Quick & Livid actor Tyrese Gibson was arrested on Monday in an Atlanta courtroom, amid a contentious baby help battle with Gibson’s ex-wife, Samantha Lee. The decide discovered Gibson was in contempt of courtroom, and ordered him taken into custody. Gibson’s lawyer appealed the decide’s choice, and Gibson was launched the identical day.
Gibson and Lee married in 2017, in line with The Hollywood Reporter, and divorced in 2020. They’ve one daughter, Soraya Gibson. In 2023, Gibson was ordered to pay Lee month-to-month baby help. The decide dominated that Gibson owed Lee that quantity starting when the couple divorced in 2020. One 12 months later, Gibson refused to make the court-ordered month-to-month baby help funds, and located himself again in courtroom.
Earlier than his courtroom look, the Dangerous Boy star mentioned he anticipated an arrest may be coming. “Samantha’s lawyer Adam Gleklen and William Alexander who’re besties with the decide Kevin M Farmer [ collusion ],” Gibson wrote partly in a since-deleted Instagram put up.
Gibson added, “We’re APPEALLING [sic] ALL OF HIS RULINGS AND ALREADY HAVE TRIED TO GET THIS JUDGE THROWN OFF THE BENCH TWICE. The second time we tried to get him recused from the bench. [ He actually denied his own request to be thrown off the bench] …think about that??? … It’s fairly clear that they hate my guts.”
How a lot does Tyrese Gibson pay in baby help?
In 2023, the decide ordered Tyrese Gibson to pay Lee practically $11,000 month-to-month, and mentioned the funds ought to have began when the couple divorced in 2020. At the moment, Gibson owed Lee $169,000. In his 2024 courtroom look, the decide dominated Gibson nonetheless owed Lee roughly $74,000, together with authorized charges. Gibson had been paying Lee $2,200 month-to-month, 1 / 4 of what the courtroom mentioned he owed. The decide mentioned Gibson had 48 hours to pay what he owed earlier than declaring him in contempt and throwing him in jail.
After Gibson’s lawyer appealed the ruling and the actor was launched, it was apparently understood that he would nonetheless must pay that quantity, he simply had extra time to get the cash, in line with TMZ. “Getting arrested wasn’t enjoyable as a matter of reality it was very traumatic,” Gibson wrote on X after he was launched. “One would ask why does this decide Kevin M Farmer HATE me a lot? Properly hooked up is his nightmare particulars of the APPEAL!” he added.
Gibson and Lee shared a press release once they cut up in 2020. “Our intention is to stay the perfect of buddies & robust coparents. We really feel extremely blessed to have discovered one another and deeply grateful for the 4 years we have now been married to one another.” Tyrese has one other daughter, Shayla, from one other marriage with Norma Mitchell. Mitchell later sued Gibson for defamation.
How a lot does Tyrese Gibson make?
Tyrese Gibson is an actor, writer, and a Grammy-nominated musician. Some stories state he’s value about $2 million. Others state he’s value as a lot as $30 million. When Gibson and Mitchell divorced, TMZ reported that Gibson made round $106,000 month-to-month, however owed about that a lot in month-to-month bills. At the moment, TMZ mentioned Gibson had round $900,000 within the financial institution.
