Tyrese refuses to back down in child support case: ‘I’m fighting for dear life’
nypost.comtemporarily detained for contempt of court last week owing to an outstanding child support claim, the “Fast & Furious” star, 45, exclusively tells The Post that he isn’t an unfit father. “I’m fighting for dear life to hold on to everything I still have,” said Gibson, who’s dad to 17-year-old daughter Shayla of Los Angeles and five-year-old daughter Soraya of Atlanta. “I want my two daughters to [know that their father] was not okay with being on the receiving end of lies, accusations and bulls – – t.”The actor and Grammy-nominated singer was arrested in a Georgia court on Monday, September 9, after failing to pay ex-wife Samantha Lee, 34, $10,690 in monthly support for Soraya.
She is the only child that Gibson and Lee welcomed during their two-year marriage, which ended in late 2020. Gibson previously welcomed Shayla with ex Norma Mitchell in 2007.
His more than $10k monthly dues to Lee were established by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin M. Farmer in April 2023.
Gibson, however, tells The Post he’s given Lee $3,600 per month toward Soraya’s well-being since their split. And now, he feels the family court system is unjustly sticking him with a new support amount that’s nearly three times what he already pays for their daughter. “The $10,690 [is the amount in] child support that was established eight years ago, in Los Angeles, for my daughter who is now 17 years old,” explained the “Beautiful Pain” crooner. “[Farmer] decided to turn my $3,600 into $10,690 because that’s what I’m giving my 17-year-old in California.”Gibson has filed several appeals in response to his augmented child support order in Georgia. “I wasn’t spending $11,000 on Soraya when I was married to Samantha,” Gibson griped.
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