The mother of Fernando Tatis Jr.‘s two-year-old daughter is dragging the MLB well-known particular person to courtroom in an effort to aim to get him to dole out further child assist … nevertheless the San Diego Padres outfielder’s lawyer claims she’s spewing lies inside the course of.
Jennifer Rodriguez claimed this week in courtroom paperwork, obtained by TMZ Sports activities actions, that once more in September 2021 — following a yearslong, non-exclusive relationship — she grew to turn into pregnant with Tatis Jr.’s child.
She talked about inside the docs that, initially, she had hoped the two would work collectively to co-parent their youngster … nevertheless following a paternity check out that confirmed Tatis Jr. was the daddy — the baseball participant and folks close to him began treating the “impending begin like a enterprise deal.”
She talked about all of their conversations earlier to their daughter’s June 2022 begin date led her to sign an NDA … and an ensuing private child assist settlement that she says she wanted to barter “on my own” whereas 9 months pregnant.
As part of the pact, Tatis Jr. — who inked an unlimited, 13-year, $240 million contract with the Padres in 2021 — agreed to pay Rodriguez $20,000 a month.
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Whereas she talked about Tatis Jr. has since fulfilled that obligation … she claimed inside the docs that following their daughter’s begin, he’s been largely absent from their youngster’s life.
Rodriguez talked about no matter she and him persevering with their romantic relationship by the use of May 2023 — Tatis Jr. has solely seen his daughter on 5 separate occasions … for an entire of 4 hours.
And, she says to make points worse, when she not too way back approached him and his shut circle about paying further in child assist when she found that his yearly wage would enhance from $5,000,000 in 2022 to a whopping $36,000,000 in 2029 — she obtained pushback.
She’s now asking a select to bump up what Tatis Jr. has to pay in child assist funds.
“I’ve come to know how little [our daughter] has compared with the benefits that Fernando receives for being a visible MLB star and native San Diego celeb,” she talked about. “I’ve moreover come to know how so much it’s going to cost to assist a child to remain at Fernando’s station in life.”
Inside the docs, she claimed 25-year-old Tatis Jr. resides in a giant dwelling, drives fancy cars, and “that in San Diego, if not throughout the nation, doorways open for him in every side of his life.”
“Our daughter is entitled to share in that life-style,” she talked about.
Furthermore, Rodriguez is asking for Tatis Jr. to pay her attorneys prices — which she says full spherical $250,000.
A courtroom listening to on the matter has been slated for December.
For Tatis Jr.’s half, his lawyer, Michael Strauss, talked about in a press launch to us on Friday, “Ms. Rodriguez’s willpower to push out a false narrative about Fernando and the Tatís family is nothing new.”
“He’s assured inside the licensed course of and trusts that Ms. Rodriguez’s claims about him shouldn’t be going to take care of up in courtroom. He loves and helps his daughter and might proceed to take motion.”
