Terrell Owens has made tens of millions of dollars in his NFL career, but he currently stands accused of withholding money that he owes for the care of one of his children.
The Associated Press reports that the mother of one of Owens’ children says he has refused to pay the full $5,000 a month in child support he owes.
According to the mother, Melanie Paige Smith, Owens’ financial advisers told her Owens decided to only make partial payments.
There have been conflicting media reports about how many children Owens has. Owens said in an interview last year that he has a 3-year-old son whom he’s never met because of hard feelings between himself and the boy’s mother.
A Fulton County Superior Court judge set a July 26 hearing to consider Melanie Paige Smith’s request that Owens be held in contempt of court.
Terrell Owens, a free agent, is recovering from knee surgery and can’t sign with a new team until the NFL lockout is resolved.
