11 Celebrities With Absurd Child Support Payment Besides Halle Berry

Actress Halle Berry: $16,000 a month On May 30, 2014, actress Halle Berry was ordered by a family judge to pay ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry $16,000 a month or nearly $200,000 a year to support their daughter. The Oscar-winning actress will also pay for their daughter’s tuition, but the former couple will split health care expenses. The order also calls for Berry to make a retroactive payment of $115,000 and $300,000 to her ex-boyfriend for his attorneys' costs in their custody dispute. Berry and Aubry, a model, were involved in a custody dispute in 2012, when a judge blocked her from moving their daughter to France and ordered her to pay $20,000 in child support, according to TMZ. Actor Eddie Murphy: $51,000 a month After giving birth in April 2007 to a baby girl, former Spice Girl Mel B, or Melanie Brown, contended that actor Eddie Murphy was the child's father. At first Murphy denied paternity but then agreed to a DNA test that revealed he was the father of Angel Iris Murphy Brown. The Tower Heist actor was ordered to pay $51,000 a month to Mel B for the care of their daughter. The child support is scheduled to continue until Angel turns 18. Entertainer Sean 'Diddy' Combs: $42,000 a month Music mogul and entertainer Sean “Diddy” Combs has had many rounds in court battling with his ex-lovers over child support payments. In December 2001, a judge ordered the star to pay $20,000 a month to ex-girlfriend and model, Kim Porter, for the care of their son, Christian, who was 3 years old at the time. The child-support payments are scheduled to continue until Christian is 21. Additionally, in April 2005, a judge ordered Diddy to pay $21,782 per month to another ex-girlfriend, Misa Hylton Brim, with whom he had a son, Justin, who was then 11 years old. Justin turned 18 in January 2012, and after earning a 3.75 grade point average in high school, attends UCLA on a football scholarship. Russell Simmons: $40,000 a month In a 2009 settlement with ex-wife and model Kimora Lee Simmons, Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons agreed to pay $40,000 a month for the care of daughters Ming and Aoki until they reach the age of 19. In addition, Simmons pays for a vehicle with a value of no less than $60,000 for use by the girls until they turn 16, according to People.com. The vehicle is to be traded in for a new car every three years. Rapper Nas: $5,000 a month Queens, N.Y., rapper Nas and ex-wife Kelis divorced in 2009 when she was seven months pregnant with the couple's son, Knight. That same year, Nas was ordered by the courts to pay Kelis approximately $10,000 a month for care of Knight, plus $41,000 in alimony, for a grand total of $51,000 a month. But after the artist demonstrated to a judge that he wasn’t earning enough to meet the payments, in early 2011 his obligation was reduced to $5,000 a month for child support and $20,000 a month for spousal support. Deion Sanders: $10,550 a month In May 2012, former Dallas Cowboys and NFL Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders was ordered to pay $10,550 in monthly child support to his estranged wife, Pilar, for the benefit of their three children, two sons and a daughter - Shilo, Shedeur and Shelomi. Michael Strahan: $18,000 a month In 2007, former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan was ordered to pay $18,000 a month to ex-wife Jean Strahan, for the care of their twin daughters. However, the payments were later lowered to an undisclosed amount. The judge reportedly said it was unfair that Strahan was required to pay 91 percent of child support since his ex-wife was well-educated and employable. Strahan was previously ordered to pay $2,500 monthly in child support for daughter Tanita,and son Michael Jr., who he fathered with his first wife Wanda Hutchins in 1992 and 1995 respectively. He divorced Hutchins in 1996. 50 Cent: $6,700 a month Rapper and actor 50 Cent pays $6,700 a month to ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins for the care of their son Marquise. According to the New York Post, in 2008 Tomkins wanted 50 Cent's support payments increased from $15000 to $50,000 a month to cover living expenses for Marquise. The multiplatinum selling rapper objected to the increase and took legal action. While the case was under review, he was ordered to pay her $25,000 per month. However, after reviewing Tompkins’ child-related expenses, the court determined that she needed $8,000 less than what she had been receiving. Dennis Rodman: Over a Million Dollars in Back Payments When Michelle Rodman filed for divorce from basketball star Dennis Rodman in 2004, an ugly custody battle ensued. The Hall of Famer was ordered in 2010 to pay $50,000 but the payment was lowered to $3,500, according to Radar Online. Last year, Investorplace.com reported that Rodman claimed he could not meet his obligation to pay child support, and owed his ex-wife over $800,000. At the same time, he also owed $200,000 in delinquent child-support payments for a child from a previous relationship, reported Radar Online. Ludacris: $10,000 a month Earlier this year, ATL rapper and actor Ludacris was demanding custody of his 3-month-old daughter Cai Bella Bridges and asked a family court judge to lower the $15,000-a-month support payments to her mother Tamika Fuller to $1,800, according to TMZ. Instead, the Atlanta judge ordered the rapper to pay Fuller a $10,000 a month in child support and granted her primary custody of the infant. Ludacris will get “supervised” visitations. Mathew Knowles: $2,485 a month According to TMZ, in February 2013, superstar Beyonce's dad and former Destiny's Child manager Mathew Knowles was ordered to pay his former girlfriend Alexsandra Wright $12,000 a month for child support. However, the monthly payments were reduced to $2,485 earlier this year, after Knowles demonstrated he made significantly less income. Knowles scored a second victory when he convinced the judge he had been overpaying Wright all along -- arguing he should only have been paying $2,485 a month-- which implied an overpayment of $110,000. TMZ reports the judge agreed with Knowles, and gave him child-support credit that allows him not to pay Wright anything for the next three and a half years. Wright was receiving $300 a month in food stamps, according to TMZ. Stevie J Music producer and reality star Stevie J has been involved in an ongoing battle with an ex-girlfriend over child-support payments for their two children. Stevie J owes more than a million dollars in back payments, and he was recently arrested for failing to pay support to the mother of one of his children, Carol Antoinette Bennett.

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