You Owe Me! Should Our Legal System Protect Male Celebs Targeted by Cash-Driven Women?
After Kelis slapped Nas with back child support payments and alimony, a conversation opened up around the validity and fairness of our legal system. Singer Lyfe has been vocal about the issue, stating the laws should be changed so that people can no longer live off of child support payments.
Now 41-year-old singer Brain McKnight is the latest hot topic.
TMZ reports the singer was sued for back child support payments by Miriam Lee, a woman McKnight was involved with– reportedly before he divorced his wife of 13 years. The woman claimed McKnight was the father of her 14-year-old son. According to reports, McKnight was ordered by a judge to pay the woman $341, 640 in back child support payments.
But lucky for ‘One Last Cry’ singer who already has two teenage sons, a DNA test proves he is not the father.
TMZ states: “Brian McKnight is not the father of a 14-year-old kid in Florida — so says a DNA test — and now, he’s no longer responsible for $341,640 in back child support payments the boy’s mother was hoping to collect. As we previously reported, a woman sued McKnight last year claiming Brian is her long lost baby daddy. But McKnight didn’t respond to her lawsuit, and the judge issued a default judgment against him … which means he was on the hook for the cash. McKnight eventually took a DNA test — and the results showed that Brian could not be the kid’s father … so the judge promptly tossed out the case. “
Reports have not confirmed whether or not Miriam Lee was trying to manipulate the popular ballad crooner. Sources actually confirm the two shared a long relationship, and eventually grew apart.
But we all know some male celebrities are targets of cunning women who purposely become pregnant to strike it rich. Writer Aliya King’s new book Platinum chronicles the antics of some of these women all too clearly. One woman in the novel went as far to call the wife of the rapper she intentionally became impregnated by demanding she pay up in advance for child support.
How will society address the constant celebrity child support drama and lawsuits? Male stars are primarily liable. Most of whom, are stepping out on their wives, sleeping with women on tours and music video sets. These men open themselves up for possible drama–legal woes and bank dissolving payments included.
What do you say about the matter? Are male celebrities wrongfully targeted by cash-driven women? Or are these men the ones at fault? Sound off!
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peep that karmic energy baby- “I got the shackles on you feet- YOU OWE ME- Owe me back like you owe your rent” … black men have for too long appropriated the cheapening and use of black women as currency and items of exchange from slavery and continued it instead of stopping it. To think its becoming increasingly taboo for black people to use the “N” word (yes, all of a sudden its the “N” word, everyone who uses it must feel shame and a sense of backwardness)- more and more rappers are coming out and saying we should stop using the word- yet the words “Bitch”, “Hoe”, “trick” resonate and remain as popular as ever, such that they don’t even elicit shock anymore. This attitude that injustice is only injustice if it happens to black males was best demonstrated last week in this clip, where Noreaga of CNN, discussing the Mel Gigson rant, very comfortably said that he found nothing else wrong with what Mel Gibson said to the mother of his child except for the “pack of niggers” comment. Everything else though, he agreed. Wow. I love black men, but they don’t have our back at all. Not to condone predatory women who prey on men, but at some level, its just karma balancing things out. Black woman, you are on your own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBC1wSLP3A&videos=4yWwSAYPU_g
Adrift wrote: “This attitude that injustice is only injustice if it happens to black males was best demonstrated last week in this clip, where Noreaga of CNN, discussing the Mel Gibson rant, very comfortably said that he found nothing else wrong with what Mel Gibson said to the mother of his child except for the “pack of niggers” comment.”
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Dead on!
A couple of years ago, I sat dumbfounded as a dude went on and on saying prosecutors were going after R. Kelly because they were racist white men that wanted to put a rich and successful BM in his place – all the while offering up not one bit of sympathy or concern for the children that pig abused.
Same thing happened when those black boys raped a Haitian mother (and victimized her son) in Dunbar Village – as Al Sharpton and the NAACP went whining ‘racism’ in support of the vile perpetrators because they were denied bail instead of prioritizing the woman that was assaulted.
Similarly with the Duke rape incident where the New Black Panther Party held a rally near the university. They were yapping about “racist oppression” and selfishly co-opted the incident to serve their own agenda and gripe against ‘da man’. Prior to that, when and how often had the NBPP gone where the majority of females are actually victimized (in their communities) to rally for the ‘rights of women’ or protest rape and sexual abuse!?
If they have brought a child into this world that they are not supporting they need to pay, simple as that, celebrity or not.
This is a joke, right?
Should the legal system protect grown people? From homicidal maniacs, yeah. But from groupies wearing a flashing neon sign that says “I’m here to swindle you”? Hell no.
Contraception or discrimination. Pick one and apply it to your sexual practices.
I’m unclear about exactly what the law should DO about stuff like this. If rich men feel targeted, maybe they should do more to protect themselves – is it really so hard not to f*** every woman within 2 feet?? Really??
oh pls give me a break.. why do male celebrities believe that just because they got F U Money that they can do what the hell they want and whomever they want.. i don’t feel sorry for anyone who thinks they can make children and run, anyone who gets married and then cheats – causing the divorce, or any man that doesn’t use protection and then gets mad when a paternity test is requested..
they need to get a GRIP..
When men and women have children and the Father has the means to take care of his children, then he should regardless of how many years rack up. I always believe that man or woman, ” IF YOU CAN’T FEED THEM, DON’T BREED THEM”1
Y is Kelis always the topic of child support on here as if she was merely a babymama instead of a wife SMH! Pay ^ chumps
Clutch, why are you even bringing this up……their called CONDOMS
YESS!!!
I think unless they’re complete idiots(quite possible)they know the game these females are playing so my answer is “NO”. Stop hoeing around and then you won’t have to worry about getting caught up in some legal drama.
Now for the guys who actually had a relationship with a female and they broke up. Child support should be based on income if they’re unable to agree to some amount without all the legal crap.
The most important thing is if a man fathers a child they need to have a relationship with their kid.