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Looks like Jimmy Butler has had enough of the baby mama drama! The NBA star is fighting with his ex-partner, Kaitlin Nowak, over child support costs as he claims he provides more than enough money for his children. However, Nowak is asking for an additional $10,000 for nanny expenses.
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According to Daily MailButler claims to pay Nowak $55,000 a month to help care for their three children, Rylee, Brayan and Kian. The basketball player believes that is more than enough for Nowak to take care of his children, especially since they share custody. Yet the mother of three is asking for more money. She is now asking for an additional $10,000 because she says she needs help from a nanny. Butler says she doesn't even need it.
The 35-year-old father recently filed a motion to find out how Nowak spends the money and why she “needs” the extra money. Butler and his legal team are hiding nothing even though the case concerns his baby mama's refusal to find a job. Additionally, court documents point out that Butler and Nowak were never married and therefore she is not entitled to his basketball fortune.
“It must be emphasized that the father and mother were never married,” the filing states. “My mother is not allowed to live as if she were married to a National Basketball Association (NBA) player.”
The news of Butler's Baby Mama drama is shocking to fans as he has kept his private life under wraps. According to Daily MailThe Miami Heat veteran began dating Nowak in 2019 and welcomed their daughter, Rylee, in October of that year. Their first son, Brayan, was born in 2022 and their third child, Kian, was born in 2023.
The couple apparently separated around the time of Kian's birth, as Nowak filed a motion to establish paternity and child support in October 2023. This was also around the time that rumors alleging a relationship between Butler and Shakira began. However, Butler denied the rumors, saying he was just friends with the “Hips Don't Lie” singer.
Jimmy Butler says Kaitlin Nowak doesn't need a nanny
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In December 2023, Butler and Nowak reached an agreement that they would share custody of the children. He also agreed to pay for a nanny on top of the $55,000 a month. However, Butler claims he only agreed to pay the nanny temporarily. In late 2024, Butler challenged the deal, saying Nowak no longer needed the help of a nanny.
Butler says their oldest, Rylee, will start school soon and Braylan will start kindergarten; therefore, Nowak's “so-called need for a nanny” is debunked.
“The mother is unemployed and refuses to look for work. With a child in preschool and a father sharing work time equally with the older children, there is no legitimate reason for the mother to both insist on a nanny and for the father to pay for that nanny.” , says the file. “The parties have attended mediation in an attempt to resolve all outstanding issues, but the mother refuses to back down from her demands that the father pay for the nanny on top of the enormous amount of child support he is paying .”
The NBA star is so fed up that he says if Nowak can't afford a nanny with the money he already provides, he will hire an independent mediator to review his finances.
“If the mother claims that she cannot afford to pay for a nanny despite the child support she receives (which even exceeds the maximum these children could possibly need), the father is entitled to an accounting of the use of funds by the mother and, potentially, the appointment. of a guardian ad litem to oversee expenses,” court documents state.
What do you think? Is Jimmy Butler petty? Should he just pay the extra $10,000 for the nanny?
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