EX- NFL PLAYER FAILS TO PAY 540,000 IN CHILD SUPPORT!
Former NFL linebacker Dwayne Rudd faces two years in prison for failing to pay more than $540,000 in child support. Rudd,31, had been ordered to pay $7,500 per month in child support for his eleven-year-old daughter, but prosecutors say he consistently failed to make payments. His last payment was received in 2007. “This is another sad example of a parent, who has the means to pay child support, failing to meet his court-ordered responsibilities,” said U.S. Attorney Ed Yarbrough. Court documents reveal that while in the NFL, Rudd’s yearly income was approximately $5 million; since retiring, he has received annuity payments of about $11,000 a month, as well as additional income from other investment sources. Rudd has pleaded guilty for failing to pay and will be sentenced in November 30th of this year. Rudd’s daughter currently lives in Tennessee with her mother. Source
That’s good for his a$$
just trifling
How can you have the money and still will not pay, I guess he thought because he had money he was above the law. But The Piper always gets paid. Sooner or later.
You would rather go to prison than pay child support.
Serves him right! Men like him disgust me!
I know a guy who does not want to pay $50.00 a month and This is sad, You hurt yourself only, I would have gave the whole 5 million to my child than risk going to prison.
$7500.00 seems to be a bit much for a RETIRED nfl player. his monthly income is only $11,000.00…maybe the amount should be reduced since his income has been reduced..
he also has some investments that he is getting paid from.SO he is far from broke.Lets not forget that he was making 5 million a year at one point he should have put some of that aside for his support
I absolutely agree, and owing $540,000 means his deadbeat a$$ was not paying when he was pulling in serious $$$ If his stupid a$$ does goes to jail I hope they put a lien on everything he owns till the child gets what shes owed.
Brooks, that is exactly my sentiment. What was going on when the man was making 5 million a year? Since this is an older child, I am sure she must have been around sometime when he was raking in the dough. He likely spent more on cars and entertaining his boys and women than this child who didn’t ask to be here.
Yeah, his retirment salary is a lot lower than when he played, but $11K a month is nothing to sneeze at either. He can still live good off this, if not crazy.
Unless he snorted or flushed away all that income he was making I doubt if it was just the retirement money that was considered when the judgment was made.
It always kill me when i hear what the child is owed. Most the money doesn’t even go to the child, the mother lives off it and she gets the car and the clothes, buys bling. It disgusting to hear people talk about how he was making 5 million but they don’t understand half of that is taxed, but the mother gets the tax free child support!!! I’m sure he was paying support but her gold-digging a$$ always had her hands out so much they probably looked like cups!! What child needs 90k a year? Probably everyone here doesn’t even make that and its tax free!!! Get the f*k outta here, that just dumb *hit, if he was just a loser then fine he gets what he deserves, but the little girl already has what he has because its his little girl. Trifling…. ya’ll a$$ is trifling for even suggesting this stupidness. It just goes to show ya that people are all about money…… what is the real issue about the childs interest, is he able to see his daughter, does the mom put the money away for college or is she in the club shaking her tail to another NFL player trying to get another pay day? Trust me I know these kind of money hungry tricks!! Like I said if he said forget the child then thats a problem, but dealing with the momma, he was like f*k her grubby a$$!!!!!
@Ya kidding me, exactly what I was thinking, because you do see that the mothers are living off that money as well. I hope she would be putting that money aside for college. These players should set up trust funds for their kids, so that the greedy mothers don’t get any of it. If he wanted to take of the mother he would have stayed or married her.
No one dare come to the defense of this arse!
Trifling for real.
I do not feel sorry one bit. If he does no like the amount ordered, arbritrate in court, but considering he is making hundreds of thousands a year or more as a professional ball player, that amount really doesn’t set off any alarms with me. This is money that can be put towards college, a trust fund or whatever before anyone starts saying no child needs that much to live off a month.
Sex is no like water or air. It is not ESSENTIAL to one’s existence. Further, it can have consequences i.e. std or unwanted pregnancy can result–birth control is not always 100%.
He should have snipped it or clipped it and been proactive about things. Unless the mother in this case ’stole’ yes there are some crazies out here but thank god in the minority and siphoned –I am sorry for this image, some off and injected herself with his “love seed” THERE ARE NO EXCUSES not to support whatever child is the outcome.
Before one blames the woman—not all women know beforehand they are lying down with a dog. Lacey Peterson would still be alive if we had a crystal ball that strong.
Lastly, I hope this arrearage can be garnished in one lump sum.
Make him pay then send him ta jail.
he still owes that money when he’s jail time is up rikght? and while he is in jail hte bill keeps adding, so i would send him right back to jail and soon as he gets out.for may part he would be in and out of jaul untill he pays. i hope jailtime is not a substitute for the money owed.
please….
