6:57 am - October 19, 2025
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NBA star PJ Washington is asking the court to close down his ex Brittany Renner’ s need for a five-figure regular monthly kid assistance payment, United States Weekly can solely report.
On Friday, October 17, the Dallas Mavericks forward, 27, declared Renner’s petition to increase the present kid assistance of $5,500 a month to $35,000 a month for their four-year-old child, Paul III, is inappropriate.
Washington discussed the present kid assistance order was developed as part of a lawsuit in between the exes in North Carolina. He stated throughout the court fight, Renner was discovered in civil contempt for rejecting him court-appointed parenting time.
He declared the exes settled before the set up trial in North Carolina. Washington stated at the time Renner concurred that the $5,500 sufficed for their kid’s requirements. Per the offer, Washington likewise accepted pay 100% of the kids’ independent school tuition and child care costs. The exes accepted share joint custody.
The NBA star stated, “less than one year after consenting to the” present order, Renner submitted the present case in a California court rather of a North Carolina court, which he stated recognized with Renner’s habits.
Washington argued the California court does not have jurisdiction over him considering that he has no ties to the state, including that he just learnt more about the case through the media considering that Renner sent out the court notification to a home he is presently offering.
” He concerns California on brief journeys to play basketball, and he has less than 10 video games annually in California,” the NBA gamer’s legal representative stated in his filing. “Other than for the basketball video games, he has actually just been to California one or two times for non-work functions considering that Paul III was born in 2021.” Washington presently resides in Texas.
His legal representative likewise kept in mind that Paul III was not developed in California, “however in North Carolina.”
” I do not, and have actually never ever consented for a California court to customize the kid assistance order gone into by the North Carolina court,” Washington stated in his statement. “I have actually never ever submitted such permissions in a record in the North Carolina court.”
He included, “I did not take part in sexual relations in California that may have triggered Brittany’s pregnancy with Paul III. Paul III was developed in North Carolina. Throughout the whole duration of my relationship with Brittany, we checked out California together just when, for a number of days.”
” I am an expert basketball gamer. Sometimes, my group has basketball video games in California. When Paul III was born, I was betting the Charlotte Hornets and I would play less than 5 video games in California each year,” Washington continued. “In February 2024, I was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, and I have actually been playing less than 10 video games a year in California ever since. Leaving out these job-related journeys, I have actually just gone to California one or two times for non-work functions considering that Paul III was born.”
Washington asked that Renner’s whole case in California be dismissed.
As United States formerly reported, in her petition Renner stated she moved from North Carolina to California in November 2024 after Washington moved from North Carolina to Texas. She stated she relocated to Los Angeles for work, where she starred on Basketball Partners for one season. Renner stated she can not manage her costs in California with the present kid assistance. She stated her task on Basketball Partners ended and she can not manage her costs in California with the present kid assistance.
” I am having a hard time to make ends fulfill and I can not offer Paul III a life anywhere comparable to that of his daddy,” Renner stated. “To put in point of view how absurd present orders are, present kid assistance payments … will consist of 0.30% of [Washington’s] regular monthly earnings. This is less than half a percent … of what [Washington] makes.”
Renner kept in mind Washington signed a current $90 million handle the Mavericks. In her filing, Renner in-depth Washington and his present other half’s “extravagant way of life.” She stated they reside in a 7,000 square-foot estate in Texas, drive high-end automobiles and use designer clothing. She stated she resides in a “modest” AirBnB leasing while she purchases clothing at Target.
Renner stated she was making around $10,000 monthly while dealing with Basketball Partners however presently has no earnings. She noted her properties as $81 in money and savings account.
” Provided [Washington’s] monetary circumstance, I think Paul III is worthy of to share in his daddy’s station in life,” Renner stated. Presently, our home in West Hills is great for me; nevertheless, I do not think it is great enough for[our son] I long for Paul III to reside in a home comparable to that of his daddy and his half-siblings.”
The court has yet to rule on the case.
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