'Love child', mother lambaste Big Unit (Randy Johnson refuses to acknowlegde his daughter)

MSNBC ^ | 3/29/2006 | NBCsports.com

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The 16-year-old "love child" of New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson said her star father coldly responded to letters she sent to him and that she cannot bear to watch him pitch on TV anymore, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

"I would get cards back from him with just his signature — 'Randy,' " said Heather Renee Roszell, who sent the letters in an effort to meet Johnson.

Johnson broke off his relationship with the girl's mother, Laura Roszell, 46, while she was pregnant, and he has seen Heather only once, shortly after she was born. He does have "reasonable visitation rights" from a custody agreement, Roszell told the Post.

Heather, who lives with her mother in Langley, Wash., told the Post that she stopped writing letters because "I never got [more of] a response, so it got to the point where I didn't want to deal with not getting the response.

"I don't have a relationship with him."

Johnson is suing Laurel Roszell for $97,000 for child-care payments he made for Heather, according to court documents revealed by the New York Daily News and New York Post on Tuesday.

[demkicker]

Good grief, if you think $69,000.00 a year is equavilent to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous money, you need to sober up. What do you want to bet that he's paid much, much more for his other children who happen to live with him? Sorry, but putting a nice roof over his kid's head, feeding, clothing and paying for extra-cirricular activites, braces, medical bills,etc. all adds up and is his obligation. And yes, the fact that he's a multi-millionaire who has rejected contact with his daughter makes a big difference. Chances are her mother's had to provide counseling for her because he is such a jerk.

[vox_freedom]

I agree this latest or even continuing now public dispute is about money.
My point is that he owed his daughter more than money, ordered by a court. He owes her fatherhood, someone who cares. The stuff I've read suggests abandonment, except for the $$. That is shameful.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

[MortMan]

Just to be clear, I did not say you were a socialist. I did say that the position you have taken is socialist in nature.

I don't believe Johnson has done right in this case. But I also don't believe that he should be paying the extra money for day care when the child is not in day care. He has met his legal obligations, as far as I can tell.

The moral obligations are another matter. But moral obligations cannot be enforced by fiat.

[maine-iac7]

Johnson is married to his wife,

that's usually the way it works ;o)

[maine-iac7]

Perhaps this woman tricked RJ into this pregnancy. Swore up and down she was using birth control but really schemed to get pregnant. She seems a bit older than RJ.

and then forced him to have sex - without a condom.........poor guy _(sigh)

[maine-iac7]

He has acknowledged his obligations, has been responsible to his child.

so monetary obligation is the only obligation to a child who had no fault in this scenerio - Not even a "Happy Birthday. Love Dad." once a year or so?

[maine-iac7]

And, $60K a year in child support is a pretty tidy sum.

When you're income is millions a year, it's chump change

[big'ol_freeper]

Typical Skankee.

[maine-iac7]

We don't know if the kid was "abandoned" by Johnson

hmmm - well, doesn't write, doesn't visit, doesn't answer letters, ,,,yep sounds like one involved dad

Hint: You don't have to be involved with the mother to see your child

[maine-iac7]

Even though she may have done it for all the wrong reasons, she deserves big money for having sex with anyone that ugly.

LOL

[maine-iac7]

Funny that she no longer wants a relationship with him, but she still wants his money, and more of it.

Why would she want to continue to get snubbed - it hurts to know your father doesn't give a rats rump about your existence.

College and a car might cost him a couple weeks salary tho - poor feller

[maine-iac7]

you are advocating that he be required to pay an extra stipend for services not required....Pay-because-you-can-afford-it sounds awfully socialist to me.

So you agree with him that money is the only obligation he has to a child he brought into the world? Oh, and child support is calibrated on a percentage of what you make.

Sounds like she (mother) never went back to have the amount upped when he started making the multi=millions - which she certainly could have.

Sounds like he got off light...but trying to recoup some of it is really telling his daughter that he not only has had no interest in her existence all her life = but resents having paid what would be a couple weeks of his income over what his "obligation" was -

I have yet to see on scintilla of empathy here yet for a child who will carry the weight of wondering what is so wrong with her that her own father doesn't even want to know her...

[maine-iac7]

Take a deeeeeep breath. Count to ten. Go take a walk. (Your brain needs oxygen)

[maine-iac7]

Whole ball of wax!

[maine-iac7]

Hey - you still need that walk

[PzLdr]

I don't think 69K is Lifestyles. Nor do I think the girl is entitled to Lifestyles because of who her biological father is. I DO think 69k would provide the mother and daughter with a comfortable enough lifestyle. And if he pays more for the children who live with him, so what. They are his family, and he can spend on them what he wants. It IS his money. And if Mom provided the daughter with counseling, you can bet Johnson paid for it.

And by the bye. Do any of you guys who want more of Johnson's money wonder where the other million went? I mean if the kid can't afford a computer, a used car, or Community College, what happened to the cash? And please don't tell me when this kid was small she ate, wore, or dwelt in excess of $1,250 a WEEK.

[PzLdr]

Right. But if it's so hurtful to watch him pitch, think how hurtful it must be to cash his check.

[Holicheese]

Yaa, right behind you and the rest of you Yankee Rainbow Flag Waiving biatches!

[JennysCool]

Some folks make every effort to connect with the child, but if the ex isn't civil or cooperative, it can be wasted effort.

At any rate, none of us have any idea what actually happened in this relationship, and it's pretty much none of our business, anyway! :-)