Bengals Devon Still Accused Of Not Paying Child Support

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If true, one of the feel good stories of the NFL season has just gone down the crapper.

And when Gloria Allred is involved, you know there's going to be a lot of noise surrounding it.

Allred is the attorney for Channing Smythe, Devon Still's longtime girlfriend, who broke up with Still after his daughter Leah was born in 2010. Leah's fight with childhood cancer has received national attention through the Cincinnati Bengals keeping Devon Still on the roster so he could pay for her treatments under the NFL insurance policies.

Now, there's talk that Devon Still has been behind in his child support payments to Smythe. Allred is asking the league to investigate the claim that Smythe hasn't seen any money from Still since August.

An article in the New York Daily News' Michael O'Keeffe brought forth the allegation


Devon Still has released a statement:

"My daughter's battle with cancer has been inspirational to many all over the world. When she gets older, I want her to be able to look back and read about her positive impact on the world, not about the private issues her parents were going through. I am not going to retaliate against the mother of my daughter, and the untruthful reports in the New York Daily News article, by criticizing her character. I am going to continue to allow the court system to handle this matter, as it has been doing these past couple of months."

Iverson Denies Kids Abduction

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Jeff Hullinger tracked down Allen Iverson at a suburban Atlanta hotel to discuss with him the idea that his ex-wife, Tawana, feels that he has kidnapped them...

Interesting grab by the Hull Man...

Obviously, Iverson denies everything...

Tawana has sole custody of the kids and claims Allen Iverson took the children in late May and has been living in that hotel.

Sheraton Suites... must be nice for someone who drives a Maybach, but claims he can't buy a cheeseburger

Obviously, Tawana wants the kids returned post haste...

Your Day In Unpaid Bills: Rison Owes Over $300k In Child Support, Holyfield Moving Out Of Mansion

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Former NFL wide receiver Andre Rison has been ordered by a judge to make good on over $300,000 in back child support payments. Apparently, Rison has only made two payments since November 2001 on a $2,358-per month agreement and has now been ordered to put an extra $1,000 on top of it to get square.

Provano reports that Rison made over US$19-million in salary over his career, but Rison maintains that he has little of that money left for any kind of bill paying.

Which, kinda, left Rison to do things like this...
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Elsewhere, Provano also reports that Evander Holyfield is moving out of his suburban Atlanta mansion that was built on over two hundred acres and had a debt of over US$14-million.

The house was settled out with JP Morgan Chase getting US$7.5-million back in March in an auction situation. Holyfield had been living in the mansion while some kind of solution was being figured out...

From Provano:

In a 2009 interview with the AJC, Holyfield said the mansion cost more than $1 million annually to maintain.

Holyfield also owes some $500,000 in child support payments, according to an article last year in Atlanta Magazine.

The problems aren't new at all...
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And the HQ figures that Holyfield will try and get another couple of fights to try and square things off as best he can...

Which won't be pretty...