Posted on 08/26/2007 12:02:50 PM PDT by george76
Travis Henry reportedly fathered nine children in four states
Travis Henry just got tackled by a $3,000-a-month child support judgment.
Sure, the Denver Broncos running back has a $25 million contract and a base monthly salary approaching $50,000, but that kind of bill can still crimp your style when you're accustomed to expensive cars and fancy jewelry — and lots of other child support payments.
Henry, 28, has fathered nine children by nine women in at least four Southern states and has been ordered by various judges to provide child support for seven of them, according to court records involving one child living in DeKalb County.
Henry isn't the most thrifty guy, according to court records, so the judge wants to ensure payment by establishing an unusual $250,000 trust that Henry must fund by next spring.
Seeliger wrote that the football player displayed "bad judgment in his spending habits," dropping $100,000 for a car and $146,000 for jewelry. Meanwhile, Henry fell behind on support payments for his child with Beacham that were mandated by a previous order. Threatened with jail, he borrowed $9,800 from his former team, the Tennessee Titans, to pay the bill...
"My argument was, if he makes wise investments, other than in gold chains, then he should be able to make the payments," Wellon said.
Edlin, though, said Henry collected much less than $1 million after taxes, and he said much of it went to debts. "He doesn't have any money," Edlin said. "The guy has significant financial issues."
Records show that Henry's children are scattered across both the American and National Football Conferences — including Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.
Wellon said Henry talked about gathering them together to watch him at training camp...
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
Looks like that former Tennessee player has been doing a lot of “Volunteering.”
that former Tennessee player has been doing a lot of “Volunteering.”
King George V, the King is said to have remarked "No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris."
to which she replied, “What you’ve spent in me could float one.”
Even with the NFL Thugball teams paying the thugs 10s of millions — it isn’t enough...
Talk about throwing money into a black hole....
This clown is the poster child...
But you fans of Thugball will bail him out, by continuing to regard these outlaw and retarded moral slugs as a heroes and spend money to watch them play a game....
Fools and their money are soon parted — this applies to BOTH sides of the Thugball Player/Fan equation...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.