We could tell that your family have truly loved living here and we can envision our children growing up here and making this our forever home…I really think Sophie and I will be able to look after [redacted names] and for many years pay homage to the magic you have created here."

Jonas also gushed about the “beautiful walled garden” and said he was “completely charmed by the idea of dropping my children to school on the boat and being able to spend a leisurely afternoon cruising to the pub with friends on my very own boat.” Two months before Turner and Jonas split up, they put a 10% deposit down on the house. The sale is set to be finalized in December.

There’s a lot of rich person nonsense in there, what with the talk of their 3-year-old requiring a pony and Jonas wanting to drop off his kids at school on a boat, but the point stands: Jonas implied that he and Turner were looking for a “permanent home” in England, talked about staying there for “many years,” and fantasized about dropping his kids off at school there, suggesting a permanent residency. Turner’s legal team will use those words to argue that Jonas did indeed plan for the kids to live mainly in England, which may help convince the judge to rule in Turner’s favor.

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