Tyrese Held in Contempt and Ordered to Pay Back Child Support

Over the weekend Tyrese rallied his fans to attend his upcoming divorce hearing for a prayer protest after accusing the judge presiding over his case of racism [click here if you missed that]. 

Didn't help one bit. 

Tyrese is now being held in contempt and ordered to pay back child support...

From TMZ 

Leading up to today's hearing, Tyrese ripped Judge Kevin Farmer in a video calling on people like civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Martin Luther King III to show up in court to support him in his fight against the judge. They weren't there.

Inside court, the judge fired back at Tyrese for his failure to cough up the money he'd been ordered to pay, and held him in contempt of court. He could have been arrested, but the judge cut him a break ... well, aside from the staggering amounts of money he's gotta pay now.

Tyrese was ordered to pay a total of $237,944 in back child support for their daughter Soraya and $399K for Samantha's attorney fees. He also has to foot a $17K bill for the special master ... a referee, of sorts, appointed by the judge to handle minor disputes during the case.