This is for one child… not a village of children
You didnt even want to take care of that ONE child?
The worse kinda trife’
Can’t the courts garnishee this idiot’s salary?
Really sad… what is it with black men and child support i have a cousin who when he broke up with his girlfriend was ordered to pay 200 dollars a week for one child in order for him not to pay he got back with his daughter’s mother whom he doesnt like and cheats on so much just because of that child support money…. TAKE UP UR RESPONSIBILITY MEN
WTH!LOL
$200 a week…wth. maybe i can see if the child is an infant but a $1000 a month or 1200 when there are 5 weeks in the month for one child..and the mother is supposed to be contributing $$ to the child’s care as well….I would have got back with her to, to keep that money in my pocket (and this is coming from a female). I don’t know what your cousin makes but that seems like an excessive amount for 1 parent to pay for one child when both parents are expected to contribute. People are quick to say men should pay this and men should pay that, but if the women had to pay $1000, $2000 a month and they were making 70/80k a year I’m sure they would think differently. I personally don’t think a man should have to pay more than 600 - 800 a month, considering the mother is supposed to contribute financially as well. Its too many women out here popping out unwanted babies and then they want to have expectations and cry about money and about men not spending time with the children they didn’t want… Anyway I’m not trying to make execuses for men (b/c some men are trifling) but women don’t have to put themselves in these situations. Its 2009, don’t get knocked up, the pill, Depo, Nuva Ring, etc. are 99.9% effective. There are too many women and men not protecting themselves. And also, this story doesn’t add up. At 7500 a month, that would mean this dude hasn’t paid in 7 years, what judge lets you walkaround 7 years without paying. Something isn’t right with this story.
Most states base child support payments based on both parties income and also other expenses that they have. That is how they come up with the amount owed. Who are you to say how much is too much?
Where did you get 7 years from ,if you read the story correctly it said he made his last child support payment in 2007. But maybe he missed a couple of payments in between years & also the State probably added arrers (meaning a state fine like extra charges) DUH and just because they’re just now going to court on it doesn’t mean anything, you never now how many times he had moved to keep from being caught. Think about it. You’re obviously not a parent yet. When you do become a parent a single parent at that then you willsee what it feels like. Rather a man/woman is ordered to pay $20 or $2000.00 it needs to be paid & the conquesences the same. My female cousin & a female co- worker was orderd to pay child support & I guarantee you they never missed a beat and made every payment & did extra things too.
How does about 88,000 a year equal 540,000 in three years?
I beat his BAMA A** probably spent more that what his child support is at the strip club. Just triflin and I hope somebody beat his a** when he go to prison.
There must some details missing in this story. Surely, this man does not prefer prison over paying child support. What tha?!
This is another example of why these mommas need to be able to support themselves so that when the father’s stop paying, they aren’t left hanging. I agree that he should be made to pay child support but the amount is questionable. I doubt that the child needs the 7.5K a month as much as the mom needs it to maintain the lifestyle that SHE has committed to. I don’t feel sorry for these women that don’t work and rely on the child support for their sole income. Now that he’s retired, the child support should be significantly decreased. The jail time is a waste of time and resources. The Internal Revenue Service should just step in, freeze his assests and distribute them to the local District Attorney’s office so that the mom gets a timely payment each month. As for mom, she needs to get it together because she’s only got 7 more years of checks… 7 years can go by fast…..
Whatever.
I dared someone to defend this man, and here we go.
Reread the story. I am sure we are missing details but that man WAS making $5million a year for a few years in his career. Being that he is retired and he is only in his early thirties, and the child is now 11—YOU do the math!!! Some of that dough owed was from when the man was by ALL accounts, living large.
If he is living large than the girl shouldn’t have to live a pittance life or just enough to get by.–What sense does that make? College and maybe a trust fund should be set up to justify some of the pay as well.
This is arrearage we are talking about not just based off his retirment income.
And for the other lone voice speaking up for this loser–any many who plays and doesn’t want to pay though he has the ability to is just that–cause we all know that it takes more than love to raise a child—this goes for women too if the monetary roles were reversed–pay up.
I will repeat, if a man does not want to become just one big pay day to some random baby mama–snip it or skip it or be prepared to pay the consequences.
