It looks as though Heat star Jimmy Butler has got a fair bit to sort out in his personal life, as well as on the court.
Butler is in a HEATED paternity battle with his ex-girlfriend, Kaitlin Nowak, regarding their three children, Rylee, 5, Brayan, 2, and Kian, 1, according to court documents viewed by The Post.
The currently suspended Miami forward has filed a court motion requesting relief from a November 2023 custody agreement.
The agreement was when the pair established joint custody and it was agreed in there that Jimmy would pay Nowak $10,000 USD per month on a “temporary basis” for a nanny, the Daily Mail reports.
This is on top of the $55,000 USD he pays in monthly child support to Nowak already.
In the newly filed motion, Butler says that circumstances have changed in their time-sharing agreement and that there isn’t a need for a nanny, since Rylee will be going to school later this year and Brayan is enrolled in childcare.
He also says that Nowak is “unemployed and refuses to seek employment.”
The documents acknowledge that the pair had a prior mediation, but Nowak insists Butler pays for a nanny “on top of the tremendous amount of child support he is paying.”
“If Mother is claiming that she cannot afford a nanny despite the child support she receives (which exceeds even the maximum that these children possibly could need), Father is entitled to an accounting of Mother’s use of the funds and, potentially, for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to oversee the expenditures,’ the motion states.
Butler’s lawyer Brian Karpf said in a statement to The Daily Mail, “Child support is intended for the benefit of the children and only the children. There is no justification of additional expenses here.”
Karpf also stated that Butler is “a good dad” who “remains committed to the care and wellbeing of his children.”
Butler and Nowak began dating in 2019 by all reports, but never went public with their relationship. The documents note that the pair were never married.
Nowak’s lawyer Paul Leinoff said his client will respond to Butler’s motion in her own court filing.
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