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LOS ANGELES - Australia's James Bond, George Lazenby, has cranked up his bitter child custody battle with estranged wife, former tennis champion Pam Shriver.
Lazenby, who played 007 in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969, has asked the United States judge handling the case to order psychological tests on himself and Shriver to determine if they are fit to be parents.
"He wants it because he has nothing to lose," Lazenby's lawyer Marina Korol said.
The couple, who have three children, 4-year-old George and 2-year-olds twins, Kaitlin and Samuel, have waged a public war in the past week.
Lazenby, in court papers filed on Tuesday, accused Shriver of consuming "a cocktail of prescription painkillers, Ambien sleeping pills and rum or vodka each night and during the day".
Shriver, who won 22 Grand Slam doubles titles with Martina Navratilova, has alleged her husband of six years offered beer to their children, was anti-Semitic and threatened to kill her.
Sixty-eight-year-old Lazenby also released an email he said Shriver sent to him after she filed for divorce and demanded supervised visits for him to see their children. In the email, dated August 14, Shriver allegedly says Kaitlin opened up a window and repeatedly called out for Lazenby.
Shriver's lawyer, Gary Fishbein, declined to confirm or deny the email's authenticity.
Lazenby and Shriver are expected to face off in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday.
- AAP
