Lamar Odom Responds To Ex-Girlfriend’s Child Support Lawsuit Saying ‘My Children Are Adults’
Former NBA player Lamar Odom former girlfriend, Liza Morales has filed a lawsuit claiming he has ceased child support payments in the summer of 2020. Page Six reports that the “Basketball Wives” star filed a lawsuit on May 13, in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleging that “in June 2020, Lamar stopped providing any support save for sporadic amounts sent directly to LJ, placing their son in a very difficult situation.”
According to Morales, their 2015 agreement required that Odom pay an estimated total of $6,000 a month in child support, college fees and a $9 million life insurance premium. Although, Morales says it had been a year since she’s seen any financial assistance from the former Los Angeles Lakers player. She is now facing the possibility of being evicted from her Lower Manhattan apartment she shares with their two children: 19-year-old Lamar Jr. and 23-year-old Destiney.
Odom’s grievances include her inability to pay her $5,125 monthly rent and that Lamar Jr. couldn’t attend a four-year college because his father stopped making payments. In documents obtained by the media outlet, records show that J. Hill Associates did bring eviction proceedings against Morales in December 2020, alleging she owed almost $50,000 in back rent, plus interest, since February 2020. The fashion designer claims that number now has skyrocketed to $78,000, and she is now looking to attain nearly $200,000 in “immediate relief.”
It’s unclear whether Morales’ lawsuit will hold up in court, given the discrepancies of when she owed back rent and when she alleges Odom stopped sending payments. However, Odom maintains that her allegations are untrue and she’s doing this “for clout.” He said didn’t plan on addressing the situation, the former athlete said he couldn’t “keep letting bitter women slander my name.”
In a statement, alongside a screengrab of the Page Six article about the suit, posted to his Instagram page on May 15, Odom alleges that he has taken care of Morales and their children “their entire lives. My children are adults. I have paid child support for CHILDREN on time monthly for the past 18 years. My CHILDREN are ADULTS.”
Odom wrote that in the ten years Morales had taken zero initiative to seek income outside of what he provided through his child support payments. Odom said, “She is smart, able and capable of working to support the lavish lifestyle she wants to live.”
Odom ended his post by saying, “I love my adult children and I will support them and their dreams in every way possible. I pray that Liza finds healing and gets to a place of independence. I am no longer shamed by my past mistakes. I own who I am and with a clear mind and conscience I will present my case in court.”
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