The mom of Fernando Tatis Jr.‘s two-year-old daughter is dragging the MLB celebrity to courtroom in an effort to attempt to get him to dole out extra baby assist … however the San Diego Padres outfielder’s legal professional claims she’s spewing lies within the course of.
Jennifer Rodriguez claimed this week in courtroom paperwork, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, that again in September 2021 — following a yearslong, non-exclusive relationship — she turned pregnant with Tatis Jr.’s baby.
She stated within the docs that, initially, she had hoped the 2 would work collectively to co-parent their child … however following a paternity take a look at that confirmed Tatis Jr. was the daddy — the baseball participant and people near him started treating the “impending delivery like a enterprise deal.”
She stated all of their conversations previous to their daughter’s June 2022 delivery date led her to signal an NDA … and an ensuing personal baby assist settlement that she says she needed to negotiate “by myself” whereas 9 months pregnant.
As a part of the pact, Tatis Jr. — who inked a large, 13-year, $240 million contract with the Padres in 2021 — agreed to pay Rodriguez $20,000 a month.
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Whereas she stated Tatis Jr. has since fulfilled that obligation … she claimed within the docs that following their daughter’s delivery, he is been largely absent from their child’s life.
Rodriguez stated regardless of she and him persevering with their romantic relationship by means of Could 2023 — Tatis Jr. has solely seen his daughter on 5 separate events … for a complete of 4 hours.
And, she says to make issues worse, when she lately approached him and his shut circle about paying extra in baby assist when she discovered that his yearly wage would improve from $5,000,000 in 2022 to a whopping $36,000,000 in 2029 — she acquired pushback.
She’s now asking a choose to bump up what Tatis Jr. has to pay in baby assist funds.
“I’ve come to grasp how little [our daughter] has in comparison with the advantages that Fernando receives for being a visual MLB star and native San Diego superstar,” she stated. “I’ve additionally come to grasp how a lot it’ll value to assist a toddler to stay at Fernando’s station in life.”
Within the docs, she claimed 25-year-old Tatis Jr. resides in a big residence, drives fancy automobiles, and “that in San Diego, if not everywhere in the nation, doorways open for him in each side of his life.”
“Our daughter is entitled to share in that life-style,” she stated.
Moreover, Rodriguez is asking for Tatis Jr. to pay her attorneys charges — which she says complete round $250,000.
A courtroom listening to on the matter has been slated for December.
For Tatis Jr.’s half, his lawyer, Michael Strauss, stated in a press release to us on Friday, “Ms. Rodriguez’s choice to push out a false narrative about Fernando and the Tatís household is nothing new.”
“He’s assured within the authorized course of and trusts that Ms. Rodriguez’s claims about him won’t maintain up in courtroom. He loves and helps his daughter and can proceed to take action.”
