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Sharon Stone is no stranger to controversy, but the Basic Instinct star got more than she bargained for last week when a US judge publicly criticised her parenting abilities.

The judge claimed Stone, 50, had so overreacted to her eight-year-old son's health issues that she suggested he get a Botox treatment for his smelly feet.

The claims came as part of the star's custody case with former husband Phil Bronstein, 57, over their adopted son, Roan.

In Superior Court papers, the judge also said Stone "delegates many of her parenting responsibilities to third parties" and has "simply refused" to participate in counselling unless her "schedule is accommodated and her demands are met".

"Such conduct on the part of any parent . . . is unacceptable and does not serve the child's best interest," the San Francisco judge writes in the document.

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