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Fighting over Ella! NFL vet Ed Hartwell asks his ex Keshia Knight Pulliam of The Cosby Show for joint custody of their two-month-old daughter

Published: 12:27 EDT, 22 March 2017 | Updated: 12:30 EDT, 22 March 2017

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Keshia Knight Pulliam and ex Ed Hartwell are fighting over custody of their two-month-old daughter Ella.

The Cosby Show star's former husband just filed new documents in their divorce proceedings asking for joint-custody, according to reports gathered by TMZ.

The former NFL linebacker's claim for custody comes after a paternity test confirmed the six-foot two-inch athlete is in fact the child's biological sire.

Face-off: Keshia Knight Pulliam and ex Ed Hartwell are now fighting over custody of their two-month-old daughter Ella

Mommy and me: The former child star is being challenged for custody of her daughter by her ex. When the athlete split with her in July, he accused her of lying about who fathered the baby

In the documents, the football star, 38, included a letter from his ex-wife, RHOA star Lisa Wu, which praise him as both a father and a man, saying, 'I am never worried about [our] child when he is with his dad.'

Wu and Hartwell were married from 2005 to 2011 and have a 10-year-old son named Ed Jr. from their relationship.

Lisa continues, 'I know his dad will do everything within his power to love, protect and provide for EJ while he is not with me.'

The RHOA personality goes on, 'I am positive that [Hartwell] will put his daughter's best interest first as he has shown with my children.'

Amicable ex: In a letter presented to the courts, Ed's ex-wife Lisa Wu vouched for the former football star as both a man and a parent saying she's 'never worried' about their son when he's with his father

Ed also assured the courts that he's more than willing to pay child support, even though he previously asked courts to suspend his child support payments until an exact amount is agreed upon.

The linebacker denied Keshia's claim she needed 'emergency financial support,' citing her own personal fortune. The star is most recognized for her role as Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show.

The football star and Atlanta-born actress split last July after just shy of seven months as man and wife.

Before the break-up: The pair were married for just seven months before splitting last July. Here you can see Ed and Keshia in June, just one month before filing for divorce

At the time of the split, Hartwell claimed he had serious doubts the child was his and demanded a paternity test upon the child's birth. After Ella Grace was born in January, a test confirmed Hartwell as the father.

Now after confirming that the two-month-old is in fact his, it seems that the former footballer is now set on sharing custody with Keshia.

On her part, Keshia is reportedly not interested in Hartwell having a part in raising their daughter. In her own filing, the star accuses her ex of plotting to make her have a miscarriage while she was pregnant.