Maralee Nichols says that Tristan Thompson ‘has not made any try to fulfill’ their two-month-old son Angelou and hasn’t helped her financially since a DNA check confirmed that he's the daddy in Jan.
Maralee Nichols, 31, is talking out about Tristan Thompson and the dearth of relationship he’s had with their two-month-old son Angelou. The health mannequin is claiming that though the basketball star admitted that he’s the daddy of the new child in Jan., he hasn’t even met him but and hasn’t provided monetary help.
“Regardless of information stories stating in any other case, Tristan Thompson has carried out nothing to help their son. He has not made any try to fulfill their son nor has he offered any monetary help,” a rep for Maralee advised us in an announcement.
HollywoodLife reached out to Tristan’s rep for remark however have but to obtain a response.
Maralee’s assertion comes after Tristan initially denied her claims that he impregnated her over the weekend of his thirtieth birthday in Mar, when he was nonetheless romantically concerned with Khloe Kardashian. They turned concerned in a paternity go well with and the Indiana Pacers star allegedly threated her to drop the lawsuit in trade for $75,000.
“You understand how I really feel. My emotions haven’t modified in any respect. Wont be concerned in any respect. Btw should you suppose having this child is gonna make you some cash. It’s fully improper,” a textual content allegedly despatched to Maralee from Tristan learn.
He apparently went on to assert he was retiring from the NBA after this season and due to this fact she wouldn’t get more cash. “You're conscious that I’m retiring after this season,” it continued to learn. “So when it comes to help will probably be no matter is required month-to-month for somebody who’s unemployed. It’s texas so will probably be solely a pair hundred dollars. So that you higher off taking this 75k I’m providing trigger you received’t get nothing close to that with having a child with a father who’s unemployed.”
After a DNA check confirmed Tristan is the daddy of Maralee’s child, he took to social media to announce it and apologize to Khloe. He additionally mentioned he seemed ahead to “amicably increase” their son. “I take full accountability for my actions. Now that paternity has been established, I sit up for amicably elevating our son. I sincerely apologize to everybody I’ve harm or disenchanted all through this ordeal each publicly and privately,” a part of his message learn.
In Jan., a lawyer EXCLUSIVELY advised HollywoodLife that based mostly on Tristan’s reported earnings of $10 million a yr, and the truth that he has two different youngsters, together with his son Prince, 5, whom he shares with Jordan Craig, and his daughter True, 3, whom he shares with Khloe, who he break up from in June, he could possibly be ordered to pay Maralee $34,000-$40,000 per 30 days for his or her son.
“As a result of Tristan is paying help for different youngsters, that shall be a think about calculating how a lot help he can pay for this youngster,” Morghan Leia Richardson, Esq., the Matrimonial Accomplice with Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP in New York Metropolis mentioned. “Studies present that his earnings is about $10mil so based mostly on that quantity, and the report that he’s paying $40k per 30 days for his son, after I run the calculator, I get an estimate of $34k per 30 days.”