Matt Barnes, Gloria Govan
Matt Barnes Denies Owing Gloria Govan $267K In Back Child Support + Accuses Ex-Wife Of Stealing Thousands Of Dollars From Him By Using His Amex Card To Book Travel w/o His Knowledge
The never-ending court battle between Matt Barnes and Gloria Govan continues to press on.
In the most recent filing, the former NBA player shot down his ex wife’s claim that he hasn’t been paying the full amount of child support and reversely accused her of theft.
Matt Barnes
According to a report from Radar Online, Matt Barnes says his ex isn’t being truthful about their child support arrangement. He stated in court documents that he and Gloria Govan verbally agreed to reduce his mandated $10,000 in monthly support down to $4,000 because he started paying 100% of their kid’s private school tuition and extracurricular activities. The exes, who were married from 2013 – 2016, share twin sons Carter and Isaiah, 15.
Carter and Isaiah Barnes
Barnes is reportedly asking the court to enforce the alleged verbal agreement, writing in the document:
“I have upheld my end of the bargain. Despite this, Gloria still seeks in a bad faith effort to ‘double dip’ and secure an unjust and unwarranted windfall.”
Gloria Govan
Additionally, Barnes also claimed that Govan has been secretly stealing money from him. The athlete accused the “Basketball Wives” alum of using his American Express (Amex) card to purchase travel for herself and alleges she hid the action by swapping the email address on the reservations. He wrote:
“For years Gloria has been using my Amex card to book travel for herself…Each time…it appears she logged into my account and surreptitiously changed the email address to hers, then booked travel and received the confirmation at her email address, only to immediately change the email address on the account back to mine once she received her travel confirmation so that I would be none the wiser.”
Gloria Govan & sons
He added:
“Gloria’s theft from me is to the tune of thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars.”
Govan initiated the ex spouses’ most recent legal war back in June of last year. As we reported at the time, the reality star asked the court to intervene after claiming Barnes told her he “didn’t want to” pay $10,000 a month in child support any longer. According to Govan, the hooper said he was overwhelmed by his then girlfriend Anansa Sims and her kids moving in with him while the two were expecting their first child together.
Anansa Sims, Matt Barnes & child
Govan says she never agreed to reduce her own child support payments. She went on to file a complaint for Barnes to be held responsible for the alleged $267,000 he owes her. It has not been reported that a judge has ruled on the matter at this time.
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