People aren’t necessarily defending this guy. They are expressing the unfairness with the child support system in America. These women are getting too much money for popping out unwanted children. I personally think all the bills should be split 50/50 and call it a day. Just because someone “makes” millions doesn’t mean they are living large. Maybe he was, maybe he wasnt. Maybe Bernie Madoff got all his money. Who knows. My friend and are husband are multi-millionaire several times over but they don’t spend 5k, 7k or 10k on their children combined each month. Yet they go on vacations, they go to public schools (very good public schools, top schools in VA) and are well taken care of. My friend isn’t pushing Mercedes, Bentley’s etc. She doesn’t have maids or servents and neither do her kids. So if her and her husband get divorced should she automatically get 10 or 20k a month just because they have millions? They weren’t spending money like that on them before so why now. That’s part of the problem with black people in America, we get a little cash and we want to spend, spend, spend. Just because you have $$ doesn’t mean you should spend it all and it doesn’t mean your kids are ENTITLED to it all. Your kids are ENTITLED to your LOVE, GUIDANCE and to be given FOOD, CLOTHING and SHELTER. Just because you don’t buy in to materialism doesn’t make you a bad parent. The courts need to reasess some of these child support orders, seriously. And for the record I am not defending ole dude in this story.
i agree with you about jail being a waste of time, my uncle goes to jail like every year lol not because he’s dodgin his responsibility but because he’s broke!lol and if he does get a job it wont be enough for his payments lol
Another one bites the dust!!
Dead beat RICH Dad.. For shame
To: Ya kiddin me. 1st off not all mothers live off there childrens child support, if you call keeping a roof over their head feeding them & clothing them a problem then your just as stu[pid as home boy thats not paying. You mean to tell me just because you think the mom is going to use it for other things it’s ok for the father not to pay support You must be kiddin me ( pun not intended) I am a single mother that works full time. I have dental, medical & life insurance coming out of my monthly work pay check (yes monthly) and paying for braces along with paying for school lunch since I don’t qualify for free lunch and the amount of child support I receive for my boys does not even cover 1/2 of what is being taken out. So you need to re-think that,plus I put money in a savings for them. Luckily I am blessed to be able to have insurance at work because if i didn’t we would be in big trouble. However, on another note I do use the CS on my children, I’m just stating a fact. That not all moms abuse thee CS they receive!
Anoynymous I’ve posted enough here but I read your post and kudos to you and all that you do to hold your own as well as all the other single moms who are doing it on their own or with minimal help from the non-custodial parent.
You checked the previous poster pretty good too–unfortunately some people can never be schooled–lol.
With so many deadbeats clogging the system, it is no surprise that single parent households are often the hardest demographic to break out of poverty or get ahead…
It wouldn’t have to be that hard if non-custodials (father or mother, but sadly mostly fathers) would just pull their load equitably and I am not just talking buying a box of diapers or baby food here and there and patting themselves on the back for ‘helping out’ lol.
It steams me when a guy can give no more thought to buying the latest pair of Jordan’s or new tech toy of the moment i.e.
IPHONE, etc, but cries in his beer over child support!!!
No, not all support orders are “fair”, but come on. And it is a sad day when a scrooge or loser of a sperm donor decides to do his/her own rough justice and ends up punishing the child by not paying up.
Single mom’s must pay the mortgage or rent, often have car notes, sitters, preschool/school fees, medical expenses, food, clothes and other basic incidentals to take care of AND we are not talking the rarified world of a rich man’s baby mama.
Speaking of which, and depending on whose rich baby mama you are, you might have safety and security issues to consider in your budget along with not wishing to live in a regular two-three bedroom apt in da’ hood whilst your sperm donor of choice lives in a mansion or two….or perhaps has a yacht and a lear jet–ha ha.
Yeah, even after taxes–I would say that $5 million a year puts a person in a rarified strata as the average joe or jill only rakes in about $50K a year or less….
PS: I think of myself too, an average jill making an ok living having to pay so many thousands in preschool costs once upon a time–that my joke of a support order barely put a dent in–when it was paid.
My brother has 3 children 2 live with their mother and the other child lives with him. He pays $1,028 per month for the 2 that live with their mother. He also has to provide medical and dental insurance that she does not utilize.
In mediation, she stated that the child support money is used for rent, cable and gas for her car. She does NOT work and relies SOLELY on the child support. She chooses NOT to work and explains to the judge she has “zero” income.
In addition to the child support payments, she also receives medicaid, food stamps and cash benefits. Which the state she lives in says is NOT against the law because child support is not a “regular source of income.”
Post if you must, by why reply and link your post to mine when your brother’s situation has nothing to do with me or my comments which I stick by.
She is on welfare so SHE NEEDS his support, that she chooses not to work–two sides to every story–he slept witih her, I didn’t and he has one, but TWO kids by her? Why go back for seconds??–
At the end of the day, she is taking care of HIS kids, right?
WE make choices, they have consequences. Some good, some not so much.
BB, I was just trying to reply in general, not to YOUR particular post.
My brother was married to her and since she was not allowed alimony she CHOOSE to exploit the system through child support and public assistance.
BOTH parents need to provide support to the children THEY decided to have.
Thats what happens when you don’t use condoms.