*From the outside looking in it seems things haven’t gone too well the last several years or so for one Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. Like a lot of folks, his money is funny. And of course when you’re in that situation, your options are limited. To put it bluntly, it means you can’t pay your bills.
That fact hit Johnson dead in the face recently when he was confronted by his ex’s mother. She demanded that the former NFL star come up the $38k in back child support payments he owes her daughter. Ochocinco says the amount is just not fair ’cause he doesn’t have it like that anymore.
Here’s the backstory via TMZ:
Chad was leaving his son’s middle school graduation in California last month, when he was confronted by the grandmother of one of his other children and some of her friends.
The woman was trying to serve Chad with court documents — in which he’s accused of stiffing the mother of his 14-year-old son out of $38k in back child support.
TMZ Sports spoke with Chad … who tells us he’s not trying to screw anyone over — he simply can’t afford to make the high monthly payment that was established back when he had an NFL income.
“I haven’t had an NFL paycheck since 2011,” Chad says.
The woman says Chad was ordered to pay $6,000 per month in support ($72k per year) plus another $1,000 per month needs to be contributed to the child’s college fund.
But the woman says Chad hasn’t paid in full since Dec. 2015 and he now owes close to $40k.
Johnson says he kept up with the payments for years after his NFL career was over. These days he’s not making that kind of money (and he has other kids as well) and he can’t keep up.
“I have a nugget, but I have to make the cash last with all 6 kids for the next 18 years. We have to scale back.”
Johnson seems reasonable when he says he wants to work out a compromise with his ex out of court — but if they can’t, they have a date with a judge set for August 2nd.
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