Now Tyrese is blaming the work stoppage caused by the writers strike for causing him to miss payments...
From Radar Online
Tyrese Gibson denied he was malicious when he failed to pay his ex-wife Samantha Lee the full amount in child support recently — claiming the recent writer and actor strikes messed with his finances.
According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Gibson admitted he could not pay “all amounts owed.”
Gibson explained he had been singing since 1994 and acting since 2001. He said he makes the majority of his income as an actor. He said his income “fluctuates wildly.”
He said that during, “the years in which he films [a Fast & Furious] franchise movie, his income is the highest in those years. In 2022, [Gibson] filmed the franchise movie in question, and he has not filmed any segment in that franchise movie since 2022. Consequently, [Gibson’s] income has fluctuated downward since the trial in this case, and as expected, [Gibson] does not earn the same amount that he earned in August 2022.”
Further, Gibson’s lawyer added, “Neither [Gibson] nor anyone else in Hollywood could have predicted the major strikes in 2023 that affected everyone’s income who earns a living from the movie industry.”
His lawyer continued, “[Gibson] was gravely impacted just as everyone who works in Hollywood. Because of the six-month work stoppage in the film industry in 2023, and because [Gibson] has not shot a major film since 2022, [Gibson’s] income has decreased to less than twenty percent (20%) of what [Gibson] was earning in August 2022, which [Gibson] would like to prove at a hearing on this matter.”
Gibson said that his inability to pay the full amount of child support is not willful. He said he has “not had the ability to pay.”
A judge has yet to rule.
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