Winter is over but things remain frosty in the child custody case involving Olympic skier Bode Miller and Columbia University student Sara McKenna.
Miller and McKenna were unable to reach a temporary settlement Monday during a conference at New York County Family Court.
Case referee Fiordaliza Rodriguez said if the two parties can’t come to terms on a shared parenting schedule by April 7 she will hold a hearing on that date where witnesses may be called to testify.
Until then their son, a 13-month old boy, will remain with his mother, who is studying political science at Columbia.
The boy’s legal name is Samuel, but Miller calls him Nathaniel. Miller, who won an Alpine skiing bronze medal at the Sochi Games in February, lives in California and is married to a woman he met after his romance with McKenna ended.
Neither parent would comment on the case at the courthouse Monday, though McKenna wrote a 1,500-word post for Cosmopolitan magazine’s website that went online minutes after the courtroom conference was adjourned.
In the post McKenna describes meeting Miller through a matchmaking service in early 2012.
“You would have never known he was famous — he showed up in wrinkly jeans, a polo shirt and tennis shoes and lived on an old yacht in San Diego Harbor,” McKenna writes.
“We started dating, and on May 23, after he bought a new yacht, we flew to Florida to see it for a mini-vacation. I had just started taking the pill less than a month before — and soon learned it had been ineffective.”
By the time the baby was born Miller was married to professional volleyball player Morgan Beck (now Morgan Miller), who traveled with him on the international ski circuit this past winter, helping Miller with childcare while he had temporary custody of the baby in December.
Miller is also the father of a six-year-old girl who lives in California. He is 36, and recently announced his intention to continue racing for at least one more season.
“My hope is that Bode and I can work together to finally give Sam a stable life,” McKenna wrote in her online posting.
“That’s all I want for our son.”
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