It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for “Modern Family” star Ariel Winter, since news broke that the 14-year-old is in a relationship with 18-year-old actor Cameron Palatas, which apparently has been going on since August. In the weeks since, her mother Chrisoula Workman has made accusations that she walked in on the two together in bed – which because of their age difference, would be a crime.

Since the allegations came out that Chrisoula saw them in bed together Ariel has petitioned to have her sister Shanelle Gray, who is also an actress, become her permanent guardian. The 14-year-old star has since been removed from her mother’s care, with the sisters claiming on the petition that Chrisoula has slapped hit and pushed her daughter, as well as “vile name calling, personal insults, attempts to ‘sexualize’ minor, deprivation of food, etc. for an extended period of time.”

The mother denies everything, telling E!: “I want to say the horrible, untrue accusations are false and ridiculous,” and adding, “I have my doctor’s letter that my daughter’s never been abused…I have stylists’ letters that she’s never been abused.”

Ariel’s 33-year-old sister Shanelle says she also faced the same abuse during her teen years when she was acting – and reportedly had to be removed from her mother’s care at age 12. Whether the abuse is true or not, many people have come out to say that Ariel’s mother was a nightmare on the sets that Ariel has worked on, and went so far as to say that she would order Ariel and the directors around.

Now comes news that Ariel and Cameron have broken up, and at a recent Halloween party Ariel was hesitant when asked about the relationship. “Um, I don’t have one… Not at the moment. We’re just friends.”

So, if her mom Chrisoula was just hoping to break up the pair, it looks like she has been successful for the time being. It all remains to be seen what happens to the starlet. The Court date for her guardianship is set for November 20th.