{"id":237153,"date":"2026-04-28T06:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/kirsten-storms-ex-husband-brandon-barash-gets-restraining-order-against-her-claims-shes-battling-a-mental-health-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:29:37","slug":"kirsten-storms-ex-husband-brandon-barash-gets-restraining-order-against-her-claims-shes-battling-a-mental-health-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/kirsten-storms-ex-husband-brandon-barash-gets-restraining-order-against-her-claims-shes-battling-a-mental-health-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Storms\u2019 Ex-Husband Brandon Barash Gets Restraining Order Against Her, Claims She\u2019s Battling a \u2018Mental Health Crisis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>Former soap opera couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kirsten-storms\/\" title=\"Kirsten Storms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kirsten Storms<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/brandon-barash\/\" title=\"Brandon Barash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Brandon Barash<\/strong><\/a> are back in the headlines amid a difficult time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon<\/strong> has obtained an emergency restraining order against <strong>Kirsten<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/27\/kirsten-storms-ex-granted-restraining-order\/?adid=social-tw\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/27\/kirsten-storms-ex-granted-restraining-order\/?adid=social-tw&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former couple met on the set of <em>General Hospital<\/em> and got married in 2013, welcomed their daughter into the world one year later, and then got a divorce in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon<\/strong> got remarried in 2025 and moved to Nashville, with <strong>Kirsten <\/strong>also making the move to the city to help their daughter adjust to a new life. She took time off from <em>General Hospital<\/em> amid the move and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/23\/kirsten-storms-shares-health-update-on-brain-aneurysm-teases-general-hospital-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some health issues<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In new court documents, <strong>Brandon <\/strong>alleged that Kirsten is suffering from a mental health crisis and he fears for the well-being of their child. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2199618\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon<\/strong> said that \u201cinstability with housing has been a recurring theme\u201d for <strong>Kirsten<\/strong>, noting that she was sued for eviction by her landlord and didn\u2019t have a permanent residence from September 2024 to June 2025. He claimed that she frequently changed hotel rooms as she became convinced that people were \u201cfollowing her and the child to her room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the documents, <strong>Brandon<\/strong> also claimed that he loaned $5,000 to <strong>Kirsten <\/strong>for her car, which she hasn\u2019t repaid. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon<\/strong> claimed that in May 2025, <strong>Kirsten<\/strong> reached out to him and said she was \u201cexperiencing delusions and hallucinations\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t think she should have the child for her parenting time.\u201d She was hospitalized and put on a psychiatric hold, but allegedly acted as if nothing had happened once she was released. <\/p>\n<p>Amid other instances, <strong>Brandon <\/strong>wants <strong>Kirsten <\/strong>to undergo a mental health evaluation. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirsten <\/strong>is allowed \u201csupervised visitation with their daughter\u201d for now, but the restraining order will be reviewed by a judge this week. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirsten <\/strong>recently returned to <em>GH<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/12\/kirsten-storms-returns-to-general-hospital-after-taking-six-month-break-to-recover-from-brain-aneurysm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after a six-month break<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/28\/kirsten-storms-ex-husband-brandon-barash-gets-restraining-order-against-her-claims-shes-battling-a-mental-health-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former soap opera couple Kirsten Storms and Brandon Barash are back in the headlines amid a difficult time. Brandon has obtained an emergency restraining order against Kirsten, according to TMZ. The former couple met on the set of General Hospital and got married in 2013, welcomed their daughter into the world one year later, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}