Tristan Thompson reportedly agreed to pay Maralee Nichols almost $10K per thirty days in youngster help, whereas she will get full custody of child Theo.
Tristan Thompson, 31, settled his paternity case with Maralee Nichols after their son Theo turned 1. The NBA star agreed to pay Maralee $9,500 per thirty days in youngster help, in response to TMZ. The outlet additionally reported that Tristan — who received Maralee pregnant whereas he was in a dedicated relationship with Khloe Kardashian, 38 — additionally lined a few of Maralee’s lawyer charges. Maralee will reportedly have sole custody of Theo.
This paternity case has been taking part in out since Maralee gave start to Tristan’s son on Dec. 3, 2021. A spokesperson beforehand informed Us Weekly that Tristan wasn’t paying youngster help to Maralee, however in August an lawyer for the skilled athlete insisted that wasn’t true. Tristan “is paying, and has paid, youngster help to Ms. Nichols retroactive to the date she delivered the kid,” the lawyer stated to Us Weekly.
The information of Maralee’s being pregnant broke final winter because of court docket docs that exposed Maralee gave start. Tristan waited a month till he admitted that the kid was certainly his after taking a paternity check. On the time, the skilled athlete took to Instagram Tales to announce the information. “I take full accountability for my actions. Now that paternity has been established, I stay up for amicably elevating our son. I sincerely apologize to everybody I’ve harm or disenchanted all through this ordeal each publicly and privately,” he wrote. Tristan additionally apologized to Khloe in his message, writing, “Khloé, you don’t deserve this. You don’t deserve the heartache and humiliation I've brought about you. You don’t deserve the best way I've handled you through the years.”
Theo is Tristan’s third youngster. He shares 6-year-old son Prince with ex Jordan Craig and 4-year-old daughter True with Khloe. In July 2022, Tristan and Khloe welcomed their second youngster collectively, a son, through surrogate. Their child boy was conceived earlier than information of Tristan’s paternity scandal broke. “We will affirm True could have a sibling who was conceived in November,” Khloe’s rep informed HollywoodLife in a press release. “Khloe is extremely grateful to the extraordinary surrogate for such a wonderful blessing. We’d wish to ask for kindness and privateness in order that Khloe can concentrate on her household.”