Man in Custody Fight Drops Plan to Move Near Harvard

A Long Beach man who lost his bid to stop his ex-girlfriend from returning to Harvard University with their infant daughter said Monday that he will not relocate to Massachusetts with them.

Tommaso Maggiore, 21, said last month that he planned to find a job and an apartment near Cambridge, Mass., to be closer to his daughter. But after a series of confrontations this month with the child’s mother, Gina Ocon, he said he changed his mind.

“We were talking, we were getting along, but things blew up,” he said.

Maggiore and Ocon both say the other was responsible for assaults or threats in the past month. Prosecutors are expected to decide this week whether to pursue misdemeanor charges in at least one incident. Police now supervise whenever one parent takes custody of their daughter Bailey.

A family law commissioner ruled in May that Ocon could return to Harvard, where she has a full scholarship, with the child. In an order signed Monday, the commissioner said the parents would share custody during school vacations, and Maggiore would be allowed several visits per year.

Maggiore was ordered to pay $213 a month in child support and share day-care costs.